Paint on tires.

[Ted S.]

Intro.

A good friend of mine recently bought a set of Aluminum blade rims; which he purchased for a very good deal: about $250 with tires. The reasone the previous owner sold the rims was because he had clear-coated the tires, and probably not prepped enough. I guess they looked really bad.

Ok, so my friend used something called Aircraft to remove the paint. But there is still a good bit of paint left on the tires.

Question

Is there a safe method to remove paint from the tires?


¤Note: I used some ARO and removed some of the clear, but it seemed very ineffective to remove the paint overall.

 

[Flash Gordon]

No, there is nothing that will easily remove paint off a tire. Tell your friend they better get use to it, or get another set

Which I had better news

Flash

 

[sohail99]

Is the clear on tyre sidewalls???

 

[Ted S.]

Is the clear on tyre sidewalls???

Yup.

 

[sohail99]

A bodyshop had gotten some clear on my window trim(rubber) and I removed it with a terry towel and IPA.

On sidewalls, you can use ARO or OPC with a tire scrub or brush(Cobra Flex Foam Tire Detailing Bundle Buy One, Get One Free!)

I'd be pretty aggressive on the sidewalls.

 

[Ted S.]

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Is the clear on tyre sidewalls???

A bodyshop had gotten some clear on my window trim(rubber) and I removed it with a terry towel and IPA.

On sidewalls, you can use ARO or OPC with a tire scrub or brush(Cobra Flex Foam Tire Detailing Bundle Buy One, Get One Free!)

I'd be pretty aggressive on the sidewalls.

I used some ARO and one of the scrub applicators when I detailed his car last, but he was in a hurry and said not to worry too much at the time. I'm going over there tomorrow, and may try this some more. Maybe a good bresh for the lettering.

 

[sohail99]

U might wanna mask the rims if you're going aggressive on the sidewalls.

I was wondering how wheel brightner or some oxalic acid based rim cleaner would respond to it! (But I always keep all that hazardous stuff for worst case scenarios! )

 

[93fox]

Have you tried lacquer thinner? with a brush.