I have a new set of wheels painted in ugly light gold with a polished lip, entire wheel has a clear coat.

A local pc'er does not deal with chemicals, they can only sandblast and powder coat.

For me to keep my polished lip I plan on stripping the clearcoat and paint, but what should I do, if anything, to keep the wheel from rusting before I drop it off to get powder coated?

They'll be able to mask the lip and powder coat the bare wheel, then clear the entire wheel so I need to make sure everything is ok when it gets to them.


I found some stuff called Peeler or Aircraft Peeler by Klean Strip made to peel clear and basecoats. Is it as easy as it sounds to just spray, strip, repeat...?

 

they wont rust....aicraft strip them and make sure you clean them really really well

 

I think you shouldn't peel them, to get what you want my be it better to paint over?