Painting Steel Wheels

mount the tires on the rims but do not inflate them, keeping the tire beads off the rim. Then you can use sheet of plastic, and wrap the tire and tuck it in all the way around, between the tire and the rim, and your ready to paint. when paint is dry, remove plastic wrap, inflate tires, and they will pop right on to the beads, and your done. This is how I do it in my shop and it works great, with little or no masking of the tires.