Paint masking issues for wheels

[Xnke]

I bought these off a buddy for 50$, just so I can have some 17" wheels to run inexpensive, widely available tires on. I really don't care for the wheels much, but we'll do what we can do to make 'em look more to my taste.

Ick. 5-spokes.



Soooo...sand'em down. Silver didn't look great against the orange Z, I thought. Didn't look bad, but not great.



I had two buddies helping out, that's Bacon's arm up there. Here's Ernie masking off.



White and blue. Masked off, scuffed down to get under the hard top layer of powdercoat.



Gave'em a shot of VHT Polyurethane Wheel Paint. It did not like the tape, so the edges came out pretty shitty. I'll have to get a modeling brush out and clean up the lines.



Shop full of wheels.



Anyone got any tips on cleaning up the masked-off areas? The paint tended to lift the tape, and then wanted to stick to it even if I tried to lift waaay early.