How to: Paint a rim without removing the tire

[Guest]

Taping off in a circle can be a pain in the , then you have to shield the tire with some shit for over spray. There's an easier way, to kill two birds with one stone for the lazy bastards like me; that don't want to strip the tire off the rim. The picture should be self explanatory.



Finished example:

[Guest]

digging the color combo

[2stroketim]

Red wheels.

Nice.

Pretty cool shortcut

[TheDog]

awesome shortcut. I'll be doing this this winter

[Moto4fun]

OK, wheres the shortcut for taping off wire spokes?!

[CoyoteUSP]

You can also use index cards or Post-its if you don't want to lose a good deck.

As for taping off spokes, if you're actually painting the spokes and not the wheel, take about a 2" x 2" piece of tape, cut it the center and put a hole punch dead center. It'll slip right over the spoke and nipple and then you can just tape off the rest of the wheel.

For taping off individual spokes I would wrap them in newspaper, then just tape the tops and bottoms.

[Guest]

Thanks,
yeah as far as spokes make sure your wheel is true and just paint those fuckers too haha. The color scheme is black and orange, but I can see how it would look red. I just tossed a start of my build thread over on the Japanese board; if you want to see more...

[Tito]

Right on, that's cool. Thanks for the tech.

[mrkil]

OK, wheres the shortcut for taping off wire spokes?!

use drinking straws with a slit cut long ways. This allows you to slip them right over the spoke.

[Shacknasty]

Excellent tip, Jet. Thanks for taking the time to pass it along.

I've used vaseline on hard to mask places I don't want paint like spokes, etc. No vaseline jokes, please...

[Tito]

Nice tips here. Vaseline, drinking straws and playing cards. Not just for bachelorette parties anymore.

[Moto4fun]

use drinking straws with a slit cut long ways. This allows you to slip them right over the spoke.

Brilliant!

[Guest]

Smarter not harder is definitely one of my favorite things to ponder when trying to figure shit out. Glad it's inspiring people; because busting beads etc. once they are already on is a pain in the ass, or wallet so it turns into a "well the next time I get tires" things.

No excuses now Thanks for adding idea's to expand on it fellas, nice group effort to solve a common problem.

[threat357]

Good to know. I'll be using these tips when I touch up the paint on my wheels so I don't fuck up my whitewalls.

Thanks, gents

[chopper666]

so many good ideas! thanks