painting chrome rims

ok so im going to paint my chrome rims black this weekend and was wondering if i should use a self etching primer after ive sanded every square inch of the chome.(rough up only). if not which primer is recomended. plan on using duplicolor satin black. if anyone has used this product let me know how it turned out. thanks

here is my truck



here it is photoshoped by TRD7



what do you think?

 

yeah you definitely want some etch primer in there after roughing it up...

 

ya ill sand everything. was thinking of sandblasting it but thats another $120 so ill take my time to prep well

 

do you not have a compressor?? if you do why not buy a sand blaster and do it yourself??

 

dont own a sand blaster unfortunatly. but have a small palm sander so that will speed it up

 

Sorry I was a little late^^^^^ I would recommend bead blasting or sand blasting if you have access to one.

 

ya ill try to get a hold of one.

the chrome is just on plastic (stock rims) so i dont want it to pit the plastic also

 

the rims arent plastic....the center caps maybe...but those you can sand with paper...the chrome on the rims is whats gotta have a great tooth to let paint adhere

 

well i sanded it down and will prime and paint tommorow.

this is how it looks now





and this is what im using



self etching primer will have no problem sticking to this now

cant wait to get it done

 

Looks good!! I love my black rims, and held up much better than I thought!! Can't wait for "after" pics.

 

well they are all done. just not mounted yet. ill wait until tommorow when they are cured a little more.

here they are primed





here they are done without center caps

 

Looks good!

 

ok just mounted them and they look awsome
used duplicolor wheel paint in satin black
here they are!!!

 

has anyone used duplicolor wheel paint before?

 

i believe the duplicolor is lacquer?? it should have the same life as any other lacquer paint....i have not used it

 

this one was actually an enamel. laquer would be much thinner

 

enamels are nice they are very scratch resistant...although they can chip easier...one thing ford got right was their use of enamels you see original paint 60-70s cars but you dont see hardly any cars driving around with lacquer etc...

 

I used Duplicolor Graphite on my wheels. Held up great so far. Good job on yours, looks good

 

thanks. did you use the clearcoat also?
i didnt just in case i have to touch it up at some point.

 

why do you think you cant touch up clear?? you just sand the whole wheel and spot in the color and reclear the whole wheel