Painting snowflake alloy wheels

[PeteD]

Hi guys, during my process of returning the old 750e back to road I've managed to convince myself that I need to refresh the wheels.

So I'm looking for some advice regarding paint, everything that I've read on contemporary paints is that I need to use an Etch Primer, however the original paint that I've removed appears to only be a single coat of gold colour.

So any guys with experience in painting alloy what's the best way to proceed ? I'm all ears.

[Nessism]

Last time I painted wheels I used Gunkote. You need to media blast until you have pure white metal. Then it's spray and bake to cure the coating. Gunkote is great from the standpoint of being very solvent resistant so it will hold up to solvent degreasing to remove chain lube and such. Really nice stuff.

[PeteD]

Thanks Nessism. I've not heard of GunKote before, I'll see if it's available here in the UK.