How to Paint Truck Wheels
Painting your truck wheels is a great way to update the look of your truck. This is much cheaper than replacing all four sets of wheels, which can be quite expensive. To properly paint the wheels, the old paint must be removed. The process is not difficult and requires little effort.
Items Needed:
- Bucket
- Water
- Mild liquid dish soap
- Scrub brush
- Cloths
- 180 grit sandpaper
- 600 grit sandpaper
- 1000 grit sandpaper
- Primer
- Paint
- Clear lacquer
- Garden hose
- Fill a bucket with 1 gallon warm water and add 1 tablespoon of mild liquid dish soap to the water. Use the cleaning solution and a scrub brush to completely clean the truck wheels. Rinse the soap away with water from a garden hose. Dry the wheels with a clean cloth and allow them to completely dry by air.
- Sand all four of the wheels with 180-grit sandpaper. Use circular motions and apply pressure as you sand them Wipe them with a damp cloth to remove any sanding particles and allow them to completely dry.
- Coat all four wheels with primer. Allow the primer to dry according to the directions on the package. Use 600-grit sandpaper to sand each wheel. You will only need use light pressure when sanding. Wipe the particles away with a damp cloth and allow the surface to dry. Apply another coat of primer and allow it to dry. Sand the surface with the sandpaper and wipe them with a damp cloth. Allow the wheels to dry.
- Sand each wheel with 1000 grit sandpaper. Wipe the sanding particles away with a damp cloth. Allow the wheels to dry.
- Apply paint over the surface of the wheels. Allow the paint to dry. It should take about four hours to completely dry.
- Coat each wheel with four coats of clear lacquer. Allow each coat to dry for 20 minutes before apply the next coat. Allow the lacquer to set for 24 hours. The lacquer will protect the truck wheels from chips.