So I bought some procomp xtreme 6059 chrome wheels on craigslist a while ago. Got all four for $150. Good deal. Except they were a little pitted. The guy lived on a military base on the ocean. So the salt water ruined them. Well I decided to just get them powder coated before I realized it was about 300 bucks. So today I had so time and decided to just paint them black, myself. I read somewhere its possible just to sandblast the chrome off. And I just happened to have a small sand blaster I got for free from my old junk removal job. So I thought DIY. So I went to home depot and got
Sand
Denatured alcohol
Etching primer
Sanding primer
High temp gloss black engine enamel
And some gloss clear
So far so.good. sand blasted the front and back of the wheel. Came out great. Just finish the first coat of etching primer. I think ill.let that dry over night. Then finish it in the morning since its looking like rain. Well I do have to say this is so far really easy to do. Im.so.thankful for great forum web sites like this one. Its great to learn how to accomplish diy projects. I've learned so much. I hope tomorrow to post the pics of my progress. If I can do.this anyone can.

 

sounds cool.. be sure to show the pics

 

I will be following this thread. I wouldn't mind painting my old 20" roush wheels black.
Keep us posted with a step by step and lots of pictures.

 

Will do. I took so.e pics so.far just not.sure how to.post them up. I tried earlier but said a moderator.has to aprrove my post

 

When your first post contains several pictures, the site spam detector freezes it as it thinks it may be spam. I released it and merged all your threads. You should not have that problem again.

 

Great work so far, looking forward to the final product.

 

thanks guys for the support. ill keep taking pics. i wish i would have taken one after i sand blasted to show u guys what it looked like. but i just finished the etching priemer 3rd coat. now im going to do 1 coat of filler primer, then paint.

 

Great thread. How long did the sandblasting take?

 

man the sand blasting took about a couple of hours. im very critical. so i took my time.

 

did a coat of etching primer front and back


did two coats of filler primer front and back


wet sanded the front and back with 220

did first coat of black


what do u all think

 

so far so good, take your time and they will be awesome

 

Awesome. Why the wetsanding, just to make sure you had the smoothest surface you could before paint?

 

correct i want the rims to have a smooth show room finish. easier to clean and polish later on.

 

just wet sanded again this time with 800 grit. then i applied the last thick coat of gloss black. net up wait till it drys wet sand it again then start the clear process