paint,rust and 3m bonding

[Anti-Ricer]

I'm getting ready to paint my rims.I'm going to be replacing the tires too so I'm going paint the rims with the tires on them.No point in masking the tires because they are going to the dump.I'm wondering if anyone has a good way of removing the paint from the rims so I can paint them? Sand blasting is out of the picture so is paint stripper. maybe someone uses a certain tool or a certain sandpaper or something else. I'm not trying to get the rims to bare metal I just want them smooth so they look decent when I paint them.I'm not using primer or anything of that nature. I have red Rustoleum and I plan on spraying 3 coats on each rim.I currently only have a roll of 400 grit sandpaper for my Snapon DA which won't fit in the small grooves. I'm going to use my Matco 90 degree die grinder with a scuff pad on some of the rougher area's of the rims.



I'm seen on the show muscle car on the (power block) where they applied some rust treatment with a brush and it stops the rust turning it black. Can someone tell me what this stuff is called and does it really work like they showed on the show. But as usually I don't know what this stuff is called.

While I was in school ( Tennessee technology) auto body and collision : the teacher showed US this 3m adhesive stuff that newer cars and trucks were starting to use to bond panels ,in fact our teacher done a frame up restomod on a 78 check truck.he used the adhesive on the roof skin door skins and other parts. To get his point across on how strong this stuff is he got 2 pieces of sheet metal mixed the stuff.then put it between the sheet metal held with vise grips to dry over night. The next day he hooked it up to the frame rack and pulled them.To my and everyone elses surprise the sheet metal tore and the adhesive never budged.long store short I want some of this stuff because I'm going to be gluing (if that's the right word for it) the inner and outter rockers on the 65. This stuff will bond anything as long as it isn't structural.The benefits of this stuff include not warping / distorting the metal because you are not welding. It also acts as a weather seal so water doesn't get between the metal to make rust.The problem is I don't know what its called lol.if you have heard of this stuff and know where I can buy it please know thanks
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