Painting hoops

[udallcustombikes]

What is the best way to hang a wheel hoop to paint it? I have them unlaced and preped, but I don't want anything touching the wheel when I paint it. Suggestions?

 

[necessaryevil]

The way I do it is with shoelaces. Tie one end in a loop to hang it, pull the other end through the valve stem hole, and put a double knot in it. It covers up a little of the valve stem hole, but that can easily be touched up.

 

[CCR]

i hang them from a hook in the ceiling by a wire, run the wire through a spoke hole and out another spoke hole across the diameter, i usually tie the wire off to a nut or a piece of dowell rod. the nut/dowell rod will touch the wheel on the inside where it wont be seen and leaves plenty of room to get an even coat well over the edges of the rim.

just how i do it anyway

 

[udallcustombikes]

i hang them from a hook in the ceiling by a wire, run the wire through a spoke hole and out another spoke hole across the diameter, i usually tie the wire off to a nut or a piece of dowell rod. the nut/dowell rod will touch the wheel on the inside where it wont be seen and leaves plenty of room to get an even coat well over the edges of the rim.

just how i do it anyway

I like it! I was thinking some kind of cone through the valve hole but this makes much more sense. Thanks!

 

[sensor]

i thought you lived in kansas!!!
bailing wire....wrap it on the inside of the rim(you know where the tube goes) then twist it around itself until it wont fall...then hang it on what ever you going to use
cheap,easy to use,and youll find a million other uses for it as well

 

[udallcustombikes]

i thought you lived in kansas!!!
bailing wire....wrap it on the inside of the rim(you know where the tube goes) then twist it around itself until it wont fall...then hang it on what ever you going to use
cheap,easy to use,and youll find a million other uses for it as well

I'm a displaced Texas boy and this cold has the old noggin running a bit slow. In the past I've always painted the wheel while it was laced up, then replaced the old spokes if I didn't want them painted.

 

[Slick Rick]

I take a long piece of bailing wire and make a loop that can go around the entire outside circumfrence of the wheel and have about 4" of space all the way arond. Then I take a tire iron (jack handle) and start twisting "eyelets" in the wire hoop. After I twist one, I rotate the rim 180 degrees and twist another. This process continues until the wire has a nice hold on the hoop. What you are left with is a hoop with many eyelets with which you can easily rotate the wheel while painting and replace your position with on your hook. And by hook I mean the hook you have suspended to hold (suspend) the hoop for paint. Very easy to rotate the hoop while painting this way. The wire is also thin enough tat it is minimally invasive while you paint, also very easy to cut loose with a pair of dykes when finished. :wink: Later & PEACE!!!!

 

[aka_locojoe]

I've always just hung them by a wire coat hanger through the valve stem hole and then put a little loop (not a hook) at the end of the coat hanger.

 

[onelesspedestrian]

I clamped a small tapered punch vertically in my work stand, and then set the rim on it through the spoke hole. nice thing I found with this is you can grab the rim by the inside surfaces (where you don't need paint), rotate, and put it back down on the punch in another hole to make sure you get all sides evenly.

that's mine. lots of other good ideas here as well.