Since we're on the topic of wheels... I decided that my winters needed some TLC. They were chipped badly, mainly from the previous owner who traveled a lot of gravel, however the finish was getting progressively worse over the years. This is what they looked like:
I decided to paint them myself. I spent about four hours sanding, and another couple washing/degreasing prepping them for paint. Here they are ready for primer:
Below is one primed:
Now the ugly part starts. Upon drying, the primer was wrinkling, as shown below. This was happening on all four wheels, on a good portion of the surface area. My prep work was good, I didn't know what the hell was going on. I let the first primer coat dry, sanded again, and primed once more with the same results.
At this point I called the BIL who is a journeyman bodyman. He said that sometimes primer will lift the existing paint at the interface with bare metal. Next he said to stop pissing around and bring them to the shop for sandblasting. So this morning I took them to the shop, sandblasted the wheels, now they are waiting their turn in the paint booth. I should have called him in the first place but wanted to take care of these myself. Lesson learned.
Sandblasted wheel below, took me about an hour for all four
I'll post pics once painted.
