Hubcap Painting

["Dick Benjamin" <DickB@xxxxxxxxx>]

Paint has a hard time sticking to highly polished surfaces, but if you
pre-wash the area to be painted with a very aggressive, residue free solvent
(like "BrakeKleen" or one of the other Carbon Tetrachloride type cleaners)
and allow it to dry thoroughly, usually the rattle can lacquers will stick
well enough for this purpose.  I use Krylon brand, available at Home Depot.
Be sure not to touch the surface after you clean it, and use very light
coats, repeated enough times to get good coverage after each coat has
"set-up" for 10 minutes or so.

Dick Benjamin
----- Original Message -----
From: <ChickDJC@xxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2002 9:20 AM
Subject: IML: Hubcap Painting


> How do you paint a hub cap?
>
> I recently located a used 54 Imperial hub cap that I wish to restore.  It
has
> a black center on (chromed-flashed) stainless steel.  I have removed the
old
> black paint.  Now, without using my air compressor/paint gun, can I use an
> aerosol paint on this surface that will stick and not chip?  Any
suggestions?
>
>