Today I, am making my first post on bikeforums.net.

But seriously. Today I want to learn how to paint my hub. I want a new rimset for my rear wheel and the cheapest way to do that is buy the rim and lace and true it myself. I figured that if I was going to do that, I should replace the hub on the bikesdirect Kilo TT Pro that gets ragged on. However, upon further research I found that it is in fact a sealed hub, which is what matters. So now, I might as well paint it a cool color.

In order to paint aluminum, I believe you must deanodize it, primer, paint, clearcoat (?), and anodize. Can anyone verify this?