Krylon VS Ground down White Walls

I've seen a couple of different ways to make your own WW on the cheap, Krylon fusion paint, and Grinding existing narrow whites but havent seen any comparisions, if someone has already done this then I apologize but as its my first time doing either krylon or grinding maybe this will still be insightful.

I found 3 decent looking tires today at the landfil its a great place to find old tires although I'm not sure if its regular policy to let people take them, but maybe if you smile real sweet and complement the hairstyle of the lady(or man) at the desk you might still score (tires that is)

There are a few pics so bear with me.

Here's a pic of what I brought home, someone had already tried to paint a wider white on it looks pretty crappy maybe thats why they tossed them.

 

the narrow white is set into the side of the tire so I had to grind off the black edges was able to smooth it out pretty well as I went along. Grinding was fast and easy took me about 45 minutes for 3 tires. I think you'd have to push really hard or hold the grinder in one place to go beyond the white I didnt have a problem but I kept it moving.

 

The only downside I noticed about grinding is the white underneath is uneven, not really noticable from a distance but upclose it looks pretty rough.Let me rephrase that rough as in not good not as in texture, its fairly smooth to the touch and level depending on your ability with the grinder.

 

I wont go through all the steps to using the Krylon its like painting anything else but the paint dries fast and seems to create a prety good mist so you want to do it in a pretty ventilated place. Downside to the Krylon is that its a glossier finish and if your not proficient with the grinder you see alot of waves(doesnt really show in the pic)

 

One thing I forgot to show is the width of just grinding its 2" on this tire and I assume that would be the same on most, Also I tried grinding the blackwall side for the hell of it and there doesnt seem to be any white at all.

 

I did a comparision pic, a the top is an old coker WWW, the fusion is on the left and the ground white is on the right.
I think saying which is the better way to do it is a matter of opinion and taste, personally I prefer the grinding it has a more natural look to me but as I said its just an opinion.

 

Thats it, I can bet that most of the old timers already knew this but for new guys like me thought it might be nice to see it all together.

 

If I were 18 I woould probably try both the fusion and the grinding...but the mortage is paid and I don't have time to try them so I vote for the cokers www and they look the best right.....fatchuk

 

I ground with the Sears 7" sander with a 40 grit disk. Took me about 45 minutes to do one, but they wee raised white letters. The only thing I wasn't happy about was the space between the rin and where the whitewall starts. They were Dunlop Rover Tourings.

 

Thats a good point fatchuk, but the idea was to see what the cheap way of doing it looked like compared to the "right" way. I'll buy some real whites eventually but I have a mortgage 3 kids and 2 car payments just wanted to test the cheap methods. I should add total cost at this moment without mounting is $4.00 for the paint.

i noticed the distance from the white to the edge too, not sure if its visible once its mounted though havent gotten that far.