nice, i might do that to my wheels, they are starting to look old and beat up, how does it conceal marks?

 

Yeh but how long will that $30-$40 hold up? Not knockin your job...its great for wet painting...but I've found that wet paint doesn't hold up well in the long run with abuse.

 

I understand your point, however if the powercoat manages to get chipped, you have to redo the whole wheel. On the other hand, with the wet paint I just need to do is a little sanding and then respray. But I wanted to give it a try and think it should hold up for a while. The real test will be if it survives winter. I'll definately update after then.

 

That Duplicolor wheel paint has a nice high build rate and seems to be well suited for wheels. I've painted my share of wheels and this is the first product I've tried that I think will stand a chance.

X 2 on ease of touch up too.

 

I pretreat mine before shooting powder....chipping? Ask cootees since he has wheeled his quite a few times...examples:


My self test:





Then theres the architectural line of coatings which you have to get certified for to spray...much more durable than that. Give us the update after winter time!
touchup.....with a paint pen...and I have tried blasting the powder off of a sample chip that i done one day and it barely knocked off the first layer of powder after staying in the same spot for 5 minutes....at 100psi.

 

sorry for the highjack once again, but what type of rims does cootees have. they look really good.

 

Shot ya a pm Kyle...sorry guys for the hijack.

 

callmej75,

I'm not try to put down your work. It's mainly my wife's car and I just wanted to give it a different look for cheap. For daily driving this will do, however, if I were to do a set for durability I would definately consider powder coating.

 

Please don't take it to heart....alot of people misconceive the right way of powder coating man....alot of people blast and powder. Once ya pretreat that stuff and ya hit it...it doesn't chip off like regular paint does. It merely dents in with the surface. But you did a good job....and I use to wet paint cars for a living when I was younger (god I sound old now). when I entered in the world of powder coating....I had a whole new respect for it. One of these days I will be able to powder coat a whole vehicle.... Sorry...didn't mean to come on too strong there on ya work man.

 

Oh no, it's all good. If I had the skills I definately be using it. However, on a budget I do what I can. When I learn the trade of wheeling, I'll be looking into other avenues. I appreciate all the input I can get.

 

Well man if ya ever wanna learn the process then pick my brain...I know how it is to be on a budget and I can point ya in some very informative directions. And to beat it all...its actually easier than wet paint when applying! Hard to run it or get metallic clouding.

 

when i did my wheels over last summer i used duplicolor clear coat for wheels and i gotta say i was pretty disappointed. i followed the directions and did all the proper prepping required, let everything set up for about a week before mounting back on my truck. it looked nice until the temp dipped below about 55 here in iowa and then it cracked like crazy. then the first time i washed it the clear flaked off which also took some of the paint with it. :cry: hope it holds up for you. maybe there's something on the can that i missed that says "not intended to be used in locations that dip below 60 degrees" or something. maybe it's intended for more tropical locations and not Iowa, hehe.
patrick

 

Well, I actually chose not to go withthe clear coat. Imo, the wheels came out just fine without it and some people actually think there is a clear coat. Hopefully the paint alone without the clearcoat will hold up. I will update after the winter.

 

I *think* you'd stand out in a different way... like people thinking that you're batting for the other team :xmas12:

 

That was what I was hinting. CA is a very liberal state.

 

I was just playing around with this post...

 

Wheels look great!
I've gotta do that to mine, the clearcoat is flaking off.


I do have new straight plates however..