....back in my poor days (ha) I use to rub the tire with a little GOJO from the local filling station.....also used it for cleaning white walls on my '56 coupe. Wow, those were the days.
To be honest, I got that from the internet. I tried it a few days ago and have decided to go back to tape around the edge of wheel and finish with newspaper. Anybody want to buy half a deck of cards?
Original post edited. I say poop on this idea.
Carl, Gramma doesn't know yet. What is worse is that is my wife.
Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it. - William Penn
I got Eastwood masking rings back in the last century and have had good results with them. I don't think Eastwood carries them anymore but they are out there.
I got Eastwood masking rings back in the last century and have had good results with them. I don't think Eastwood carries them anymore but they are out there.
Bartamos, I think your playing card trick would work better than that Eastwood gizmo. Getting paint on the outer part of the rim nearest the tire would be really impossible. Vertical blind slats with a curve in them would probably work better than the Eastwood thingy. One thing I've used is a hand-held masking device, but not on wheels. I just move it along as I paint. It would have to be custom cut to match the radius of the wheel.
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I've seen a different picture of the playing card setup online, except they were oriented 90 degrees from your picture, they overlapped each other, and they weren't taped down.
I have not tried it myself. I used 52Carl's trick (above) when I painted my wheels.
Update for those who don't have a tire machine or want to spend the time and money to have tires removed. (us cheapos). It does work. This is my stab at it. No taping, no untaping. Took about 30 seconds per wheel. This is a rattle can job for the back of wheel. Everybody has an old deck of cards in that one drawer.
Please note: The title of my post has always been "with tires". That is the subessence of the trick/tip.
Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it. - William Penn
The few times I've needed to clean inside the wheel, a wire wheel on an angle head grinder did the trick. You'll need a twisted knot wire wheel, not a cup brush.
