wheel well- painting the birmabright or not

Do you guys paint the wheel wells? I have have all the tires off (ordering new ones), all the way down to the axle and have been wire wheeling and red oxide / spray painting the parts- hubs,drums,back plate etc. Looking at the inside wheel well I figure its a good time to get the flakey stuff off.

What do you guys do? I have several cans of rubberized 3m goo, some good red lead, and a couple cans plain flat black spray on hand.

Should I stay away from the rubberized undercoating paint or go for it? I heard it can trap water, but if its aluminum it might not matter right?

I just spray the dinitrol black wax in mine when I give the chassis a go

The dinitrol reviews seem very positive for that stuff. I don't have access to it though. I do also have a couple cans of thick coating agent (non rubberized) spray. I believe its call threebond. Stuff seems to stick really good. Has some texture to it as well. Probably not going to use red lead primer.

CakeBandit said:

Do you guys paint the wheel wells? I have have all the tires off (ordering new ones), all the way down to the axle and have been wire wheeling and red oxide / spray painting the parts- hubs,drums,back plate etc. Looking at the inside wheel well I figure its a good time to get the flakey stuff off.

What do you guys do? I have several cans of rubberized 3m goo, some good red lead, and a couple cans plain flat black spray on hand.

Should I stay away from the rubberized undercoating paint or go for it? I heard it can trap water, but if its aluminum it might not matter right?

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Presuming there is no road salt in use over there (?), ... is there anything else which can do the same sort of thing, and eat the ali alive? if so, I wouldn't be using anything like "underseal" which can, as you say trap water and cause problems.

I prefer to use bilt hambers stuff, which being translucent, (is that the right word?), enables me to see whats going on, and deal with any new corrosion before it gets hold in a bad way - without such a product, I reckon I'd just use decent paint, and keep an eye on it. You'll probably need a mild etch primer on the ali to get a good hold; viz:-

https://www.landyzone.co.uk/land-rover/paint-advice-needed-for-me-a-total-paint-newbee.35519/

from the above link :-
"Acid etch is required to give your primer something to bite into because
Aluminium (birmabrite) is a natural oily metal which has very little
adhesion quality. You can use a scotch-cloth (medium grade) to scuff
over the bare alluminium which will provide a key for the etch primer."

It's up you but it has no problem lasting decades with no protection at all, it's where it's bolted there's problems.

ok thanks