painting rims?

[civic91]

thinking of repainting a set of rims and i have a couple questions.
First to prep them for paint would it be better to blast them or would it be fine to just sand them down with sand paper.
Next question is that there is some curb rash on a rim, not sure how deep it is but if it cant just be sanded away you can just fill it with bondo and it will be fine once painted right.

[speed_ricer69]

I wouldnt us bondo on a rim,
Sanding or blasting will work for stripping, I would recommend the blasting. Powder coat would work great as far as painting goes too.

[King Ricer]

instead of using bondo, i heard if you use JB weld it would stand up to heat better then the bondo would.

[civic91]

ah JB weld makes more sense since the scratchs are not deep. i was just throwing out bondo as an option.

[capitlj]

speed_ricer69;303056 wrote:
I wouldnt use bondo on a rim, just for safety matters and what not.
Safety matters lol. Like the bondo makes a rim less safe. Sure if he was making the entire rim out of bondo but just a little curb rash come on. JB weld will stick better but bondo would be just fine, I have done both bondo is easier to work with. If its a steel rim that already has a painted finish sanding will work just fine but it'll be a lot more work.