make your own white walls

[Highridah]

i pretty much took the idea from a hot rod forum

i used this stuff i also sanded the tire with 220grit paper then washed masked and painted.

 

[october]

would you be able to put it on a bike, ride it for a week or so, and take another picture? i'm just curious to see how it holds up...

thanks!
keep us updated...

oct.

 

[Clothespin n]

would you be able to put it on a bike, ride it for a week or so, and take another picture? i'm just curious to see how it holds up...

thanks!
keep us updated...

oct.

I read about That trick on "The HAMB" and have wanted to try it.

keep us Posted how it Holds out.

It is Designed for Plastic Furniture.
It's basically a 100% Acrylic Plastic Primer.

I Found a Supplier of Tire Paint Last year.
I was in Contact with a GREAT guy from Iceland last year.
We Coresponded back and Forth and he said Shipping to Canada
was not a Problem....

I don't want to Steal this Post,
I am Very interested how The Fusion will Work..

I'll Post my Link in another Thread...

 

[Highridah]

yeah i wanted to try the iceland stuff but the price is beyond my means, thats the plan october i got told that with prep it should last a few years

 

[Rat Rod]

Looks like the hardest part is keeping a perfect circle when masking.

There's got to be a way to mask it off so that it is exact.

 

[Highridah]

Looks like the hardest part is keeping a perfect circle when masking.

There's got to be a way to mask it off so that it is exact.

i used the edge of the tire as referrence

 

[Clothespin n]

I would use "3M Fine Line" Tape.
it is Flexible and will go around Curves.

it is only about 1/8" wide.
I would tape that Line First...then tape over that with some wide tape.

The Fine Line Tape is designed for Breaking a Line with 2 Colors on
Cars when Painting Them.

It doesn't alow the Paint to Creap behind it which makes a better edge.

 

[user 135]

nice job. I added it to the howto manual under Tire Paint 2

 

[iRide Custom Bicycles]

Something else that works really good is white shoe polish. I did these about a 6 or 8 mos. ago. What's nice about the shoe polish is that if it does get scuffed, just wipe on some new. I used the little plastic bottle that has the sponge applicator right on the bottle.

 

[Highridah]

Something else that works really good is white shoe polish. I did these about a 6 or 8 mos. ago. What's nice about the shoe polish is that if it does get scuffed, just wipe on some new. I used the little plastic bottle that has the sponge applicator right on the bottle.

hmmm 8)

 

[musclebikes]

Ha Ha, I did that exact same thing I even used the same paint. I did that a while back. I tried it after my grandpa told me that he used to do it during the war beacause new tires and stuff like that were in short supply.
But back then they actually had white wall paint.

It looks good , great job. The worst part is definately the taping.