Paint or Dye rims

[madmickmalone]

Hi,

Anyone had any experience in painting or dyeing rims,I would like to change the colour of wildone/fox rims?

Any tips on what to do or use?

All the best

MMM

[WillyChang]

My WildOne's white wheels have been painted silver since the 1980s. When I stripped it for rebuild in recent years, I stripped off the paint and repainted.

Krylon or auto paint meant for flexible plastic bumpers should work fine. I also use a Tamiya PS or TS on wheels... seems to stay on fine.

Dyeing would be more resistant to chips but many non-nylon plastics don't take colour well. 

[howaboutme]

I tried to dye (using ritt) my hotshot rims to black and it didn't work, just turned a very dark purple and I did it a few times, very concentrated. Some further research afterwards yielded some posts in forums that the type of plastic Tamiya is using now doesn't take dying very easily (or at all). I ended up just spraying using TS paint....

[Backlash]

I've seen photos on one of the Tamiya Facebook groups where one of the members dyed some Wild one wheels orange so he could put them on his Super Hornet.. He did 2 sets, with the first coming out almost red, and the second were orange, and they seemed to take the dye quite well.. He did mention that the dye did scratch off after some heavy use, but maybe it would have been better had he allowed them to sit longer in the dye..

 

[Tamiyabigstuff]

A long time ago, Tamiya did produce some Wild One wheels in fluorescent colours - Yellow / Green / Orange.

Quite hard to find now but maybe worth looking for ?  

[tam-trucks]

i did respray some white tamiya wheels the other year, i use plastic bumper primer that you use on plastic parts with automotive top coat,works very well,,when sparying make sure you key the plastic part very well,and let it dry for 2-3days after.......never tried dying only on clothing.......hippies rules

[WillyChang]

10 hours ago, Backlash said:

I've seen photos on one of the Tamiya Facebook groups where one of the members dyed some Wild one wheels orange so he could put them on his Super Hornet.. He did 2 sets, with the first coming out almost red, and the second were orange, and they seemed to take the dye quite well.. He did mention that the dye did scratch off after some heavy use, but maybe it would have been better had he allowed them to sit longer in the dye..

Dye only penetrates a shallow distance into the surface. If you later cut the item, colour will be lighter... also dyes often fade with time or sunlight.

9 hours ago, Tamiyabigstuff said:

A long time ago, Tamiya did produce some Wild One wheels in fluorescent colours - Yellow / Green / Orange.

Quite hard to find now but maybe worth looking for ?  

The SuperHornet orange wheels are a different material to white WildOnes, it's probably more ABS and they're brittle. They've cracked in racing whilst the White just flex.