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After filling in the pitting on the rim bead with a stick welder and grinding it smooth, then painting.… I mounted the rims using a handful of grease (to help seal against the rim during inflation). All 4 are mounted and holding air.

I ended up filling the deeper pitting with the stick welder and blending it in with the flapdisk. Really quick and easy and I’m a lot more confident the bead will seal now.

I’ve had pretty good luck with JB “steel stick” for patching small holes in rusty steel boat hulls. These aren’t holes, but it’s important that it stays put and doesn’t pop out from the tire moving around on the rim (which is why I’ve hesitated). Unless somebody else has had success filling...

Yeah two are great, ones not bad and the last one is the worst I’ve used. I’ll just lay the paint on real thick and hope for the best. Only one way to find out...

I didn’t get any pictures. The bead isn’t completely rusted, but there are quite a few pitted areas that are probably dime sized and 1/16” deep. Too deep for paint to really fill. I’d hate to wrestle these things back off a rim if I can avoid it. I was figuring I might need to fill the...

Beside's the obvious advice of "get another rim", has anybody had any luck with repairing a rusty, pitted rim where the tire bead seals? I'll clean it up with a wire cup brush on a grinder and get it clean first, but I was considering some filler to fill in a couple if pitted areas before I...