Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:42:14 -0700
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From: Roland <syncronicity1@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Tire paint?
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This product is excellent. Forever Black. It is a dye whereas many of the
others such as "Mother's Back to Black" are basically silicone surface
treatment. This stuff really spruces up the van very nicely. Doesn't work
so well on non-porous surfaces, but in contrast I used it on the housing for
the power mirrors with very good results. Didn't work so well on windshield
wiper arms, the paint isn't porous enough. Excellent for all rubber items.
http://www.foreverblack.com/ Look under the "products" link, they make a
Tire Gel (but I haven't tried that).
It should work very well on tires, but you may need a lot of it, but on the
other hand a tiny bit goes very far, works with just a very light coat.
The other thing you could try is a tire cleaner, I don't have it anymore,
got it from my dad, can't remember the brand. It is some fairly caustic
stuff, almost like it has lye in it, that removes all the browning. I used
it on another car, all the browning came right off, keep a hose handy so it
doesn't sit too long on the wheels. But the tires got real clean and black.
Roland
On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 10:56 AM, Costello, James L <jlcostello@kpmg.ca>wrote:
> Hey Volks,
>
> Here's an odd question for everyone. I am looking at sprucing up my tires.
> The sidewalls have taken a fairly good beating, but the treads are still in
> good shape, so I don't want to purchase 4 new tires right now. Has anyone
> used any sort of paint to return the tires to a nice black? I have looked
> online and found some discussion in regards to Miller's paint (
> http://www.millertire.com/), and as well using Eastwood's Underbody Latex
> protectant (
> http://www.eastwood.com/ew-rubberized-undercoating-aerosol-18-oz.html).
>
> Has anyone had a chance to try either of these, or do you have a better
> solution?
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> James L. Costello
> Senior Accountant - Enterprise
> KPMG LLP - Calgary
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