That title is probably over-selling it. Whatever the end result is, it will probably be a lateral promotion.
The steel wheels are pretty rusty, so needed quite a bit of cleanup. They had also apparently been roughly painted with brushed on gray house paint at some point. They looked good from ten feet away, which is the best I can hope for, I suppose.
I wire brushed the first wheel, chipping off any loose paint and rust, then cleaned it with acetone. I don’t play cards, so did the next best thing and cut up a beer case into playing card sized pieces. I jammed them in the crack, separating the tire from the rim, before spraying rust treatment and primer.
Then white paint around the outside.
I didn’t bother masking the middle, since that’s going to be a whole separate step whenever I get back to it.
