Does anyone know anything about painting white walls on tires? What paint to use and if it lasts? Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
Back in the '50's they sold paint just for that purpose. That's the way we kids could afford whitewalls.
I have tried several things ( they don't make 22.5 white wall truck tires ) - 1. Paint will not stick to new tires I don't care what you try it will not work. They need to be a couple years old. 2. Clean your tire with lacquer thinner. 3. sand off the letters 4. whitewall paint works ok... but so does krylon fusion If thay make the size you want in a whitewall BUY IT
Go to you local paint store and ask them if they have a 100% acrylic house paint..regular exterior latex house paint will not last a week. This is how us poor kids did it back in the 60's,,we also used the 100% acrylic black paint to cover white letter tires. The 100% acrylic house paint will expand and contract to a certain extent with movement of the tire. Like any white wall even the acrylic will yellow over time,,just add a fresh coat of paint.. HRP
I used elastomeric white roof paint. I think it's called duck coat, or something close to that. Went on easy, no cracking, but my only disappointment was the yellowing. I used New tires, so that may be why, but it didn't matter much to me because my Plymouth has patina, (bad paint job,) and I needed tires anyway. So they fit the car visually pretty good Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
I did house paint on a chopper of mine n when the paint was tacky just about dry went down a gravel road n looked jus like an aged whitewall!
Try one at a time. I painted all 4 with a rattle can and they paint cracked on the first drive,then I have to s****e it all off.
If you begin with white lettered tires, you can use a grinder and sander to remove the thin black rubber coating that covers the rest of the side wall and reveal the white beneath. Check YouTube for loads of videos on this trick. Touch up with the white roof paint if needed and it might well be the answer for you. Luck, TC
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Yeah we tried grinding the sidewall but the whitewall is uneven. Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
This is the answer. start looking around your local area for a tire shaver guy. You will find someone that still provides the service, its a mounted grinder that cuts a clean circle around the wall of the tire as its rotated. I've even seen them at car shows do them while they were still mounted on the car
"I've even seen them at car shows do them while they were still mounted on the car " http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YN2y0XIbW8Y http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnwevOfIUqA
Good luck finding one nowadays, but a ballsy machinist could trim an aired up tire on a lathe making it a perfect whitewall.
Hey KR, Back in the 1957-63 era, we did use paint as a means to get whitewall tires. They looked good for a short time and when you accidentally rubbed against the curb in parking, that was it...You had to start all over. Over time, they did not look good, so we tried some add on white wall inserts. It installs on the rim when you deflate the tire and then when inflated, it can not come off while driving. If you happen to rub on the curb, sometimes they wrinkled and you may have to get some new ones. Well, jump up 50+ years and Moon Equipment has some "newish" versions of these add on whitewall tires. https://www.mooneyesusa.com/Port-O-Walls-Wide-White-p/ww12.htm No painting, no mess, no fuss... check it out. Jnaki
LOL I used a magic marker, until I found out about indelible laundry markers. I used white acrylic house paint on a kids Caddy to make wide whites when I was in high school. It worked real well. These days it seems like you could use the paint with the flex stuff in it like they use on plastic/rubber bumper covers.
Hey John jnaki We used those 'port-a-walls' in the 50's. They were available in white and red. No need for paint.
What about that flexseal stuff. If it can stick to everything they claim it should stick to a tire. Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
I searched this for quite some time awhile back. I am painting the white and blue on a set of 60`s Goodyear Blue Streak slicks. I even went as far up the ladder as I could get at Goodyear and couldn't get the answer. They said they had no clue what paint was used back then and that the new slicks had color done in the molds. The only thing I could get a consistent answer on was Acrylic Latex house paint. I still haven't had the guts to paint my slicks yet.
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