thumbs Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 I have an ole xt350. The spokes are rusting. I have cleaned and waxed the spokes but the rust comes back pretty quickly. I was wondering if anyone has painted the spokes. If so what did you use? Did you brush or spray it on? Thanks for the help Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulwhite Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 iv painted mine....and they have lasted quite well. i used hamerite special metal primer (with a brush) then sanded each one down a touch (just to smooth them out) then exhaust paint in black with a brush. then clear coat (cheepo rattle can) then finaly some back to black bumper wax/polish to finish them off so far they have lasted 8 months and are doing well took about a week to do, but i dont have any rust to remove or chrome to polish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thumbs Posted August 10, 2011 Author Share Posted August 10, 2011 Ok thanks. I didn't know if I was going to create more problems than I was correcting. I take this bike camping all the time on the back of my camper. We spend quite a bit of time around salt air. There in lies the problem. The only thing I could think of was to paint the darn things. Are the materials you mentioned available at a hardware store or are these more like body shop supplies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulwhite Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 there all from the local hardware store (wilkos as its known in the uk). but there is a little trick you could try, when you have cleaned all the rust/gunk off the spokes, either give them a coat of clear spray paint, or petroleum jelly, this should stop the moisture and salt getting to the metal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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