Any tips for spray painting rims?

[keen swallow]

You wanna completely paint them I assume?

1. Clean with a degreaser and/or brake cleaner to remove brake dust and grease (especially in the corners and on the wheel face

2. Sand the painting area
   -if you need to do serious smoothing, start with a hard grit (200-400) and finish with a softer one (600-1000)
   You NEED some surface texture for...

3. Spray light base coat and wait for it to dry to touch (this should be on the can)

Start your Spray OFF of the wheel and bring the flowing spray to it. Do NOT start to spray directly on the wheel

4. Spray medium coats to get full coverage.

5. Dry to touch or better (hour+)

6. Clear coat. Same deal. Light coat first..dry a few min...medium coats after

7. avoid curbs

Wish I had pics but I did this for my wheels long ago and it looked great for the cost.

Make sure your paint/clear play well together (both acrylic)

[ivory mango]

Will let you know how it goes when I start

@keen swallow what do you think about these ones?

And how many cans of each one will I need

[keen swallow]

Rustoleum worked for me. I can't recall what clear coat I used but in general I'll try to use the same brand as they have a better chance of working together well

There are higher quality clear coats but I would recommend some high temp clear coat like would be used to clear coat an engine bay. Wheel Temps can get high so a regular clear coat will wear faster.

I'd plan on at least 1 can of color per 2 wheels. Id get 3 to be safe.
You need less of the clear but I'd get 2 cans.

PATIENCE IS EVERYTHING

You will waste your time if you rush the clear coat. Base paint too but a bad clear looks cloudy and ashy

Good luck!!!

If you are new to the rattle can I strongly recommend looking up some YT tutorials. It's not hard but technique is critical

Also, wet sand >>> dry