Painting wheels with tires on them...A lazy way?

Deck of cards works very well. And cheaper. Than. The. Rest

 

lazy ass clean them up and use some tape,and make it happen.

 

Saw my Dad..who is 80 years old, rub an old chevy truck down with a bottle of red "Old English Furniture Oil", It looked great, until the dust settled!

He said back in the day, he used gas mixed with oil to put a shine on his Model A Ford...

 

Blue painters tape and a plastic garbage bag.
I did not let the air out of the tires.
Any overspray,I used an SOS pad while I was cleaning up before putting the wheels back on the car.

Paint was rattle can Orchard Supply Hdwe "Royal Red"
After clean-up and before putting the hubcaps back on;

 

Gloss or flat??

 

That would work, but the quick way is to demount the tires and do it correctly, paint the wheels, let dry, mount tires, it isn't rocket science.

 

on old jeepers trick on the trail was to use a bumper jack to breake the beads on the trail.just take the tire off and lay it on the ground put the bumper jack foot on the bead and with the air out of the tire simply jack the rig up and the bead will pop but now this was with big jeep tires so be careful with the little ones so the do not flip up

 

I didn't let the air out of the tires or break the bead............and they're Silvertown Whites all the way to the rim.

No muss, no fuss. I've been using the dry wall tape since '72, and the cards sound good too!

 

While realizing that this original post is about 3 years old, I started digging around, looking for one the "Eastwood 11785" kits. No longer availiable from anywhere. Too bad........it looked pretty trick. The only reason I can think of, as to why they discontinued manufacturing it, is that it might have been a P.O.S.?

 

Breaking the bead on the tire is the easiest and neatest way to do it. You don't need a tire machine to do it just a car or utility trailer. Deflate the tire, put the trailer jack right on the edge of the bead of the tire and jump on the tung of the trailer and pow! I've done this to paint wheels and replace valve stems on dozens of tires. Use what you got!

 

Lasy way is to install full cover wheel disc or hubcaps.

 

painters tape, exacto knife and newspaper...

 

i bought that thinng. just an fyi it was pretty much useless. not nearly as useful as i thought it would be.

 

I've had good luck using an old port-a-wall. Have never broke the bead, just pull the valve core & let the air out & work the P-wall down around between the rim & tire. You might have to use soap or lubricant to assist getting P-wall in place & spray lube on outer edge of tire & wash off over spray. Been doing like that for at least 50 yrs.

 

I have taken a piece of galvanized roof flashing that is still curved from coming off of a roll and used it for a paint shield. Just hold it tight right into the tire right next to the wheel, spray paint, then move it around further. Go about 1/3 the way around each step.

~Alden

 

I agree .used dish soap for over 50 yrs.

 

Shark skin masking film, http://www.azautobodysupply.com/36shsk12x40s.html

 

You get the best finish if you take the tires off. But I went to lowes and bought a 4x4 sheet of masonite board, took my rim and traced a pattern. Its more or less a 2 inch ring that fits around the bead and you mask around that. Then you just take a SOS pad and clean up the what little over spray there is. I made patterns for 14-16 inch rims. Even made one for these rocket wheels.