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Re: Painting Wheels, Not The Tire?
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Posted by IHman on March 30, 2002 at 17:05:39 from (209.240.222.132):
In Reply to: Painting Wheels, Not The Tire? posted by Painting Rooky on March 28, 2002 at 20:52:03:
I just painted my IH "M" rims yesterday while on the tractor.
I jacked up one wheel at a time, washed the tire and rim with detergent,blew it dry, wiped the tire down about 6" from the rim with lacquer thinner so masking tape will stick to the tire. I wiped the rim down with thinner to remove anything tat might cause the paint to lift.I scuffed the rims with #100 grit paper sanding out scrapes and rust areas. Then blew the rim off with air, wiped it down with a rag & thinner again.
Now for the tedious part...use 2 1/2" wide masking tape and start masking approx. 1/4" from the rim edge, due to the large diameter the tape will apply easy as you turn the wheel, find you a reference line at the top of the tape on the tire and use that as a gauge for your distance.run your fingers along the top edge as you tape and press downward to rim, it will crease and follow around the rim as you continue to met where you started. So now you have the 2 1/2" tape around the whole wheel approx. 1/4 to 1/2 from rim edge.Now take 3/4" wide masking tape and mask off applying it carefully and neatly to the rim edge letting the tape run just a hair below the rimtop and press it down with pencil or ballpoint pen. The 3/4" tape will stretch and mold as you pull it out about 24" ahead of you turning the wheel slow as you apply the tape.
The more careful you are masking the better to finish product will turn out.."TAKE YOUR TIME"..I sprayed mine with a spray can in lieu of mixing paint and creating major overspray by using my air compressor gun. I have 15.5 X 38 tires on this IH "M" and the silver rims turned out GREAT....maskng is no problem if you clean the tires with thinner so the tape will stick and use wide tape on the first pass, then cut it in neatly with 1/2" or 3/4" tape right into the tire /rim groove....IT WORKS..make sure your paint is dry to touch before removing tape and pull the tape off AWAY from the rim carefully.
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