moved the wheel

[c.seydel]

I wanted to move one of my wheels in to pull a plow better, in doing that destroyed the paint and was wondering what was the best way to paint a cast wheel with the rubber on. If I use spray it will look nice but take a chance of overspray on the rubber even if I tape it. I think I should use a brush but then it might streak. What do you all think would be best, I would like it to look nice again.
Pulled a 5-12 nice.

 

[Bspauld]

I set my spray pattern as small as I can then you can control where it sprays easier,you can use lacquer thinner to clean up the small amount that gets on the tires,its best to have the tire off but thats to much work sometimes

 

[tim s]

There are a dozen different ways, One of them is to take a piece of thin cardbaord ,about 24 in. square or so, hold it up to the rim and tap it with a small hammer around the perimiter of the rim this gives you a nice patern of the rim, then hold it to the edge of the tire/rim and spray with the other hand, have a rag with thinner ready to wipe off any over-spray, this works fairly good, I usualy have someone standing by with the rag, it seems like the Deere yellow is the worst for 'over-spray' drift..

 

[Hotflashjr]

I have actually been using an airbrush to do touch up on bolts etc. as I am putting my tractor back together. You can pick one up cheap at a craft store and rig it to run off of your compressor with some fittings from your hardware store. You only want about 20-30 PSI going through the gun when spraying. It gives you great accuracy and control. With some practice you can get good at doing touch-ups and there is a lot less over spray then with rattle cans or a regular size spray gun. It is a bit more time consuming if you have big areas to do though. A good but cheap brush is the Badger 350 if you are just going to touch ups.

 

[tim s]

This is a good idea, and rattle cans are not cheap..

 

[Dr. Bert]

Paint the tire wall with Dawn dishwashing soap(apply carefully with a brush) let it dry a few minutes--then paint a way. After the paint dries, the overspray can be removed with a stiff bristled brush and water.

 

[Anonymous-0]

I like to use a large plastic sheet, for a rear wheel probably 8Ft square. Fold in half then half again. Then measure RADIUS of Rim, and mark a quarter circle on plastic from center point. Cut the quarter circle (4 Thicknesses) about 1/2" less than radius of rim unfold and stretch over edge of rim and tape the extra plastic sheet on back side of tire, I suppose some of the newer tires that the bead covers the edge of rim, this might not work