wow! amazing purely amazing and well paced and very informative without being OVERLY dramatic or making the mistake of being " too expert" in the language or materials used this could be followed by literally anyone with any budget and without any loop holes or forgotten materials or worse materials or tools unobtainable by normal people! too many incredible individuals with vast skill and knowledge either speak so poorly its not conveyed to the viewer or use equipment so expensive that the people watching the video cannot purchase or even rent the equipment and the viewers who could afford such luxuries instead go to someone and pays for it to be done! lol its apparent you know your business and im subbed and this video had the like button mashed! ive been a mechanic 17 yrs and have only lightly dabbled in the aesthetics of paint with poor results simply due to lack of KNOWLEDGE! your video was by far the most informative and paced so well I wasnt bored or forced to fast forward lol! thanks again and its appreciated since ive got some rims needing fixed myself!
Keith Thank you very much for the Kudos...your comments do come in handy when adding this video stuff to our plate..our main goal is to help the average do it yourself-er with easy common sense tricks that are ACTUALLY DOABLE and that cost the least amount as possible, granted sometimes it takes a little more in the tools area or the expense area but we always try to keep it as easy as possible..thanks again :)
Blasted mine with my buddy's setup then asked a local body shop the next time they were painting a silver car. They were painting a silver BMW the following week so they shot my rims for $100 at the same time. I did all the prep, covered them with trashbags to keep them clean, they just painted. Came out spectacular.
So refreshing to have a channel which consistently posts good content and doesn't try to sell me anything. Thank you for actually caring about us and sharing your knowledge of the best tools for the job.
I used Rustoleum Bright Coat Metallic Gloss Chrome and then put SprayMax 2k clear on top. I was a bit skeptical of the final look of finish, but I achieved amazing results! My wheels look better than new now. Thanks for making the video!
Just wanted to say thank you for this video. Just bought my daughter her first car and it’s in GREAT shape EXCEPT the rims. I grew up in car dealership so I know my way around tools but knew nothing about painting rims. Thank you SO MUCH for this video!!!! It saved a single momma much needed money and her daughter some embarrassment. I plan on implementing your advice tomorrow! Thanks again 🙏 🤘😊
Short, no BS, very detailed and straightforward. This guy reminds me of how my father used to explain some of the most complex things to me. "I'm gon teach you Barney style" he used to say. Easiest sub I've given all year.
After all the great tips SPC gives us, I have a good one for you. For rim painting I like to do off vehicle on a large lazy suzan or turn table. I stand in one spot and get 100% coverage spraying as the wheel spins. I also use vaseline on the rubber by brush for the overspray and power wash later. Thanks again and keep it up!!!
This just brought me back to my high school days when me and a buddy of mine decided to buy a bunch of sand and we started blasting out swimming pools during the winter time so they can get them ready for the summer
Great video. Just a tip...instead of messing around with paper and masking tape, simply use dish washer detergent. A cheap shampoo will do it too (lol). Smear it on the sides of the tire and let a thin stream of it run down into the groove between tire and rim. Spray paint and let it dry...fully dried it's just a matter of washing the stuff off the tire (which is easy..)..!
I think I am speaking for almost all of us, we greatly appreciate you giving us a time reference for each job ,, that really helps !!!! and I am serious thank you
Great job Tim! Thank you for watching and sharing your results, we appreciate it my friend, glad we could help :) Have a fantastic day. mad Mike the hammer SPC
KRYLON DISCONTINUED BRILLIANT SILVER ! I was in the middle of a 4 rim project and needed another can. Nowhere to be found I called Krylon HQ ... on hold for 45 minutes Was told that brilliant silver is no more I asked if they had renamed it or if they have a cross closeness to it The kind lady replied that she couldn't answer that However Krylon is sending me two complementary cans of brilliant silver to finish my project It's too bad because I really like that color ... and perhaps how well Mike made that Rim come to life I have better results with Krylon and Dupli-Color- regardless of that god-awful stench then I do with Rust-Oleum I hope you're enjoying Florida Mike it's a great place
Thank you thank you Will we appreciate that my friend glad that Krylon could help you out always good to hear from you have a great day mad Mike Sweet project cars
So glad I found your channel, I'm recommending it to everyone I know. Thanks for sharing it with us, you hit the nail right on the head when you say. "Most people don't have those professional tools and you can still do a decent job with this."
A thousand thank you's for the tutorial. Made it simple to understand how to approach and do the job right away. I maybe have one tip for you guys- I use a spray can of cheap oven cleaner, no fume, from Walmart and let it soak on the wheel awhile while I clean the exhaust tips with the product. Keeps the carbon from becoming ugly. So I tried a light spray on the brake dust that had accumulated over time. I was surprised how well it worked for this old retired disabled Vet. Go Dolphins.
thanks Tater...glad to have you with us and your awesome tips...thank you for your service we have two of our 4 kids in the service one in ft Bragg and the other in fort Walton AFB
I had a set of American Racing FWD star wheels and the centers corroded under the clear first, then places on the rim corroded. Didn't have any success stripping the clear to polish out the rims. Didn't consider painting them, so I got rid of them. Haven't bought clear coated wheels since then. This video shows me that I can pickup someone's cast off corroded finish wheels if they otherwise suit me and make them look good again.
darn,my wheels are terrible on my santa fe,was thinking about just buying new ones but this makes me want to try and tackle this job myself,i think i can do it,i've spray painted plenty of stuff before with good results so here goes nothing i guess,might be fun as well for diy project,lol...thx for the great video
Good work. Thanks for considering the DIY'er who doesn't have pro tools. The only suggestion I can offer is to snag a cheap lazy-susan turntable & place the tire/rim on it so you can stand in one place and rotate the rim while you paint. My back wouldn't last long bent over so I put my turntable on a bench at a comfortable height. Keep 'em coming!
Superb video. This is the first one of many I have viewed that shows the type of corroded wheels I have and a practical way for the amateur to do the job. Thank you for your effort.
Precious video. The way you made this *very instructional* video, made it totally possible for me, a non-professional guy, to motivate and start thinking on a personal project for restoration of my old 1999 4x4 Isuzu Amigo wheels. (actually, as I live in Europe, it's an Opel Frontera - just the same as the 1999 Isuzu Amigo. ;) )
GREAT REAL-WORLD CHANNEL! Hats off to you! It's great that you cater to guys who don't have a professional workshop! Thank you for making these videos! All the best, Rob
This is the best wheel restore video I've seen and I've watched quite a few! Really informative and just inspired me now to tackle the wheels on my Nissan Patrol which are polished but look like the "before" wheels in your video. Thought I'd need to have them repolished but if I end up with a finish like those after painting it'll do for me! Thanks for posting.
it depends on if you like lots of shine...if you like lots of shine then use a high gloss clear...the customer we did these rims for did not want a high gloss...thanks for the great question :)
It's our pleasure Robert! Thank you so much for watching and sharing, we truly appreciate it, hope you have a great New Year my friend. mad Mike the hammer SPC
this is amazing, i have seen many videos on this, but this is by far the best for a DIY project. i sold my Audi rims because of the same problem and i wish i had seen this earlier, but anyways im glad i did and thanks a lot man for posting this.
Thanks for sharing...I can't wait to do this on my truck wheels. Had to LOL, "You don't need to use a lot"... as you keep spraying and spraying the primer. Turned out great, thanks again for the tips.
The first coat of clear should always be very, very lightly misted on! It greatly reduces the chance of a reaction with the base layer of paint, especially special silvers.
I endorse tdou's comment. Your channel has sky-rocketed up my favourites (yes, I'm in the UK - we shove a 'U' in all sorts of words!) list. Best tip so far for me has been Mothers metal polish for acrylic headlights.
I would personally never spray paint wheels but this looks pretty good. I just used harbor freight nylon fiber wheels (both 80 and 150 grit) to carve away the scratches and then progressively went up to 3000 grit and left them like that, if they get scratched again I dont have to sand down paint and respray them this way
Great video!! I appreciate you sharing your knowledge! I have an 04 Lexus with aluminum rims that need to be cleaned & painted. Especially my 1 rim ! I’ll let you know how it turns out. Thank you again!
Another great video! All your videos are great, so much so, it's 1:40am and I should be asleep but I can't help but watch the videos you upload. Just one thing I noticed is that you didn't turn the can upside down and spray for a second to clean the nozzle. Maybe it isn't necessary for the cans of paint you use but on all the ones I have used it always says to do this.
Hello Claire thank you for the great comments and thank you for watching our videos and yes we do turn the cans up side down to clean them out but when we’re doing these videos we like to stay focused on the main part of the video we want to believe that our viewers know a few things and we do not want to insult their intelligence it’s a fine line when you’re doing these videos that’s for sure Have a great weekend my friend
You'll love the results John! Just make sure to use the same products/tools we share in the .....more of the video description. Thanks for watching and sharing, have a fantastic weekend my friend. mad Mike & team
Great vid, you sir are our common sense repairman! Thank you for coming down to us and using language we understand, and give options for us to choose from!
Looks awesome i used to work in a bodyshop at a GM dealership as a bodyman and painter most of my guns are devillbis and harbor freight ive ueed this method you couldnt tell the difference between rattle can and a single stage or ppg or silkens paints
Thanks Steve ... your comments mean alot here to us trying to help the diyer's . When you can spray with spray guns then pick up a rattle can it some how makes you better spraying with a can, if you know what I mean...we love going back to some of our old roots to do these videos...thanks again for being here and humble...hard for a seasoned mechanic and pro to be that way you proved it can be done :)
Really great videos. Thank you. I like that you just get to the point without a bunch of silly music and special effects. I wouldn’t say no to a video on fixing curb rash or replacing a windshield.
Depends on the windshield whether it's DIY or not. Set in a rubber gasket, or on a bed of butyl tape is one thing, but modern glass set in with a urethane adhesive isn't DIY. When installed the glass becomes part of the roof support of the body structure. Best left to a professional.
Awesome and informative video. I would have loved to see how the finish turned out so I can decide if it will work for the application I'm looking for! Thanks for the information
cool. i do the same thing except ive been using 3×5 note cards i stick down around the rim.it makes like a cone around it and havent got paint on the tire once.
I sincerely appreciate your time and effort in the video and your approach to the wheel new look. This video came at a perfect time as I will now follow your approach to getting my Saturn Ion wheels looking like gems. Good looking out my friend
Can I clean, sand down imperfections, remove clear coat with stripper, sand up to 2000 grits, polish with metal aluminum polish then spray clear coat at the end without using primer or paint? Would that hold its nice OEM aluminum wheel looks? Or will the surface be to smooth for the clear coat to adhere strongly to it? If so should I scuff it over with a scotch brite grey sponge (600-800grit) so it has a stronger surface to adhere too, but in doing that would it not ruin the purpose of the 2000 grit sanding and polishing? Or do you think primer, color paint, and then clear coat is the way to go? Thanks for any pro answer.
Serra Masterson if you follow the video to a T and use the same products and tools you will have great results or you could do this video th-cam.com/video/gxouiNX8JM0/w-d-xo.html for the ultimate wheels
Hi again, in my younger days I used to do it the same way as you are doing for painting. Now, here is a tip that some people are doing now and only take about a minute or so. Take out some air on the tire and insert Index Cards around the edge of the rim and works very well. Greetings!!!
alot of people really don't know how to use a rattle can, personally i've been using one for 50yrs and you can do a great job if you know what your doing.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge! My used set of rims are kick butt looking now even painted my lug nutts picked all the same colors you used! Get alot of compliments also thanks you again.
I used a cheap HF gravity feed blaster and put baking soda in it. It worked really well on paint but it wouldn't touch rust. Many rims a powdercoated. I don't think baking soda would work on powdercoat.
Great DIY video. I have a suggestion to mask the tire easier. When you mask the tire i don't mask all the way to the rim, i leave a space about an inch to an inch and a half then i paint the tire with a layer of soap. The soap i use is thick like grease and normally used on wooden floors. When the the paint is dry i wash of the soap. The same soap can be used on your cooking pan and pot when you cook over an open fire and the sot vil be way easier to clean.
Here are 2 very good tips to add to your masterpiece video. 1. For masking off a tyre, place a 1/4 bedsheets over a deflated wheel and tuck it between the tyre wall and the wheel's inner rim. Cut hole over tyre valve , inflate to hold sheet tight and cut out centre. 2. Devise a rotating Wheel centre support, (a child's bicycle wheel ?), place wheel waist high on table and rotate as you apply paint to the wheel. Always keep the main lighting shining down from over your shoulder and from spray hand side. Simples. Also, that mat Aluminium grey might look mighty nice with just clear coat and adorning my silver Lexus LS400 ! I think that I will do that ! . .
Great vid. I would like to try this. I have a 15 gal compressor but would like to know what type of bead blast gun and media you use? I see the Black Diamond media but is there a specific size? How much would I use to do 4 wheels? Thanks!
Hello Paul if you look in the show more of the video description you’ll find all the tools 80 pound bag of black diamond will do the job have a great day my friend
I did paint the wheels on my Lexus LS460 with wheel paint from Amazon. The worst most annoying part of this job, by far was masking the tire from over-spray! I got so frustrated - tape doesn't stick, tucking in paper pops out etc. that I cut my masking steps to the bare minimum. I always covered the car body with canvas as overspray here is NOT acceptable at all - but the part I cut out was masking the tire. Here's what i did instead, naturally I stuffed some paper towels under the rim to cover up the brakes and rotor from over-spray. For the lug nuts and valve stem I used masking tape, kind of push the tape down over the lug nut as best you can, over-spray here is usually barely noticeable. But now instead of masking the tires, I used a piece of thin cardboard instead. Most packaging type cardboard will work for this. But the ideal thickness, length, and width cardboard you want to use is, the kind that's as thick as the piece of white cardboard that they use to package new men's dress shirts with (to shape the new shirt so it looks good before you rip open the package). And now instead of trying to mask the wheel - I used the aforementioned piece of cardboard as a masking shield. You just bend the cardboard to fit in the gap between the tire and the wheel. While holding your cardboard in place, now use your free hand to spray your primer and/or wheel paint onto the wheel in that area (I found several light coats worked the best and avoided runs and orange peeled paint). And just keep moving your cardboard, then spray the paint, move the cardboard again, spray the paint etc. until you have a good (LIGHT) coat on your wheel. (Don't worry right now if your wheel is not as glossy as you'd like, and especially don't try to spray on more paint to make it glossier - light coats only please). The reason being, you will, (or ought to), finish the wheels with a clear coat as the final step. And the clear coat will give the wheels all the gloss you need.) 1 of 2
2 of 2/ I did 3 light coats of the wheel paint plus one final pass (for the spots that didn't get quite enough paint during the first 3 coats). It also helps if you can move the car a few feet after the first coat, just so the wheels all rotate about half a turn. This way you can paint all the parts of the wheel equally and not worry about missing half the wheel with the paint. Will there be some paint over-spray on the wheels doing it this way? Yes there definitely will be - but it doesn't matter. Like I said I was very careful to cover the car's bodywork above, in front of, and behind the tire, with a 5' X 6' piece of canvas. And no tape needed either, I used some 130 lb. strength magnets to secure the canvas onto the fender and door. There will be excess canvas covering drooping out but that's actually a good thing because you can just tuck in the drooping canvas above, over, and behind the wheel.
Even after all that, the overspray of wheel paint that got onto the tire was not a big problem at all and STILL a whole lot easier to do, than masking even one of the wheels. All I did was let the wheel paint + clear coat dry at least overnight. Then I got some acetone, or just brake cleaner, and poured it onto a rag and pretty much just wiped the overspray off (while doing my best not to touch the freshly painted wheel). And after that the remaining over-spray to clean off was quite minor. Being quite tired of messing about with wheels by then, I just spritzed on some silicone spray directly on the remaining paint over-spray 9using the cardboard wheel masker to protect the wheel from the spray this time!). And let it soak a while, a couple hours or even overnight, then wipe off the remaining over-spray.
Happy to help Jay! Thank you for watching and sharing, we really appreciate all of our great subscribers like you, have a fantastic weekend my friend. mad Mike the hammer SPC
when I mask wheels or detailing I use shop rags or thin cloth rags it's faster and a lot easier some times than using tape and paper I do like the blue masking tape easy to work with and you can use it over a lot of times Hey I hear that You Tube is handing out a Oscar for your 5 star channel take care Joe
these templates are used over and over thats why we used them we made them the first time took a little longer but now we can just slap them on in less than a minute
It is only in the last few years that wheels weren't painted. They used to be ALL painted! We just slapped on chrome hubcaps if we wanted "girlie" cars!
corrroded aluminum is particulary difficult to clean with a limited power sandblast equipment, my experience with aluminum leads me to use professionnal sandblast services and 2 part automotive primers and topcoats to restore aluminum wheels
I got a situation. I bought a car that had shattered front windshield(deer went thru) previous owner had put on some plastic film on the car from wipers to middle of roof pretty sure its something like one of those "stick n protect" plastic films that dealers cars usually have on carpet when they get them detailed. Anyway, that film is bonded to my cars paint like a clear bra. I have tried goo gone, goof off with plastic razor blades. No success blades r bit thicker to get under the film. My last hope is turtle wax sticker n film remover (stuff is like 8 bucks a can) and heat gun. Its so tuff that i used metal razors on moonroof glass n i did half of it n thought to myself there should be a better way. Do you have any other way that might work? What are my options.
Sweet Project Cars no i havent tried that because the plastic is all cracked like spiderweb. So i thought of soakin it with these products and try to scrape it.
I jus noticed that my neighbor has the same stuff on his jeep's hatch where its got rust/body damage. I was able to read it cuz his jeep is gray mine is black i couldnt read what it says on mine. It is that flooring stuff that some detailers use. Wanna punch the dude in the face who thought it would be a good idea to use it on my car to seal it. Could have just used shower liner or some sort of plastic drop cloth.
Sweet Project Cars i have yet to try the heat gun. I went and got turtle wax sticker remover from walmart for 5 bucks. I will try heat gun n sticker remover wednesday when im off from work. Will give you the feedback for sure.
Excellent, no-bullshit video. Well done! Greetings from Malaysia! Its also relaxing to watch while Im down with flu, and makes me feel sleepy while watching it on the bed😂😂
You are the FIRST auto vid maker (and I've watched many as I've been keeping an '89 Vanagon and a '95 Subaru alive) to mention females. 👏🏾 And you weren't referring to the sort that you hang from your review mirror.
Thank you Lisa we truly appreciate that and We believe the ladies need to be mentioned as well they love their cars just as much is the guys. Have a great night my friend
Nice. I have a 1990 Isuzu 4x4 LS SpaceCab that has the OEM "snowflake" rims that are in DIRE need of reconditioning. I'm considering going this route, as well as just using Plasti-Dip....thank you!
TrailSlug we adjusted that as it was one of our first videos also you get a good look at how bad they were to how nice they become throughout the video...try it and you will love your own results my friend
Tire shops scars the wheels up, then use another tire shop. A good modern tire machine if used correctly does not even touch the outer rim beads. Only the clamping from the bottom inside touches the wheels, which is impossible to avoid. Older tire machines did scar the wheels but those are not used anymore that I've seen.
Great video. I had good luck using low value coins to hold the masking along the bead, just deflate and wedge them in every so often around, can also go in the stud holes too.
LOL crystal Iove that ....he can now get busy :) I'm actually doing my wife's wheels one every weekend due to time limitations but soon they will be done, thank you, very much for the great and kind comments, we are very glad you are here with us :)
For those who dint want to use paper and tape to protect the tirecfeom pain you can use axdexk of cards and press them in between the tire and the rim. Saves slot of time and is alot more reusable that paper and masking tape.
wow! amazing purely amazing and well paced and very informative without being OVERLY dramatic or making the mistake of being " too expert" in the language or materials used this could be followed by literally anyone with any budget and without any loop holes or forgotten materials or worse materials or tools unobtainable by normal people! too many incredible individuals with vast skill and knowledge either speak so poorly its not conveyed to the viewer or use equipment so expensive that the people watching the video cannot purchase or even rent the equipment and the viewers who could afford such luxuries instead go to someone and pays for it to be done! lol its apparent you know your business and im subbed and this video had the like button mashed! ive been a mechanic 17 yrs and have only lightly dabbled in the aesthetics of paint with poor results simply due to lack of KNOWLEDGE! your video was by far the most informative and paced so well I wasnt bored or forced to fast forward lol! thanks again and its appreciated since ive got some rims needing fixed myself!
Keith Thank you very much for the Kudos...your comments do come in handy when adding this video stuff to our plate..our main goal is to help the average do it yourself-er with easy common sense tricks that are ACTUALLY DOABLE and that cost the least amount as possible, granted sometimes it takes a little more in the tools area or the expense area but we always try to keep it as easy as possible..thanks again :)
You painted right over the valve stem.
Erik Pedersen - I was a little 😱 when I saw that too haha
YES we did....they were metal TPMS stems and they were nasty and rusty so they got hammered too.
me too !
Blasted mine with my buddy's setup then asked a local body shop the next time they were painting a silver car. They were painting a silver BMW the following week so they shot my rims for $100 at the same time. I did all the prep, covered them with trashbags to keep them clean, they just painted. Came out spectacular.
thanks so much for your helpful comments and for being here with us..:)
So refreshing to have a channel which consistently posts good content and doesn't try to sell me anything. Thank you for actually caring about us and sharing your knowledge of the best tools for the job.
you are very welcome tdou we love to help good people do fun projects....at the lowest cost possible for them and using the fastest methods
tdou so true!
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That's how every small channel is. Just wait :)
+full name here lol yup
I used Rustoleum Bright Coat Metallic Gloss Chrome and then put SprayMax 2k clear on top. I was a bit skeptical of the final look of finish, but I achieved amazing results! My wheels look better than new now. Thanks for making the video!
Just wanted to say thank you for this video. Just bought my daughter her first car and it’s in GREAT shape EXCEPT the rims. I grew up in car dealership so I know my way around tools but knew nothing about painting rims. Thank you SO MUCH for this video!!!! It saved a single momma much needed money and her daughter some embarrassment. I plan on implementing your advice tomorrow! Thanks again 🙏 🤘😊
Great to hear! It's our pleasure to help Aj! Thanks for watching and sharing, all the best with your daughters car my friend. mad Mike the hammer SPC
50 years of spray gun work has taught me to do the hardest places first. The easier open areas will get coated in the process.
Craig Keller thank you for sharing my friend :) mike
50 years huh? I learned that my first day in a booth
@@johnspartan3405 he didn't say it took him 50 years to figure that out. No need to act cocky.
I learned it, and i wasn't even in the booth, i just looked at my phone @johnspartan3405
Short, no BS, very detailed and straightforward. This guy reminds me of how my father used to explain some of the most complex things to me. "I'm gon teach you Barney style" he used to say. Easiest sub I've given all year.
thanks Justin glad to have you here with us
great video, never knew how easy it could be to sandblast something, BIG thanks for no crappy music playing over your instruction.
no problem glad to help we try to keep it simple :)
After all the great tips SPC gives us, I have a good one for you. For rim painting I like to do off vehicle on a large lazy suzan or turn table. I stand in one spot and get 100% coverage spraying as the wheel spins. I also use vaseline on the rubber by brush for the overspray and power wash later. Thanks again and keep it up!!!
we do some very large wheels and a spinning table is hard to find that will bear the weight. thank you for the great comments.
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I like to paint the inner part of the wheel black. Gives more depth and you don't have to worry about keeping it clean
Ima do that to my truck that’s a really smart idea
This just brought me back to my high school days when me and a buddy of mine decided to buy a bunch of sand and we started blasting out swimming pools during the winter time so they can get them ready for the summer
Great video. Just a tip...instead of messing around with paper and masking tape, simply use dish washer detergent. A cheap shampoo will do it too (lol). Smear it on the sides of the tire and let a thin stream of it run down into the groove between tire and rim. Spray paint and let it dry...fully dried it's just a matter of washing the stuff off the tire (which is easy..)..!
Kalle thanks so much and we are glad you are here with us :)
Just did C6 Corvette rims two tone black and white for my trans am. Came out insane. All can Rustoleum.
That’s awesome John great to hear that we love hearing success stories of people grabbing the ball and running with it
I think I am speaking for almost all of us, we greatly appreciate you giving us a time reference for each job ,, that really helps !!!! and I am serious thank you
los 6 thank you so very much we try very hard to do videos that will help many great people like yourself :) Have a great New Year !
I do a lot of these kinda jobs. Its fun. Looks even better when you also paint the inside of the wheel!
.:: KOEN ::. it is enjoyable for sure and we paint the insides when the customers request it...its all about the customer here :)
More of the best videos on the web for the DIY in auto detailing.
Thank you. I followed your directions for my 2008 Highlander. Came out beautifully!
Great job Tim! Thank you for watching and sharing your results, we appreciate it my friend, glad we could help :) Have a fantastic day. mad Mike the hammer SPC
Great video, I used index cards around the rim tucked between the rim and tire quick and easy. Great job
thanks Eli thats a great tip, we do some many these wheels these paper templates work great, can have them on in 2 mins if wasnt doing video...lol
KRYLON DISCONTINUED BRILLIANT SILVER !
I was in the middle of a 4 rim project and needed another can.
Nowhere to be found
I called Krylon HQ ... on hold for 45 minutes
Was told that brilliant silver is no more
I asked if they had renamed it or if they have a cross closeness to it
The kind lady replied that she couldn't answer that
However Krylon is sending me two complementary cans of brilliant silver to finish my project
It's too bad because I really like that color ... and perhaps how well Mike made that Rim come to life
I have better results with Krylon and Dupli-Color- regardless of that god-awful stench then I do with Rust-Oleum
I hope you're enjoying Florida Mike it's a great place
Thank you thank you Will we appreciate that my friend glad that Krylon could help you out always good to hear from you have a great day mad Mike Sweet project cars
So glad I found your channel, I'm recommending it to everyone I know. Thanks for sharing it with us, you hit the nail right on the head when you say. "Most people don't have those professional tools and you can still do a decent job with this."
Senna4EvR thank you very much
A thousand thank you's for the tutorial. Made it simple to understand how to approach and do the job right away. I maybe have one tip for you guys- I use a spray can of cheap oven cleaner, no fume, from Walmart and let it soak on the wheel awhile while I clean the exhaust tips with the product. Keeps the carbon from becoming ugly. So I tried a light spray on the brake dust that had accumulated over time. I was surprised how well it worked for this old retired disabled Vet. Go Dolphins.
thanks Tater...glad to have you with us and your awesome tips...thank you for your service we have two of our 4 kids in the service one in ft Bragg and the other in fort Walton AFB
excellent, it's amazing how just a new paint job on rims can really improve the look of a car.
you know it my friend
I had a set of American Racing FWD star wheels and the centers corroded under the clear first, then places on the rim corroded. Didn't have any success stripping the clear to polish out the rims. Didn't consider painting them, so I got rid of them. Haven't bought clear coated wheels since then. This video shows me that I can pickup someone's cast off corroded finish wheels if they otherwise suit me and make them look good again.
Yes you can Mark! Thank you for watching and sharing, we really appreciate it. Hope you have a great day. mad Mike the hammer SPC
darn,my wheels are terrible on my santa fe,was thinking about just buying new ones but this makes me want to try and tackle this job myself,i think i can do it,i've spray painted plenty of stuff before with good results so here goes nothing i guess,might be fun as well for diy project,lol...thx for the great video
fonzo2525 thanks you very much and you can do it and it is a great feeling of accomplishment when you get it done :)
Good work. Thanks for considering the DIY'er who doesn't have pro tools. The only suggestion I can offer is to snag a cheap lazy-susan turntable & place the tire/rim on it so you can stand in one place and rotate the rim while you paint. My back wouldn't last long bent over so I put my turntable on a bench at a comfortable height. Keep 'em coming!
Ron a lazy susan would work great thanks for the great comment and thanks for being here with us..:)
Superb video. This is the first one of many I have viewed that shows the type of corroded wheels I have and a practical way for the amateur to do the job. Thank you for your effort.
you are very welcome buddy
Precious video. The way you made this *very instructional* video, made it totally possible for me, a non-professional guy, to motivate and start thinking on a personal project for restoration of my old 1999 4x4 Isuzu Amigo wheels.
(actually, as I live in Europe, it's an Opel Frontera - just the same as the 1999 Isuzu Amigo. ;) )
Vitor we are glad to help you :) thank you for your great support and thanks for being here with us :)
Great info guys. I forgot all about being able to sand blast wheels and make them looks way better. Basic but awesome info. Good work!
jcarey thank you very much my friend we are glad to have you with us and help you out where we can :)
I love the OEM machined face look especially from the mid-late 90's Mustangs but it never lasts. The clear never holds up.
At work I’m using a die grinder with three different biscuits, then hand sand, it’s taking me days. Sandblasting looks 1000X smarter way to go. 👍🇨🇦🍻
It is for sure Andrew! Thank you for watching and sharing, have a great day and all the best on your project my friend. mad Mike the hammer SPC
I wish I could hang out with you for a week. I bet I would learn a lot. Thanks for the awesome videos.
lol..i love showing easy techniques for sure. thanks a bunch David
David Vargas me too I want to hang out!
GREAT REAL-WORLD CHANNEL! Hats off to you! It's great that you cater to guys who don't have a professional workshop! Thank you for making these videos! All the best, Rob
Thanks Rob Glad to have you with us
FYI you can also buy cans of Zinc Chromate too! fantastic adhesion, and will go over oil you may have missed!!
Thank you very much for sharing we truly appreciate that have a great day my friend
I’m sorry to wake this from the dead but would zinc chromate be used as a primer? Like in place of the etching primer? Thanks
This is the best wheel restore video I've seen and I've watched quite a few! Really informative and just inspired me now to tackle the wheels on my Nissan Patrol which are polished but look like the "before" wheels in your video. Thought I'd need to have them repolished but if I end up with a finish like those after painting it'll do for me! Thanks for posting.
beau you are very welcome glad we could help you..oh and love the LOST IN SPACE pic...brings back many memories
Friends...thank you very much for being here !!! :)
Sweet Project Cars You didn't mention it, but I see your clear coat was satin. Is that what we need? Satin Clear Coat.
it depends on if you like lots of shine...if you like lots of shine then use a high gloss clear...the customer we did these rims for did not want a high gloss...thanks for the great question :)
Sweet Project Cars
You forgot to mask off the valve stem
Very good and thorough video, thanks for listing the materials and equipment to do this. Very thoughtful of you, thank you.
It's our pleasure Robert! Thank you so much for watching and sharing, we truly appreciate it, hope you have a great New Year my friend. mad Mike the hammer SPC
this is amazing, i have seen many videos on this, but this is by far the best for a DIY project. i sold my Audi rims because of the same problem and i wish i had seen this earlier, but anyways im glad i did and thanks a lot man for posting this.
thanks for the great comments and thanks for being here with us :)
Lil trick if you can let the air out of the tire you can break the beed on the tire to get the paint around the edge of the rim
Thanks for sharing...I can't wait to do this on my truck wheels. Had to LOL, "You don't need to use a lot"... as you keep spraying and spraying the primer. Turned out great, thanks again for the tips.
lol ya my mouth gets ahead of my brain some time lol thanks so much for your great comment and support of the SPC channel :)
The first coat of clear should always be very, very lightly misted on! It greatly reduces the chance of a reaction with the base layer of paint, especially special silvers.
Thank you for sharing
Thanks for the video,I'm in the UK,and love watching your channel,great to see no nonsense low cost repairs for the average diyer
thanks Gaz glad to have you
Awesome! I love your videos. You doing those wheels was a pretty huge revelation. Akin to when I first polished plastic. Thank for sharing this.
I endorse tdou's comment. Your channel has sky-rocketed up my favourites (yes, I'm in the UK - we shove a 'U' in all sorts of words!) list. Best tip so far for me has been Mothers metal polish for acrylic headlights.
thanks richard :) glad we can help :)
I would personally never spray paint wheels but this looks pretty good. I just used harbor freight nylon fiber wheels (both 80 and 150 grit) to carve away the scratches and then progressively went up to 3000 grit and left them like that, if they get scratched again I dont have to sand down paint and respray them this way
This project was to fit into the customers budget and they absolutely love them and it did not bust their wallet
Great video!! I appreciate you sharing your knowledge! I have an 04 Lexus with aluminum rims that need to be cleaned & painted. Especially my 1 rim ! I’ll let you know how it turns out. Thank you again!
Our pleasure Tom! Thank you for watching and sharing, have a great week and all the best on your project my friend. mad Mike the hammer SPC
Another great video! All your videos are great, so much so, it's 1:40am and I should be asleep but I can't help but watch the videos you upload. Just one thing I noticed is that you didn't turn the can upside down and spray for a second to clean the nozzle. Maybe it isn't necessary for the cans of paint you use but on all the ones I have used it always says to do this.
Hello Claire thank you for the great comments and thank you for watching our videos and yes we do turn the cans up side down to clean them out but when we’re doing these videos we like to stay focused on the main part of the video we want to believe that our viewers know a few things and we do not want to insult their intelligence it’s a fine line when you’re doing these videos that’s for sure Have a great weekend my friend
I’m gonna do my wheels just like this . They look great!
You'll love the results John! Just make sure to use the same products/tools we share in the .....more of the video description. Thanks for watching and sharing, have a fantastic weekend my friend. mad Mike & team
Bruh. I just hire Jose Gonzales Perez Mauricio the 3rd. He does a great job at a great price.
Awesome! Thanks for watching, have a great day. mad Mike
Great vid, you sir are our common sense repairman! Thank you for coming down to us and using language we understand, and give options for us to choose from!
you are very welcome and thank you for the great comment :)
Looks awesome i used to work in a bodyshop at a GM dealership as a bodyman and painter most of my guns are devillbis and harbor freight ive ueed this method you couldnt tell the difference between rattle can and a single stage or ppg or silkens paints
Thanks Steve ... your comments mean alot here to us trying to help the diyer's . When you can spray with spray guns then pick up a rattle can it some how makes you better spraying with a can, if you know what I mean...we love going back to some of our old roots to do these videos...thanks again for being here and humble...hard for a seasoned mechanic and pro to be that way you proved it can be done :)
I did this a while back in a box with sand on my sport ranger 03 original rims now it’s has some nice original black rims with some off road tires
Good deal, glad it worked out for you. Have a great day, thanks for sharing! mad Mike the hammer SPC
End result, beautiful! Thank You!
Really great videos. Thank you. I like that you just get to the point without a bunch of silly music and special effects. I wouldn’t say no to a video on fixing curb rash or replacing a windshield.
Seth thank you very much for your great comment, it is great for the whole channel to have good people like you here :)
Depends on the windshield whether it's DIY or not. Set in a rubber gasket, or on a bed of butyl tape is one thing, but modern glass set in with a urethane adhesive isn't DIY. When installed the glass becomes part of the roof support of the body structure. Best left to a professional.
That's a good finish man. You sir are a wizard. I'm glad I found your channel. You have a new subscriber. Keep up the good work.
Just found sweet project cars and cant get enough. Keep em coming.
chris kozan thank you for being here on our channel, it makes all the time and effort it takes to do these videos worth it:)
how does a paint job like this hold up to the tire being mounted to the wheel? does the paint get chipped off?
ze3bar with our belle tire guys they never damage any off our rims even after we have painted them so it matters who you have do it
Awesome and informative video. I would have loved to see how the finish turned out so I can decide if it will work for the application I'm looking for! Thanks for the information
You can see at the end of the video that it looks beautiful, you will be happy with this process. Thanks. mad Mike the hammer SPC
cool. i do the same thing except ive been using 3×5 note cards i stick down around the rim.it makes like a cone around it and havent got paint on the tire once.
cool mike...we slap the paper on in 30 seconds as we use it over and over
I sincerely appreciate your time and effort in the video and your approach to the wheel new look. This video came at a perfect time as I will now follow your approach to getting my Saturn Ion wheels looking like gems. Good looking out my friend
paulos thank you very much and we are glad we could help you :)
Can I clean, sand down imperfections, remove clear coat with stripper, sand up to 2000 grits, polish with metal aluminum polish then spray clear coat at the end without using primer or paint? Would that hold its nice OEM aluminum wheel looks? Or will the surface be to smooth for the clear coat to adhere strongly to it? If so should I scuff it over with a scotch brite grey sponge (600-800grit) so it has a stronger surface to adhere too, but in doing that would it not ruin the purpose of the 2000 grit sanding and polishing? Or do you think primer, color paint, and then clear coat is the way to go? Thanks for any pro answer.
Serra Masterson if you follow the video to a T and use the same products and tools you will have great results or you could do this video th-cam.com/video/gxouiNX8JM0/w-d-xo.html for the ultimate wheels
I can see you've watched a few vids on this. What method did you end up doing and how did it turn out?
Hi again, in my younger days I used to do it the same way as you are doing for painting. Now, here is a tip that some people are doing now and only take about a minute or so. Take out some air on the tire and insert Index Cards around the edge of the rim and works very well. Greetings!!!
Bernardo, you mean this? th-cam.com/video/IDoIpxzZNqo/w-d-xo.html
Yes. Correct. I didn’t realized that you have done this previously. Sorry, and thanks again for your videos!!!
no apology necessary my friend, we are just here to help good people like yourself :)
Beautiful results, amazing.
Thanks a ton Croc
Thank you for sharing all your experience, you are doing it with very simple words and minimise all blla blla stuff, you are great mate! THANK YOU!!!
THANK YOU VERY MUCH NIKI
alot of people really don't know how to use a rattle can, personally i've been using one for 50yrs and you can do a great job if you know what your doing.
Ruger Rocker you are very correct my friend :) thank you for sharing and we are very glad we can help :)
Thank you for sharing your knowledge! My used set of rims are kick butt looking now even painted my lug nutts picked all the same colors you used! Get alot of compliments also thanks you again.
You are very welcome
I have a soda blaster that was used on an earlier project. Will it take paint and
rust off steel car wheels?
it should try it
Thank you buddy. I will try it out. Regards Ody Slim
thank you very much very glad to have you with us :)
I was just going to suggest that you use baking soda as it is environmentally friendly not to mention cheap.
I used a cheap HF gravity feed blaster and put baking soda in it. It worked really well on paint but it wouldn't touch rust.
Many rims a powdercoated. I don't think baking soda would work on powdercoat.
Great DIY video.
I have a suggestion to mask the tire easier.
When you mask the tire i don't mask all the way to the rim, i leave a space about an inch to an inch and a half then i paint the tire with a layer of soap. The soap i use is thick like grease and normally used on wooden floors. When the the paint is dry i wash of the soap.
The same soap can be used on your cooking pan and pot when you cook over an open fire and the sot vil be way easier to clean.
thank you very much and thanks for sharing the great tips...
cloth diapers! lol. what a throw back! great vids!
Here are 2 very good tips to add to your masterpiece video.
1.
For masking off a tyre, place a 1/4 bedsheets over a deflated wheel and tuck it between the tyre wall and the wheel's inner rim.
Cut hole over tyre valve , inflate to hold sheet tight and cut out centre.
2.
Devise a rotating Wheel centre support, (a child's bicycle wheel ?), place wheel waist high on table and rotate as you apply paint to the wheel.
Always keep the main lighting shining down from over your shoulder and from spray hand side.
Simples.
Also, that mat Aluminium grey might look mighty nice with just clear coat and adorning my silver Lexus LS400 !
I think that I will do that !
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Thanks for sharing, we appreciate it very much. Have a great day my friend. mad Mike the hammer SPC
Great vid. I would like to try this. I have a 15 gal compressor but would like to know what type of bead blast gun and media you use? I see the Black Diamond media but is there a specific size? How much would I use to do 4 wheels?
Thanks!
Hello Paul if you look in the show more of the video description you’ll find all the tools 80 pound bag of black diamond will do the job have a great day my friend
I did paint the wheels on my Lexus LS460 with wheel paint from Amazon. The worst most annoying part of this job, by far was masking the tire from over-spray! I got so frustrated - tape doesn't stick, tucking in paper pops out etc. that I cut my masking steps to the bare minimum. I always covered the car body with canvas as overspray here is NOT acceptable at all - but the part I cut out was masking the tire. Here's what i did instead, naturally I stuffed some paper towels under the rim to cover up the brakes and rotor from over-spray. For the lug nuts and valve stem I used masking tape, kind of push the tape down over the lug nut as best you can, over-spray here is usually barely noticeable.
But now instead of masking the tires, I used a piece of thin cardboard instead. Most packaging type cardboard will work for this. But the ideal thickness, length, and width cardboard you want to use is, the kind that's as thick as the piece of white cardboard that they use to package new men's dress shirts with (to shape the new shirt so it looks good before you rip open the package).
And now instead of trying to mask the wheel - I used the aforementioned piece of cardboard as a masking shield. You just bend the cardboard to fit in the gap between the tire and the wheel. While holding your cardboard in place, now use your free hand to spray your primer and/or wheel paint onto the wheel in that area (I found several light coats worked the best and avoided runs and orange peeled paint). And just keep moving your cardboard, then spray the paint, move the cardboard again, spray the paint etc. until you have a good (LIGHT) coat on your wheel. (Don't worry right now if your wheel is not as glossy as you'd like, and especially don't try to spray on more paint to make it glossier - light coats only please). The reason being, you will, (or ought to), finish the wheels with a clear coat as the final step. And the clear coat will give the wheels all the gloss you need.)
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2 of 2/ I did 3 light coats of the wheel paint plus one final pass (for the spots that didn't get quite enough paint during the first 3 coats). It also helps if you can move the car a few feet after the first coat, just so the wheels all rotate about half a turn. This way you can paint all the parts of the wheel equally and not worry about missing half the wheel with the paint.
Will there be some paint over-spray on the wheels doing it this way? Yes there definitely will be - but it doesn't matter. Like I said I was very careful to cover the car's bodywork above, in front of, and behind the tire, with a 5' X 6' piece of canvas. And no tape needed either, I used some 130 lb. strength magnets to secure the canvas onto the fender and door. There will be excess canvas covering drooping out but that's actually a good thing because you can just tuck in the drooping canvas above, over, and behind the wheel.
Even after all that, the overspray of wheel paint that got onto the tire was not a big problem at all and STILL a whole lot easier to do, than masking even one of the wheels. All I did was let the wheel paint + clear coat dry at least overnight. Then I got some acetone, or just brake cleaner, and poured it onto a rag and pretty much just wiped the overspray off (while doing my best not to touch the freshly painted wheel). And after that the remaining over-spray to clean off was quite minor. Being quite tired of messing about with wheels by then, I just spritzed on some silicone spray directly on the remaining paint over-spray 9using the cardboard wheel masker to protect the wheel from the spray this time!). And let it soak a while, a couple hours or even overnight, then wipe off the remaining over-spray.
Thanks for watching and sharing, have a great day. mad Mike & team
That was good bro. Got er done ! I m going to do my Chevy truck rims soon as I find a dude who will sand blast them in ne ohio
MrAlbie1970
In ohio? Isn't that a little far?
Just find one close by.
Looks good. I have an old suburban i use a my winter ride. I am going to do this too the wheels. The clear coat has peeled really bad
Good deal
You can also take a deck of playing cards and wedge them between the wheel and the rim all the way around to protect the tires from the spray cans
papa you mean this th-cam.com/video/IDoIpxzZNqo/w-d-xo.html
You are awesome this is very good very informative and we can save 100 bucks, thanks for you time for helping us
Happy to help Jay! Thank you for watching and sharing, we really appreciate all of our great subscribers like you, have a fantastic weekend my friend. mad Mike the hammer SPC
Haha, the paper tire covers are brilliant. Thanks!
thanks they have so much tape on them now because we use them all the time that they have become a permanent tool lol
You can also use index cards
Index cards or poker cards would work much better, just a little tip. Help the helper.
when I mask wheels or detailing I use shop rags or thin cloth rags it's faster and a lot easier some times than using tape and paper I do like the blue masking tape easy to work with and you can use it over a lot of times Hey I hear that You Tube is handing out a Oscar for your 5 star channel take care Joe
these templates are used over and over thats why we used them we made them the first time took a little longer but now we can just slap them on in less than a minute
It is only in the last few years that wheels weren't painted. They used to be ALL painted! We just slapped on chrome hubcaps if we wanted "girlie" cars!
corrroded aluminum is particulary difficult to clean with a limited power sandblast equipment, my experience with aluminum leads me to use professionnal sandblast services and 2 part automotive primers and topcoats to restore aluminum wheels
Correct this video is for the resin who has limited experience
Exactly what I was looking for thanks
You Are very welcome
Wow, that was brilliant. Cant believe how nice that is from rattle cans. Love your channel.
thanks a bunch :)
Amazing, simply amazing
thanks Capt. glad to help
So pleased that I’ve come across your You-tube Videos. They are detailed and easy to follow.
Thanks :) Ste
Steve we are glad to help you my friend :)
I got a situation. I bought a car that had shattered front windshield(deer went thru) previous owner had put on some plastic film on the car from wipers to middle of roof pretty sure its something like one of those "stick n protect" plastic films that dealers cars usually have on carpet when they get them detailed. Anyway, that film is bonded to my cars paint like a clear bra. I have tried goo gone, goof off with plastic razor blades. No success blades r bit thicker to get under the film. My last hope is turtle wax sticker n film remover (stuff is like 8 bucks a can) and heat gun. Its so tuff that i used metal razors on moonroof glass n i did half of it n thought to myself there should be a better way. Do you have any other way that might work? What are my options.
5Riverz so you say you have tried heat gun?or you have not tried that?
Sweet Project Cars no i havent tried that because the plastic is all cracked like spiderweb. So i thought of soakin it with these products and try to scrape it.
I jus noticed that my neighbor has the same stuff on his jeep's hatch where its got rust/body damage. I was able to read it cuz his jeep is gray mine is black i couldnt read what it says on mine. It is that flooring stuff that some detailers use. Wanna punch the dude in the face who thought it would be a good idea to use it on my car to seal it. Could have just used shower liner or some sort of plastic drop cloth.
5Riverz you might want to try 3M have some really good products for that kind of stuff and/or have you tried a heat gun or not?
Sweet Project Cars i have yet to try the heat gun. I went and got turtle wax sticker remover from walmart for 5 bucks. I will try heat gun n sticker remover wednesday when im off from work. Will give you the feedback for sure.
Excellent, no-bullshit video.
Well done! Greetings from Malaysia!
Its also relaxing to watch while Im down with flu, and makes me feel sleepy while watching it on the bed😂😂
JK welcome to you and Malaysia, thank you for the great comments, they are very helpful to the entire channel :)
I wish I had the space to do this
You are the FIRST auto vid maker (and I've watched many as I've been keeping an '89 Vanagon and a '95 Subaru alive) to mention females. 👏🏾 And you weren't referring to the sort that you hang from your review mirror.
Thank you Lisa we truly appreciate that and We believe the ladies need to be mentioned as well they love their cars just as much is the guys. Have a great night my friend
How many coats for each step? Primer, paint and clear?
we do two for each ...:)
Nice. I have a 1990 Isuzu 4x4 LS SpaceCab that has the OEM "snowflake" rims that are in DIRE need of reconditioning. I'm considering going this route, as well as just using Plasti-Dip....thank you!
awesome!! our next video on wheel recon is coming out tonight that may help you as well :)
Why do you cover up the final results with more links?
TrailSlug we adjusted that as it was one of our first videos also you get a good look at how bad they were to how nice they become throughout the video...try it and you will love your own results my friend
Tire shops scars the wheels up, then use another tire shop. A good modern tire machine if used correctly does not even touch the outer rim beads. Only the clamping from the bottom inside touches the wheels, which is impossible to avoid. Older tire machines did scar the wheels but those are not used anymore that I've seen.
I went downtown and got the hoodest air compressor I could find.
Great video. I had good luck using low value coins to hold the masking along the bead, just deflate and wedge them in every so often around, can also go in the stud holes too.
Great idea! Thank you for watching and sharing, we appreciate the input, hope you have a great day my friend. mad Mike the hammer SPC
This is going on the Honey Do List for sure. Great video, my husband can't say "I don't have the stuff to do that".
LOL crystal Iove that ....he can now get busy :) I'm actually doing my wife's wheels one every weekend due to time limitations but soon they will be done, thank you, very much for the great and kind comments, we are very glad you are here with us :)
love this channel
thank you :)
Great Job...ill be doing this to my 97 Silverado...those wheels are in bad shape. Great great info!
Glad it helped, thank you for watching and sharing, we really appreciate it my friend. Have a great day. mad Mike the hammer SPC
Did you forget to tape the valve stem?
no sir we ran them right thru the process as they looked horrible, not any more :)
Fantastic! Thanks. Definitely doing this.
Glad to help! Thank you for the view and comment, hope you have a great week and all the best on your project my friend. mad Mike
where is the part where you should use a sand paper to have a smooth finish ..??
For those who dint want to use paper and tape to protect the tirecfeom pain you can use axdexk of cards and press them in between the tire and the rim. Saves slot of time and is alot more reusable that paper and masking tape.
Thank you for watching and sharing Jonathan. Have a great day. mad Mike the hammer SPC