MG Midget Rusty Rostyle Wheels Refurb

See why I did not use the wheel plastic mask from Moss. Follow along all the stage refurnishing the rusty Rostyle Wheels and see just how I did it
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[@emma.j.nation]

Makes me wonder how BL (or Rubery Owen?) painted them when they were first made - I can’t see them being painstakingly masked off one by one. 🤔

[@themustardmidget]

I would like to see that too, possibly laid on something like the template i purchased that did not work for me.

[@emma.j.nation]

@@themustardmidget I wondered if they might have painted the whole wheel black first then had four heart shaped sticky masks stuck on before painting the silver bits. A lot easier than masking off the silver. Im sure you could get disposable die-cut sticky backed paper pieces cut pretty easily if you were ordering tens of thousands at a time.
I believe the backs of original wheels were black, which would fit with doing the black first, then the silver.

[@themustardmidget]

Yes I believe you are right. When I rubbed down the wheel it was black underneath

[@akroguy]

Massively labor intensive! I think I'll just wire brush mine and rattle can with black auto lacquer like I did the suspension parts. I could mask one, but four or five? Fughedaboudit!

[@themustardmidget]

It did take a long time, the thing I should have done is treated the rust, it is showing through in some places

[@mikebusby1471]

I hand painted the black

[@themustardmidget]

I was very much debating that as I have some long sign writing brushes