Painted CXP33

What do you people think of doing this to a rim: http://farm1.static.flickr.com/28/100148241_fa9d78bbaf_b.jpg

The machined sidewalls are painted with enamel black paint. He is using a break though at the front. Would the enamel hold up if the brakes were being used?

Would it be a simple enough job, or has anyone already done it? I know people ask about painting the sidewalls of deep v's all the time but I am curious about this enamel paint vs a permanent marker...

Thanks

Seems pretty stupid if a break is going to be used.
Manufacturer painted, anodised, hard anodised etc rims all wear when a break is used so don't see you having much luck finding a diy solution that'd be break-wear-proof.

UTFS regards painting rims. There is a thread with lots of good info and tips. It's easy, and works well if you do it properly. I've got quite a hard finish before using a spray alu primer on the sanded surface.

Painting a braking surface is a waste of time though. All it will do is make a mess, perhaps also some noise, then your back where you started (but with worse braking).

seems to work for this guy. I was just wondering if the fact it was enamel paint had anything to do with how well it held up to braking

You say it works for him but how many miles has he ridden on that wheel?

I've always used enamel.

got to agree, even black factory painted rims dont hold up to a brake for long. and the point where it starts to wear through the paint looks even worse than a factory machined braking surface imo

Another option for me would be to remove the black paint. There were no silver cxp33 with 28h that I could find so how hard would it be to remove the black? Is the paint on the mavic similar to velocity deep v paint because there are threads about that that I have seen...

I'm not sure. It might be anodisation.