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I want to strip the paint off my rims becasue there all scratched can anyone help me with what supplies to use? What steps? How many clear coats should i put on because of the salt in Michigan?


Thanks

 
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Powdercoating is the way to do it right.
If you must ghettopaint
2 cans of aircraft stripper
Variety of sand paper from 150 to 2000
primer
duplicolor wheel paint
clear coat

Strip the old **** off, sand them with progressively increasing grits
wash them several times to get the **** from stripping and sanding off
wipe them with denatured alcohol
dry
prime
paint
clearcoat

It doesn't matter how much clear coat you put on. The first pebble that hits the paint is going all the way through it. When it does, the salt will just eat under the paint.
Powdercoat em.

 
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I do plan on getting them powdercoated but u need to have the rims stripped right?

 
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Nope, the powdercoater will take care of it. They use a chemical bath to strip and prep parts for the powdercoat process.

~n~

 
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Powdercoater should blast them and acid dip them before they coat them.

 
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I painted my rims with duplicolor paint. I had them for 6 months and they did not chip.

 
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Did you strip the old paint?