Alloy wheel paint spraying advise

[den9112]

Hi I am going to attempt refurbishing my white 18 inch alloy wheels.I will be doing them one at a time off the car there is no major damage just a few scratches and kerbing (small sections around the wheel), I have done a bit of research on procedure and preparation However I am not to sure when it comes to the priming and painting as to how much of the area I should do ….The reason being that it’s only small areas and the rest of the alloy is fine or do I do the full wheel ie prime and paint all of it …Any advise would be appreciated thanks

[Bobupndown]

Unless doing just a simple touch up of a scratch I'd say you'd need to paint the entire wheel so that the paint matches.

[den9112]

Thanks , after watching a few you tube videos its looking like the whole wheel..

[paintman]

It is possible to do spray touch up repairs on alloys, but best done with small sprayguns or airbrushes as aerosols generally lack the small area control.

[den9112]

Thanks for the reply ..

[brillomaster]

really, it depends how good you want it to look, and how long you want the finish to last.

i've resprayed wheels by doing nothing more than giving them a quick wash, and then having at it with a can of gloss black spray paint. achieved a perfectly acceptable finish considering they were track wheels, and were destined to be caked in brake dust anyways.

if you do it properly, a good finish is probably 90% prep work (filling, sanding, masking, priming, sanding again, and so on) and 10% actual painting. i go the other way, if i refurb a wheel, it'll be 10% prep (a quick wash) then get to painting. but i've always been more for function over form.

[den9112]

Hi, i am going to have a go and do the prep work,more of a small project to give me something to do.
I purchased a good as new alloy wheel from ebay(that does not need any work on it ) so my intentions are to fit a new TPMS and tyre on it and then one by one do each wheel in my own time so i can still use the car..The wheels are white Turbo fan 18 inch and i have found the colour code and a company that sells the primer /base and laquer for £24 delivered ...

[SteBrown91]

den9112 said:

Hi, i am going to have a go and do the prep work,more of a small project to give me something to do.
I purchased a good as new alloy wheel from ebay(that does not need any work on it ) so my intentions are to fit a new TPMS and tyre on it and then one by one do each wheel in my own time so i can still use the car..The wheels are white Turbo fan 18 inch and i have found the colour code and a company that sells the primer /base and laquer for £24 delivered ...

Im not being funny but buying a spare wheel, fitting a tyre and TPMS, you are halfway there to a good refurb.

I paid something like £66 quid a wheel for a full refurb a couple of years ago.