Painting black areas in chrome rims

[64Comet404]

I am currently working on a Monogram '70 Buick GSX, and I'm trying to find a way to paint those recessed areas on the rims. I have considered painting the back and removing any slips with thinner, but I have already sprayed the rims with Tamiya Smoke to cut back on the shine. Any suggestions?

[Belugawrx]

I have had good luck painting white glue where you dont want paint..letting it dry..and spraying your colour on the wheels...let paint dry and wash off the white glue with warm water..

 

Edited January 24, 2019 by Belugawrx

[John Pol]

you can also use silly putty

[StevenGuthmiller]

You can paint the black area with acrylic craft paint.

Any mistakes ca be removed with a little water or some light scraping with a tooth pick.

 

Steve

[afx]

I thin Tamiya semi-gloss black (3-parts thinner / 1-part paint) then load up a brush and touch it against the recess and let capillary action draw the paint into the area.  Apply additional applications to get the desired darkness.

[Snake45]

I just paint 'em with a small brush and Model Master Black Chrome Trim, wiping off any overage as I go with a wood toothpick. The toothpick will also remove dried paint from "chrome" if necessary. 

[Deathgoblin]

I outlined the wedge shapes with a Micron pen so the edges were easier to pick out and then filled them in with semigloss black on mine.   

[Cornpatch]

Could also use a Sharpie Paint Pen.   NOT the regular ordinary Sharpie.  Sharpie also makes a paint pen that has oil based paint in it. 

An extra fine point or a fine point would probley work for your project.

I use them all the time in both of my hobbies and prefer them over regular Sharpies but that's just my opinion

Oh yea they also come in quite a few different colors and in several tip sizes.

Can be some times hard to find in stores, I always order mine on line.   Blick Art Materials carries all of the colors and are really easy people to deal with.

                                                                                  Hopes this helps

                                                                                            Jeff

[Richard Bartrop]

A technical pen like a Rapidograph or a Steadtler Mars, filled with a decent ink like Higgins Black Magic, is just the thing for adding black to a tight recess.

[vintagercr]

Wow all great suggestions 

[64Comet404]

I eventually went with a modified version of JC's technique. Since I had shot the rims with a coat of Tamiya Smoke, I didn't want to risk lifting the undercoat with thinned acrylic. I went into my swap meet stash, and found a bottle of Testor's 1149 Flat Black. I gave up using Testor's as a wash years ago, because I was tired of rubbing the chrome off the parts during clean-up, but the undercoat definitely made a difference in the application. Thanks to all the people who provided suggestions for my dilemma.

[Brutalform]

I sprayed these with a flat paint, and just used a cotton swab lightly moistened with 70% alcohol. (91% will remove the chrome). Then touched up the bolts and centers with a Molotow pen.

[afx]

Wheels look great Ken.

[Tommy124]

Good suggestions. I like the one from JC the best. 

If you have to paint the complete inner part of the wheels , there is another good trick I read about, it includes the use of the airbrush: First paint the rims in the desired color. Then take a coin similar to the size of the inner wheel and cut a circle from a piece of tape using a cutter around the coin. Then divide the circle into 8 equal parts, using a pencil and a ruler. Cut those 8 pieces out properly and use them to mask off the painted rims before painting the outer rims with Alclad Chrome or similar. It's quite some work but I have seen nice results coming from this procedure. It has been used by a guy on a German forum, here is one of his results: http://www.wettringer-modellbauforum.de/forum/index.php?page=Thread&postID=811453#post811453