i used laquer thinner and some bleech white...dont breath it too deep. nylon brush and a coule of minutes on each tire and they were looking good. be careful around the painted edge of the wheel though.
what, trying to get rid of the no hunting .................. try brake fluid or spray stripper on a rag lightly.
brake fluid attacks rubber and your skin...gojo orange with pumice hand cleaner and steel wool...it works. gojo is ph balanced so it won't eat your skin, and your tires will smell like an orange grove.
I always thought /was told that too.......then I pondered....brake hoses are rubber, no? hmmmmm...... I use lacquer thinner, followed by Bleche-White....or a high alkaline cleaner and a nylon brush
Lacquer thinner and even paint prep pre-cleaner will dry out the rubber. I got overspray on some window rubber and used pre-cleaner on one side of the car. Amazing how awful the rubber started to look in about a year. I would imagine tires would be the same given todays cheap compounds. I wouldn't use anything with alcohol or acetone in it. I just don't know if I would want to try brake fluid either.
flat black paint...just cover it up. I use flat black to touch up white walls and RWL tires for lot cars when there is a spot that shows through to the white strip. Works surprisingly well.
I just pull off the trash bag that i stuck over the tire before i started to paint. -sorry bro, couldn't help myself.
How do you think you get whitewalls???? Whatever you use to remove overspray, condition the tires by spraying with Pledge or similar furniture polish. It also works great on whitewalls to prevent static and dust build up.
Earl,have you ever had a rubber brake line fail or get spongy and a brake lock up,,,brake fluid will eat and soften and crack the inside of the line over time. I guess it will crack the surface and possibly discolor a whitewall tire but I dought it would really harm the tire. HRP
Judging from the number of solutions suggested on this thread, covering the tire first doesn't seem like a common idea-not that I would have thought of it, either.
One tire had overspray on it when I got the car. I would have covered it myself as well but now I gotta get off what is already there.
I always try Goofoff first, if the paint is really old you might try Aircraft Remover (it's a great paint remover), but wash either one off really good when you finish. Watch out for ArmorAll, especially after taking the paint off of the tires, it has alcohol in it which will ruin your tires.
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