I think I should have waited to paint my wheels

bullitt5897

Puckshaw it might be the paint your using im not sure... can you post pics of how the first two turned out so those of us who have painted wheels before can see what your talking about. With a visual we may be able to spot your problem. I dont think the cold had anything to do with it cause I painted mine in 30-40 degree weather and they came out just fine. How much did you heat them? that may have added to the bubbling affect? How long did you give before adding coats? before going from primer to paint? I bought quick drying paint to help combat the cold weather. It still took me over 6hrs non stop to paint them and I could barely walk the next day from being so bent over.

GL bro and keep us posted!

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puckshaw

Thanks Well I finished up repainting the first 2 a couple hours ago and I think they turned out pretty good. It was mid 60's and I heated the paint can up with a heat gun in between coats. Seemed to go on much better today. I sanded them down a bit and then did 3 coats of black and 3 coats of clear. I'm afraid with all the clear that these are going to be too shiny compared to the other 2 though. They look really glossy right now but we'll see how they look when they completely dry.

To answer your questions, I waited 10 minutes between coats of primer/paint/clear, and 30 between switching from primer to paint and paint to clear. I didn't heat the wheels themselves, just had a propane heater in the garage to keep the temp up. The first day wasn't really a bubbling effect, it was just going on really rough and gritty looking. Went on really smooth today. I have high hopes for these 2 but I'm afraid the other 2 aren't going to match or hold up as well.

I'll snap some pics tomorrow after work to show the final results. Don't have any pics of how they turned out before I fixed the rough ones though.

Oh and my back is ok but my fingers are destroyed from the sanding and pushing the damn paint nozzle