MI: Ralley Wheel Paint

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Originally Posted by 3drburb

Great information on the prep and painting.

Thanks. I'm definitely an amateur / shade tree mechanic, at best. Sometimes it's hard to get intimidated by junk like this, but its often all for naught. It's really about just tearing into things and seeing what works.

I actually painted (1) of the wheels and didn't like the end results, so I waited a week for the paint to cure and then sanded the wheel down and did it again. My mistake the first go round was using a wire wheel on an small angle grinder to removed the rust in places. It caused a bunch of ridges that showed up after painting. By hand sanding, it took a long time and my hand was sore, but gave me much better results. Plus, I could sand the wheels late at night after the kids were in bed without waking them up.