[How To] Painting Rims the quick and easy way

[fitbike61]

If you want to know how to paint your rims without completely disassembling everything but the rim, youve come to the right thread.

note: PAINTING UR BACK WHEEL WITH BRAKES IS POINTLESS. THE PAINT WILL RUB RIGHT OFF WITH BRAKES.

first off, this is what you'll need.

1. a can of ur chosen color spraypaint
2. paper towels
3. primer (if u care a lot about a clean job)
4. a tire pump for afterwards
5. the ability to flip ur bike upside down
6. (optional) masking tape to cover the spokes & nipples

so step number 1,
flip your bike upside down and deflate the tire you're working on.
should look like this


step number 2, HOOK
get the paper towel and take a strip off (about a third of the sheet).
and as shown in the picture, squeeze it in between the rim and the deflated tire and let it sit there.



step 3,
repeat the paper towel method until its gone all the way around the rim. if its unstable then tape them together.

(pics show about a third way done with 2 strips of paper.)

the process should look like this.


step 4,
take the primer (or spraypaint if you're lazy) and take the wheel and spin the wheel pretty fast. hold it about 2 inches away from the rim at a low angle to spray the sidewalls and the middle simultaneously. then coat with paint several times. spray very lightly because it is so close. the reason for it to be close to the rim is to avoid painting the spokes. if u want u can cover the spokes & nipples with small pieces of masking tape.

step 5,
repeat with the other side

step 6, just spin the wheel or pump it up and ride to get it drying.

step 7,
ride away with a sick new paintjob.


now you are vincent van gogh.

[seanmcguire]

whos too lazy to take off a tire and a wheel from a bike? lol

[fitbike61]

i know i am. this way works just as well and takes much less time. thus the title name, "Painting Rims the quick and easy way"

[MrChikoStick]

Is this what you did with the Turquoise bike?

[JustinCarter]

How do you paint inbetween the spokes? Just put tape on em and spray? o.O

[MrChikoStick]

Have you seen Fits Turqouise bike in my (Layne) Bike Repaint thread

[fitbike61]

this is how my previous paintjob went with my method. if ur careful, u can get just about the nipples only and no spokes.
u CAN tape up every single spoke if u want a super clean job but i didnt care that much about the super clean job.

[MrChikoStick]

still looks good though!

[social]

[5. the ability to flip ur bike upside down

Hmm whered you steal that from Cough*Me*Cough

[fitbike61]

hahaha yea i read it somewhere a long time ago and forgot who it was from. but it was just so witty i had to steal it. haha just appreciatin ur wit .

ill fix that part