About painting rims with glow-in-the-dark paints

Many car enthusiasts spend more time with their car than with their family, constantly repairing something or performing preventative maintenance. They are the ones who most often do car tuning. Some people prefer to do complex tuning work, some pay attention to engine tuning, and some try to perfect (in their own understanding) the appearance of the car. And painting wheel rims with glow-in-the-dark paint (phosphor) can become a rather original element of external tuning of the “iron horse”...

The secret of the phosphor

Luminous paint allows the rims to glow in the dark. This paint contains a special filler - phosphor. The property of a phosphor is the ability to accumulate daylight and emit it at night.

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The duration of self-luminescence of the paint depends on the quality of the phosphor. The smaller its particles, the longer the paint glows. At night, when the discs fade after some time, they can be recharged from bright artificial lighting. A powerful flashlight can also be used as a “charger”, although such a charge will not last long.

Applying glowing paint

In order to properly tune a car with a self-luminous composition, it is necessary to perform the following operations.

1. Choose high-quality paint and prepare the area for the work.
2. Clean the body parts from dirt, thoroughly wash, degrease and dry the surfaces on which the design will be applied.
3. Place the body parts in a thermal box, where they should remain for ten minutes at a temperature of 70 degrees Celsius.
4. Apply a special reflective primer using a spray gun and place it again in the heat chamber for a quarter of an hour.
5. Paint the part with a paint sprayer, periodically shaking the container of the tool with luminous paint.
6. Perform final drying of the body part in a heat chamber.

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In addition to the fact that you need to use high-quality dyes, you need to take care of the professional tools involved in the process of painting the car body. Such a competent approach will ensure a long service life of the decorative coating, which will last at least five years.

Modern luminous paints produced by famous brands do not pose a danger to humans or the environment. You can purchase such substances on the automobile market, at specialized points of sale, or on online store sites.

Methods for painting wheels

You can paint rims with luminous paint in various ways. This can be done using powder painting, acrylic paints and varnishes in a car paint shop or at home. Glow coating for wheels also varies, especially if painting takes place in a garage.

You can buy ready-made paints with phosphor or prepare the coating yourself by mixing transparent varnish with phosphor powder. You need to mix in a ratio of one part phosphor to five parts varnish. In this case, the phosphor acts as a pigment, so the color of the powder determines the shade of the discs during daylight hours.

Client base and staff

The target audience for such a business will be car owners with an average income, so prices for services should be as affordable and accessible as possible. The business owner needs not only to purchase all the necessary materials and a remote control, but also to learn how to choose the right paint to match the car and be able to mix different shades to obtain the desired result.

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Business branding plays an important role in attracting new customers. The ideal option for this would be to use stickers with your own logo and contact information. It is imperative to create a client base in a publicly accessible place so that it is constantly updated and you can find not only clients, but also their reviews about the work of the service. The ideal place for this would be groups on social networks with the ability to comment and create new posts.

To get started, you will need one employee. He will help paint and maintain the base. Then, as the business expands and offers additional services, you can expand your staff and hire new people.

Fluorescent pigments

Initially, paints containing a luminous substance have a yellowish-green or blue glow. But painting wheels with paint of this color does not always harmonize with the color of the car body. In order to add brightness and slightly change the color of the paint, fluorescent pigments are added to the luminous paint. Their color palette is much wider, and the pigments enhance the effect of the phosphor.

Search for premises and requirements

To work, you will need to rent a closed box, in which special powerful dryers will be installed for drying luminescent paint. The box can be rented at large car repair shops, which increases the opportunity to quickly increase your customer base and start making money.

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If you equip a room from scratch, you will need a lot of money to fully equip it with the elements necessary for work. Painting in most cases occurs after disassembling and dismantling the disks. Some salons offer quick painting right on the car, it all depends on the capabilities and power of the remote control.

Experts suggest saving money and setting up a box right in the garage, then you don’t need to rent an expensive room. Be sure to come up with a place for a lift, which will make it possible to paint the surface of the discs faster and with better quality. Optimizing your rental budget by almost half will help you pour more money into advertising and thus quickly build a customer base.

Preparing wheels and painting them

In order to paint the discs with luminous paint, you will need to prepare them first. As when painting with regular paint, the disc should be cleaned of gloss. The cleaning method depends on how the painting will be done.

After filling the flaws with putty, the discs should be covered with primer. Next, luminous paint or varnish is applied. After drying, the disc must be coated with a special acrylic-based protective varnish.

Glowing paint can be charged not only by light. The glow effect is enhanced by the heat transmitted by the brake discs. When the phosphor is heated, the heat acts as a kind of radiation catalyst. However, in winter, when the disks are cold, the glow weakens somewhat. But as soon as the discs warm up a little while driving around the city, the glow becomes noticeably brighter.

It is also useful to read: How to properly paint car tires with rubber paints

The importance of advertising

Dealerships, gas stations and car showrooms are the best places to list your services. You can also use advertising on the Internet, publishing not only a list of disk upgrade options, but also showing ready-made work.

A discount on the second painting, a regular customer card, and the possibility of cumulative bonuses will also be an excellent addition to developing your customer base. Experts advise starting a business together with other car tuning services, then the opportunity to earn money doubles faster. Painting car wheels with luminescent paint can bring a lot of money and real pleasure from the work.

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Painting features

In order to use the discs after painting, you should wait until they are completely dry. This process lasts at least 24 hours. In general, paint can be applied to discs of any color, but the glow lasts longer and is brighter if the phosphor paint is applied to a light-colored surface. On a dark surface, the glow is usually dimmer.

Painting the wheels with luminous paint with patterns applied through a stencil looks very original. This looks especially impressive when the car is driving on night roads. The service life of the luminous components of the paint is designed to last a very long time. But due to the base of the car varnish, the service life of the coating on wheels usually does not exceed 3-5 years.

Areas of use

The most striking option for using self-luminous paint is airbrushing. The original design itself can decorate a car, but at night it looks completely unusual and stylish. Various body elements are tuned in a similar way, for example:

• wheel caps and rims;
• bumpers and body kit;
• spoilers;
• car plate numbers.

Some car owners completely repaint the body of their car, which makes it extremely noticeable and recognizable. The possibilities of using luminous paint are limited only by the driver’s imagination. With its help, you can apply geometric shapes or lines, various inscriptions and entire drawings.

Painting car wheels with luminescent paint

From a practical point of view, such an upgrade has proven itself excellent in the field of advertising. After dark, luminous logos are sure to attract the attention of drivers and pedestrians. And you can advertise absolutely any goods and services, from fast foods to car dealerships and restaurants.

Among other things, patterns on the body that glow at night are a kind of guarantee of safety, because the car is clearly visible in the dark. Therefore, you can practically eliminate the possibility that a passer-by will stumble upon it, or the body will be scratched by a cyclist. And finding your car in a parking lot at night will not be difficult.

Let us also note the fact that, according to statistics, cars with a luminous pattern are of almost no interest to vehicle thieves, because such a car is too noticeable and stands out in the flow of traffic. Glowing paint is a special feature that allows outdoor surveillance cameras to track the movement of vehicles. And this applies even to cases where the state registration number on a video or photo cannot be made out.

Speaking about the practical side of using self-luminous paints, we note that marks on vehicle body elements made with their help can be very useful for fans of outdoor activities. For tourists, “savages”, fishermen and hunters, such tags serve as a beacon that allows them to find a car in complete darkness, even without a flashlight at hand.

What cars are suitable for glowing wheels?

Of course, not every car is suitable for phosphor tuning, even if we are talking only about wheels. They fit most naturally with sports cars, as they support their aggressive character. At the same time, glowing wheels can look quite impressive even on a small pink women's car.

The most successful cars for glowing tuning:

• sports cars;
• coupe models;
• new cars with bright designs;
• small (women's) cars;
• micromobiles.

You should not experiment with phosphor paints, trying to decorate old foreign cars or rarities of the domestic automobile industry with them. If this is possible, then only after thorough tuning, when the car is completely transformed in accordance with some progressive concept.

The effect of glowing wheels is loved primarily by young people. When a car is a means of self-affirmation more than a means of transportation, then bright tuning comes first. As soon as phosphor paint went on sale, it gained immense popularity among young people. The idea of ​​​​painting the rims of a car with it didn’t take long to arrive.

Not only disks can be luminous. Phosphor paint can be applied to moldings and other parts of the car so that the silhouette of the car, and not just the wheels, is visible in the dark. You can also decorate tires by filling in the inscriptions located around the circle of car tires. Even in the interior there are elements that are suitable for highlighting with luminous paint, but you should remember that the phosphor lighting cannot be turned off at will.

Relevance of the idea

Not everyone can afford to change vehicles frequently. This encourages car enthusiasts to tune their cars and come up with interesting ideas for updating them. When decorating a car, special attention is paid to the wheels, because they can transform the car. Thanks to the coating with luminescent paint, you get a completely new and spectacular look for the car. This is an inexpensive pleasure that can be done outside the walls of the dealership. To develop a business you do not need special skills or expensive equipment. The key difficulties that await a beginning entrepreneur are to correctly calculate the possible losses from the business and the desired profit.

Now this idea is relevant and will be in demand for a long time, because tuning wheels is a key element in terms of quickly updating the appearance of a car.

Durability of phosphor painting

The light-accumulating effect gradually decreases. With cheap paints, it can last for several months, but if you want the discs to remain glowing for a long time, then you need to choose branded phosphors. However, most car enthusiasts quickly become fed up with the attention that luminous discs can provide. Having skated a season, they don’t come back to it anymore, because they want something new.

Not everyone prefers to drive luminous discs all the time. This is tuning to suit your mood. That's why it's good to have glowing wheels shod in rubber in your garage, always ready to decorate your car. It is best to store them in black plastic bags to protect them from light. The number of charge/discharge cycles of a phosphor is limited, so it is better to isolate luminous disks from light when not in use.

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If the light-accumulating paint has run down (stopped charging with light), then there is no way to revive it. The wheels need to be repainted with fresh paint. But you shouldn't paint over old paint. It is better to completely clean the wheels and repeat the entire painting procedure again.

Most phosphor paints are produced in China. Such paints can be ordered on online trading platforms with delivery from the Middle Kingdom itself. You can check it without removing it from the jar. To do this, you need to place the container in the sun and check the effect in the bathroom after 10 minutes.

It is also useful to read: What you need to know about the procedure for painting cars yourself

Costs and profits

Approximate costs for business development range from 180 to 250 thousand and depend on the quality of advertising and the purchase of basic materials for work. You also need to think about renting a special box, which can cost up to 10 thousand rubles.

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It is advisable to allocate up to 30 thousand rubles for SMM promotion. Registration and a package of documents cost up to 10 thousand, the purchase of necessary tools and materials costs about 50 thousand rubles. All subsequent costs depend on the cost of rent and staff fees. Paint is not purchased very often, so it is important to find a good price and buy a large quantity first.

As for profit, after just a few months we can talk about a stable income of 50-60 thousand rubles, that is, the payback of the business is very fast. Income depends on the quality of advertising and expansion of the client base. You can simultaneously offer other services for the car, which in total will cost more.

Methods for installing backlights on car wheels

For installation on a protected casing, 120 cm of 30 cm tape is required for each wheel. The LED strip is applied around the perimeter and secured with insulating tape. At the final stage, it is secured with plastic clamps.

For installation on a metal surface that is not covered by a casing, a tape made of light metal is used. It is on this that the LED strip is subsequently applied.

For mounting on spacers, the tape is secured to the outside of the brake disc, after which the spacers are mounted. A special feature of this installation is the glow emanating from the center. It is better to use working materials: SMD 3028, or SMD 5050, which are better protected from moisture and dirt. Less protected types of diode strips are best used for car interior lighting. The wheel rim illumination is powered in a certain sequence:

1. By securing the wire to the tape, the junction is insulated;
2. For a safe connection, we use corrugation and pass the wire through it, gluing and/or insulating the entry point. Be sure to make sure that the corrugation is securely fastened at the point where the battery wires exit;
3. Having passed the wire along the protected bottom of the car, we bring it inside the cabin, using the holes in the bottom of the car for this purpose;
4. It is necessary to place the corrugation on the glue and install clamps;
5. To increase the service life of the tape, you must initially attach it to stabilizers;
6. Before connecting to the radiator, it is necessary to isolate the stabilizers.

The illumination of the car's disks can be adjusted (turned on) using a toggle switch, button, or the car's ignition. Separately, it is worth mentioning the possibility of creating wireless wheel illumination, however, it already requires serious technical skills.

Advice from tuning center specialists on illuminating car rims

• Before starting work, be sure to securely secure the machine. Before installation, when removing the wheel, use a jack;
• When working with the rear wheels, pay attention to the type of brake system of the car. If the brake is a drum type, then use a stand or thin plates to mount the LEDs;
• to improve the lighting effect, it is better to purchase alloy wheels;
• When working, use moisture-resistant tape: IP-65 (moisture-resistant), IP-68 (increased degree of moisture resistance). IP-20 open type LED strip is not recommended for use in backlighting for car wheels;
• Work must be performed by first preparing the rims and/or wheels. Dirt and rust, which will stand out rather than decorate the car, should be removed.

When performing work, do not forget about safety measures. Use the right tool. Before installing the wheel lights yourself, it is recommended that you familiarize yourself with the training videos that are available on the Internet and look through technical literature.

Legal registration

You cannot do without official procedures. If an entrepreneur independently opens a point of sale of auto parts as a business, individual entrepreneurship is suitable. This legal status allows you to simplify the registration procedure. Proceeds can be withdrawn from circulation at any time. When several owners conduct business as a business, and in the future there are plans to expand the network, it is better to choose a form of business such as a limited liability company.

In order to go through all the necessary bureaucratic procedures, it is necessary to register the enterprise with the tax service. When registering, indicate the desired method of paying taxes. There are two options to choose from: UTII and simplified tax system. The first one is good when there is a big profit. The second is good for beginners - the income will be small at first, which means the tax will not ruin the budget of entrepreneurs.

If you provide wheel decoration services as a business, you should visit other government agencies. The following organizations control entrepreneurs:

• State Statistics Committee;
• Pension Fund;
• medical fund;
• social insurance

According to current legislation, verification of small businesses is prohibited until 2022.

Documents for organizing the direct operation of the installation point for lighting equipment on a car:

• lease agreement (if the building is not your own);
• certificates of quality of materials used;
• necessary permits.

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Types of rims for cars

First, let's figure out what wheels are - why they are needed and what types of them exist. The disc is the central part of the wheel, made of metal, on which the tire is mounted. Together this structure forms the wheel of the car. However, this is not only a functional, but also a decorative element of the car, the design of which can significantly transform the appearance of the entire car.

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There are various manufacturing methods. There are three types of these car elements:

• stamped;
• forged;
• cast.

They are divided according to their characteristics, appearance and price. Let's take a closer look at each of the disks.

Stamped

On many low-price car models, stamped wheels are installed at the factory. At the same time, drivers often do not want to spend time and money on buying new spare parts, especially if they are quite satisfied with the appearance of the car. On the other hand, such disks are often chosen to replace broken or worn ones. The reason for this is the low price. However, this does not mean that the stamps are bad or of poor quality. On the contrary, they have no less advantages than disadvantages. Judge for yourself:

• stamping is more durable, as it is made of steel;
• if a wheel gets into a hole, the risk of the part splitting is less than in the case of cast ones;
• a deformed disc can be restored in a special workshop.

Of course, such elements of the car also have negative qualities:

• the weight of stamped discs is higher than forged and cast ones;
• subject to corrosion;
• unattractive appearance that repels motorists.

Stamped wheels are sold at a low price, but have an unattractive appearance

How significant such shortcomings are is up to you to decide.

Cast

This is almost the exact opposite of stamped ones. Just swap the pros and cons of the previous type of parts to understand their characteristics.

Alloy wheels are made of aluminum, so they are less durable, but lighter

• alloy wheels are made of aluminum, so they have much less weight, which has a positive effect on the speed and maneuverability of the car;
• aluminum is not afraid of rust;
• a special manufacturing technology allows them to be given any design shapes unique to each car model.

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The disadvantages are also quite impressive:

• light and soft aluminum does not bend, but is covered with a network of cracks, so if it falls into a hole, there is a high risk of breaking the disk;
• as a rule, workshops do not undertake repairs of such parts, offering the owner to buy a new one;
• the price of casting is 2–4 times more than stamped ones.

Given the condition of most roads, driving on such wheels is a risky activity. However, this does not stop motorists from purchasing and installing these parts.

When purchasing castings, pay attention to the country of origin. Turkish parts have a bad reputation. Despite the use of aluminum in the design, their weight is not much different from stamped iron ones.

Forged

If you can't decide between appearance and durability, consider forged wheels. They combine the advantages of both previous types:

• special manufacturing technology increases their strength;
• just like stamped ones, they bend and do not crack, which allows them to be repaired if necessary;
• such parts are lightweight;
• corrosion will not damage the metal;
• simple but interesting appearance.

Forged wheels are both strong and lightweight, but they do have certain disadvantages.

Regarding the last point, it should be noted that among forged wheels there is not such a wide variety of designs as among cast ones. So if you're looking for something different, check out the previous look. However, unlike stamped ones, forged elements look more elegant.

Of course, like everything in the world, forging also has negative sides:

• when it hits a hole, the disc does not break, but transfers the impact energy to the suspension, so when driving on broken roads, you are guaranteed frequent car repairs;
• the price is the same as for cast ones, or a little higher.

Recently, you can find a special type on sale - combined. It is a combination of a cast disc and a forged rim. Thanks to such modernization, they retain lightness, gain strength and can have a wide variety of appearances. Such parts have only one drawback - a very high price and low availability for sale.

Combined wheels combine the positive qualities of forged and cast ones, but have a very high cost