Rustoleum paint good for wheels ?

Greetings,

I've got a set of steel wheels being sandblasted to remove multiple coats of paint. I was wondering what the opinion is on using Rustoleum to paint these wheels. I do not have access to a spray booth and I would like to keep this simple. I'm thinking of using the red rusty metal primer as a basecoat and Gloss Black and Silver as a topcoat. This will be a brush paintjob. Anyone have any experiences or thoughts to share on painting steel wheels ?

Thanks,

Extreem

 

I bead blasted mine, sprayed rustoleum rusty metal primer on them. Topcoat I sprayed semi gloss black on them. They have held up very well. Two of them were chrome and two were painted steel. I have brushed a lot of rustoleum on my frame. Can't speak for the results yet as I haven't driven it. It looks good tho....

 

I've been using the brush on Rustoleum red primer on my trailers for years. It holds up well and makes a good base for the color coat. Make sure it has fully dried before applying the color coat.

 

I shot my wheels (bead blasted first) with rustoleum primer and appliance epoxy black, been 2 years in the weather and still have a good gloss.

 

Sounds like a good plan to me.. only why dont you get some spray cans instead of brushing the paint on? The finish will be nicer without the brush strokes...
I used flat black tremclad on my wheels and they are holding up great FWIW

 

I am a professional Painter.
And I would recomend a etching primer that hold well to bare metal. Xim is really good I would just spray can this on doesnt need to be to much.

Think of it as glue between the metal and paint.
That said sounds like rustoleum is working ok.

 

I sprayed Rustolium flat white on my steel wheels, and it has held up very well for the last year - outside. It was their "professional/commercial" type, but came in a rattle can.

I did a brush job with black Rustolium on the frame - it too is holdng up well. I'd second the opinion about using spray instead of a brush for the wheels - it is bound to look better.

 

Yes, especially if you spray it and use hardener. btw that's what I used on the wheels on my Jeep in my avitar. Bought a quart of paint at Lowes and hardener at TSC because I just had to paint them on that Sunday and it could not wait until monday to get automotive paint mixed up . works though.

 

BTW, I didn't remove the tires from the rims either. Lazy man's solution: cut a donut shaped piece of plastic out of a painter's tarp, and use masking tape to secure it to each tire before spraying on the paint. It left *almost* no overspray. What did get on the rubber was removable. The very last part of the edges on the rims didn't quite get a good coat though - luckily they were almost the same color originally as the paint I used.

 

X2 on the etching primer, doubles the time before rust comes back, especially when used in the salt.

Paul