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This message is a reply to an archived post by 66 Caprice on June 08, 2014 at 16:12:21.
The original subject was "Painting wheels and not tires".

Brake the tire bead free, cut 2 cardboards each to fit around half of the rim. Shove each half between tire and rim. I tape them together and paint. Save them for other side or later use.
 
Try using rubbing compound. Apply it with a parts cleaning brush. Let the compound dry before painting. Once the paint has cured on the rim, rinse the compound off with a garden hose. Back in the day when car wheels had wheel covers or hub caps, rims done this way when doing all over paint jobs. Of course, we bought the compound in gallon jugs because we used so much of it in the body shop.
 
This is what I did when painting lots of tractors.
Had a lite wt. steel band rolled that was 6" wide . Left the ends " open", not welded. Had the wheel laying flat , set the band on the bead tight to the wheel , snapped the vise grips on to hold it from opening up. Sprayed the wheel or rim , removed the band and had very little overspray to clean up. Same band fit several sizes of wheels by not welding it together.clint
 
If breaking beads to insert cardboard was my only choice,I'd just paint rear tires with tire black to cover overspray when finished. Heck,might rather have green tires than bust beads on an old rusted tractor wheel.
 
I use 8" wide roof flashing about 18"long.
Hold against the rim with one hand and move as you paint. Works for me.
 
I'm with da.bees, I would rather gargle dirt than bust the bead on an old rusty tractor tire. my way of thinking, it is best not to wake a sleeping beast with a tire iron.
But to answer your question, We mask off the tires like we do windows. And spray bleach on any over spray on the tire and rub. The bleach softens the tire rubber.
 
I just used cardboard on my tractor rims. The paint was Dupont's acrylic enamel. Hal
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Not a hard thing but has anyone seen paint stick to oil? OK how about Vaseline? Ok next would be grease? We didn't use a mask 50 yrs. ago we used Vaseline.
 
(quoted from post at 17:00:28 11/01/14) Not a hard thing but has anyone seen paint stick to oil? OK how about Vaseline? Ok next would be grease? We didn't use a mask 50 yrs. ago we used Vaseline.
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Dave, see my post above. This topic is on the three month schedule, and every time that we have it people post various materials that they apply to the rubber to keep the paint from sticking. There are quit a few.
 
(quoted from post at 17:00:28 11/01/14) Not a hard thing but has anyone seen paint stick to oil? OK how about Vaseline? Ok next would be grease? We didn't use a mask 50 yrs. ago we used Vaseline.
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Exactly!! Paint will not stick to either grease or vaseline. Just be careful to not get any grease where you DO want the paint to stick.
 
(quoted from post at 04:21:07 11/02/14)
(quoted from post at 17:00:28 11/01/14) Not a hard thing but has anyone seen paint stick to oil? OK how about Vaseline? Ok next would be grease? We didn't use a mask 50 yrs. ago we used Vaseline.
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Dave, see my post above. This topic is on the three month schedule, and every time that we have it people post various materials that they apply to the rubber to keep the paint from sticking. There are quit a few.
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showcrop I GOT YOUR POINT. But I read the post as being Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2014 11:10 am Post subject: Painting wheels and not tires. So from this point on I will refrain from making a comment to a post, unless it is directed to me.
 
(quoted from post at 10:01:53 11/02/14)
(quoted from post at 04:21:07 11/02/14)
(quoted from post at 17:00:28 11/01/14) Not a hard thing but has anyone seen paint stick to oil? OK how about Vaseline? Ok next would be grease? We didn't use a mask 50 yrs. ago we used Vaseline.
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Dave, see my post above. This topic is on the three month schedule, and every time that we have it people post various materials that they apply to the rubber to keep the paint from sticking. There are quit a few.
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showcrop I GOT YOUR POINT. But I read the post as being Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2014 11:10 am Post subject: Painting wheels and not tires. So from this point on I will refrain from making a comment to a post, unless it is directed to me.
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Dave, it appears that you must have gotten a point other than what I was intending to make.
 
(quoted from post at 11:16:34 11/02/14)
(quoted from post at 10:01:53 11/02/14)
(quoted from post at 04:21:07 11/02/14)
(quoted from post at 17:00:28 11/01/14) Not a hard thing but has anyone seen paint stick to oil? OK how about Vaseline? Ok next would be grease? We didn't use a mask 50 yrs. ago we used Vaseline.
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Dave, see my post above. This topic is on the three month schedule, and every time that we have it people post various materials that they apply to the rubber to keep the paint from sticking. There are quit a few.
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showcrop I GOT YOUR POINT. But I read the post as being Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2014 11:10 am Post subject: Painting wheels and not tires. So from this point on I will refrain from making a comment to a post, unless it is directed to me.
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Dave, it appears that you must have gotten a point other than what I was intending to make.
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Showcrop: That is Possible, Even though I do understand NOW that it is an issue that has been discussed and is being brought up again so soon and should have already been resolved when it was originally posted. It isn't an issue point taken.
 
I use a paint brush and Crisco. Use cardboard to keep it off the rim. Wash the Crisco off the rubber after the paint has dried....works great.
 
(quoted from post at 21:31:08 09/26/14) If breaking beads to insert cardboard was my only choice,I'd just paint rear tires with tire black to cover overspray when finished. Heck,might rather have green tires than bust beads on an old rusted tractor wheel.
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da.bees for president :D
 
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