Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Wheel in the sky keeps on turnin'

Soooo........ the last few evenings we have been working on the wheels/tires.  We packed the bearings... bought new tires...sanded and painted the rims....polished the hub caps.... the painted white walls... and finally they are on the trailer.  I DO NOT LIKE jacking the trailer up AT ALL!!

*The white walls...We found a guy in CA who restores trailers and he uses elastomeric paint to paint the white walls.  We thought we would try it.  We are not sure how it will wear or clean...  just have to wait and see.

A few examples of paint

http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/181459241428?lpid=82 (this is paint found on the internet)

I've also heard that Rat Rodders  have used Kilz or Acrylic paint...
Packing the bearings








Trying to get rid of the rust



Primer

Painting Rims



One coat

Polishing hub caps

Polished on right

Going back on


Used for the white walls... also used on our roof


If you spin the tire the paint goes on more evenly 

US 









I'll post in a few days/weeks how the white walls are holding up!!

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