What's a good paint for the White Lettering of the tires?

Something that will hold on to rubber and be flexible.

Any Comments?

Johnmac

Are you going to be adding your own designs to the tires, or painting the raised letters that arent white so they look like whitewalls?

Most tires have an all black side and a white letter side, look on the inside face of your tire and see if there's some white lettering in there...

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87 Coupe 5sp. - big resto in progress

I be painting the raised letters on the tires.

Johnmac

PLEASE DONT!!!!!! blk looks fine, and youll have to touch them up every week. There used to be a special paint, but dont think its around anymore. You might be able to find Tire Paint Sticks if your determined in auto parts store. They look like thick crayons about 6 inches long.

[This message has been edited by rogergarrison (edited 03-05-2001).]

Use hobby paint. Comes in a tube/applicator (kinda looks like a big magic marker). I used to get them at Walmart. They come in different colors, too. I used to use them when I showed my trucks (18 wheelers). Even with the heat and miles my trucks would get (around 4000 miles/week), I wouldn't have to touch them up for a couple weeks at a time.

If you have a big truck chrome shop around, you might ask them if they either stock the paint or can order it.

Hobby paint doesn't usually dry on rubber. I know this from experience. Stuff like testors , Tamiya and other such brands will either stay sticky or just crumble off.

I forget the name of it , but it comes in a small metal container , the diameter of a silver dollar, the name starts with an H and it works quite well.

JM
Worked at a hobby store for quite a few years......

u can mix a small amount of talcum powder to paint and it will dry on rubber.

Slammed Fiero-
Humbrol?

HUMBROL!! thats it!!... I wasn't sureif it was still available or not. We had a lot of guys into model cars , they also had the usual muscle cars , they bought it quite often for touch ups on their white letter tires..

JM