The Complete Guide to Painting Wheels in your Home Garage!

Gear up and hold tight because in this episode we are diving into all the complete steps of how to paint your wheels in the comfort of your own home garage. You will learn how to repair curb rash, prep your wheels for primer and then lay a beautiful coat of base and clearcoat. No need for any fancy tools or spray guns in this episode, just basic supplies available to you in the links below!

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[Laika]

Most DIY videos: "First, put your car up on your lift. Then roll over your toolbox with $40K worth of tools." This guy: "We're doing everything by hand!" I love it! Great video.

[jwill]

Another tip is to place the spray cans in warm water before spraying. You get a little more pressure and a little better atomization

[leeklinghoffer]

Well done! With any paint project, prep is key. This video illustrates doing it the right way. Your newly painted rims are going on your coveted ride and taking shortcuts does not work. They are going to get a lot of abuse from the road, brake dust, repairs, etc and you want a quality durable finish. No point in doing it if you're gonna do it half-assed. Worth spending the time on the front end to get the results and longevity on the back end. Great video!!

[Travelingman-]

Great job, not all of us have a $2000 AUD compressor and $750 AUD spray gun, and the tips you gave are brilliant.

[toothferrin]

This is the first video ive seen that specifies the amount of time you wait between paint and clear. And so many more new tips. Finally! Thank you!

[dougmasters]

Trip report with some tips. First and foremost, a huge thank you to Brian and @Paint Society for the video, it REALLY helped my second whack at this go a jillion times better. Considering the number of newbies watching, here's some tips and tricks from a newbie that Brian didn't cover probably because he's old hat at this and it's just a given to him.

1. Buy all of your paint at one time from one place. If you have the option, look at the bottom of the cans and get matching lot numbers. QC seems a little loose over at Duplicolor and the color can vary widely from can to can. If you expect to need touch-ups down the road get a few extra.

2. I only used 2.5 cans of each to paint five 20" six-spoke F150 wheels.

3. I can't speak for any other colors but the Graphite is really gritty, the Sprayway wipe is a good idea between all of the base coats.

4. Avoid trying to paint the wheel upright, hard to see where you're getting good coverage. Laying down at an angle like the video shows worked best. I did mine with a light coat left to right, then a light coat up and down on each layer.

5. Don't make the first spray out of the can on the wheel, give a quick shot away to avoid spit/splatter. Wipe the tip often as suggested.

6. Get some slip on shoe covers. Overspray on the floor builds up quick and sticks to your shoes, then you forget and go walking thru the house leaving paint on your floor that's a SOB to get off.

7. Watch the video and take notes. What sandpaper did he use for that? How long between coats was that? Lots of steps and times in this video, handy to have them written down.

[corgbee]

I never liked the dark gray color of my Honda Ridgeline rims, so I followed your instructions using Duplicolor silver paint over white primer and clear coated with the 2K clear coat. The tip about using the SprayAway glass cleaner to smooth the surface is genius. I am very pleased with the results. Many thanks!

[punchy]

Awesome video. I used to spray can computer cases for mods and a good tip to avoid gritty paint or stippling is to lay the can in some hot water to loosen up all the paint that does not get thoroughly mixed.

[blaqsho]

This was a great tutorial. Just did some Audi wheels yesterday. I didn’t use the exact same products, but your step by step was a perfect guide. They came out incredible! Thanks! 🤙🤙

[Buddyclub]

Best tutorial I've seen.
Straight to the point yet calm in delivery.
Cheers,

[renthal]

I am getting ready paint some wheels, and I've seen all the wheel painting videos on youtube. This is the best video on painting wheels yet. You should get some kind of award. excellent video

[eldrickejleest]

Your knowledge, explanation, way of presenting everything is priceless. Thank you.

[mckav]

Your's is the "BEST" instruction on how to do wheels yourself
Brilliant...Thanks

[manbiteslife]

Man this guy gives free seminars on YouTube. I'm planning on repairing my dad's w211 e200 after army. If the shipping to Greece isn't insane I'll buy a t-shirt of yours and tag you when I get it all done. You are a blessing thanks a ton

[spiccolirocks]

Dude, you killed it! They look amazing! I think the most important part of the whole project is "patience"! If people follow the steps you showed - look out! America is going to get shinier! Great job! You just gave me the confidence to finish a job I've been putting off for a while! 2k clear, here we go! 👍👍

[frederickstevens]

one of the best video I have seen in years quality info and what a finish thank you from the UK

[forreststrong]

I've used a lot of the eastwood 2k aerospray cans. I think something to stress is the temperature needs to be as close to 70f as possible or higher and most importantly you need to shake the crap out of the can before and after you pierce the hardener. I had issues when I first started using the 2k aerospray paint because I wasn't shaking it well enough especially with the color paint, the primer isn't too bad. I want to say it's the cans with the white knozzles that really need that extra shaking and make sure the can is warm it doesn't need to be hot but just warm. I've easily used over 250 cans of that aerospray paint and I haven't had a single issue after I figured out the temperature is important not just with your project but the actual can needs to be warm it seems like common sense but it's something I make sure of everytime now and most importantly you have to shake the hell out of it like 3 minutes before and 3-4-5 minutes after piercing the hardener. I'm sure I go slightly overboard with the shaking but when I first started using it every single can clogged up because I wasn't shaking it enough I was doing 2 minutes before and 2 minutes after and that wasn't working well for me the cans clogged up not just the tips but the whole can. Like I said the primer is more forgiving I believe all the cans with the black knozzles are more forgiving. Then also the primer goes a lot further than the color like a lot further so get extra color.
Otherwise I love that 2k aerospray stuff it's really good paint especially if you prep well and keep it at temperature while it dries, I use the chassis black on roll cages and bumpers and stuff on jeeps and it's very durable, surprisingly durable and very easy to use especially when you just have a single item to paint.

[hidros]

Perfect timing!
I was getting ready to do this on my curb rashed alloy wheels

[michaelw]

Thanks for the tip regarding how it isn’t necessary to use primer on spots that weren’t repaired. I have a nearly new set of aftermarket wheels in perfect condition that have a flat finish that I now realize that I hate, and I want to spray them in a gloss finish. It’s good to know that I can clean them, rough them up, and skip to base and clear coat.