Any ideas for the best way to paint wheels?

[cameronsaddress]

Hey guys,
I have decided to save for a bit to buy the mickeys that I want. I will be dumping the "donks" soon and will be reusing some old 15s that I have and want to pretty them up a bit by painting them black. They are not rusty, but already have a messed up black paint job on them. I would like to remove the black paint, prep them and apply a new flat black paint job to them.

My initial thoughts were that I would use a chemical to strip the paint, then hand sand them. After that apply a primer then paint. Am I missing anything?

Any recommended paints or procedures that you can throw my way?

Thanks again,
Cam

 

[bp71k5]

You can get abrasive discs for an angle grinder that do pretty good at removing paint. (another use for the angle grinder!) Chemicals work ok, but I hate scraping goopy paint like that off, plus it burns your skin.

A sandblasting shop would be able to do a nice job too, but probably $20-30 per wheel.


-Brian

 

[72k5mike]

once theyre stripped, self etching primer works wonders