Painting Wheel Hubs

[alpinefocus]

What is the best way painting wheel hubs?  i want to change a set of 818 wheels from red to white, i didn't know whether it is better to remove the tyres or use masking tape?

Dan.

do the front wheels come off the axels easy?

[Gav836]

If they are like the Valtra C's to get the front wheels off you need to gently prise off the hub and there should be a small screw behind them, just undo it and the wheel will come off.

As for the painting, I usually take the tyres off instead of masking them by dropping the wheels in really hot water so they go soft, come off easily then

[alpinefocus]

cheers gav,

haven't tried the hot water thing.

[Tractorman810]

mm never thought of the hot water trick gav,nice one, same way to put them back on i guess??

[Gav836]

yeah, exactly right Sean, they slip off and on nice and easily when they've been warmed up, thats the way I do all the beet harvester wheels. I think I picked the tip up from Jason in one of his topics on here

[towse trading]

hi

red to white is a bad colour , the red bleeds through the white

dave

[Deerepower]

wouldn't you be better having a coat of primer first?

[alpinefocus]

would the primer work dave or find some other wheels?

[Tractorman810]

one wheel i have found hates paint seems to be the jd 4020 fronts, i prime them and top coat them, but 90% of the time the pain just comes off??? not had that with any other wheel

[towse trading]

I HAD A BAD DO WITH SOME BRITAINS MF PLASTICS , USED PRIMER AND TOP COATS STILL CAME THROUGH

[Tractorman810]

not had that problem dave  must say, only with the jd wheels, and i do get through some mf parts thats for sure

[allis8550]

one wheel i have found hates paint seems to be the jd 4020 fronts, i prime them and top coat them, but 90% of the time the pain just comes off??? not had that with any other wheel

              I 've had the same trouble with the JD wheels Sean, I think its the type of plastic. They seem to be made of softer plastic like polythene ? , other wheels are harder like polystyrene and take paint much better.

[Tractorman810]

they seem to hand paint ok though with nigels paint, just wont take spray? like you say plastic type, wonder if proper red palstic primer would be better for that

[allis8550]

Might be worth a try, one tip I heard years ago for painting model soldiers made from polythene was to undercoat with Unibond, but must admit I havn't tried it on the JD wheels.

[Tractorman810]

that may work as that seals most things for painting, been told that before.may have to try

[Tractorman810]

i have  atin of that already will try that as the next option for something soon ,never thought of it until just now as i typed

[Gav836]

I have used that plastic primer on wheels and found it works well although I find the filler primer works just as well