maintaining raised white lettering

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Thu Jun 15, 06 7:12 pm

GeneralWee wrote:Pull a rag tight over your finger ,wet it with carb cleaner and wipe the grime off the raised rubber.Dead quick.
Side exit exhausts always dirty the rear tyres and wheels.

this is what i do but use wd40 insted of carb cleaner, they come up lovely

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Fri Jun 16, 06 9:31 pm

sean68charger wrote:
GeneralWee wrote:Pull a rag tight over your finger ,wet it with carb cleaner and wipe the grime off the raised rubber.Dead quick.
Side exit exhausts always dirty the rear tyres and wheels.
this is what i do but use wd40 insted of carb cleaner, they come up lovely

I've just tried this and it really worked!

I was amazed. Great tip.
I added a light coat of Meguiars Hot Wheels to Bananarama! off.

morgan · Post by **morgan** » Sat Jun 17, 06 8:14 am

Mate of mine sprayed my tyre walls in something from 'armour-all' that looked like shaving foam.

You spray it on, leave it, is slowly disappears and the tyres look like new. Sounds like voodoo I realize, but it worked. I'll find out what it was...

Powerail · Post by **Powerail** » Sat Jun 17, 06 8:54 am

Yeah I have some of that tyre foam stuff as well. I've heard mixed reports about it damaging tyres.

It doesnt do much for raised white lettering though...

Powerail · Post by **Powerail** » Sat Jun 17, 06 5:15 pm

Wow I just tried the WD40 thing, thats incredible !!

I wouldnt have believed it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes !

Just spray it on and wipe it off

You dont know how many hours of work you saved me, thanks guys

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sat Jun 17, 06 5:30 pm

To try and stop your tyres going grey with the sun, use saddle soap.

Holly · Post by **Holly** » Sat Jun 17, 06 5:33 pm

WD40 - the answer to half of life's problems. Gaffer tape and zip ties cover the rest between them ...

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Sat Jun 17, 06 7:00 pm

I use Wynns Silicone lube on my white letters, wipe in on wipe it off, also got for cleaning gruby plug leads.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sun Jun 18, 06 6:25 pm

i had the same trouble getting the letters clean on my old rangie off-roader, spent hours on them, then oneday i was using an old tyre to hold up some parts i was trying to free off with the stuff, wiped the tyre by accident and hey presto, years of grime came straight off.

i was expecting a Bananarama! off of some-one on here after saying to put wd40 on the tyres

as i am not sure about the long term effects on the tyre walls with wd40, but at least then it is an excuse to go out and light them up!

Kev · Post by **Kev** » Sun Jun 18, 06 6:49 pm

Never use WD40 to help rubber bushes on etc. It rots 'em. So I'm not too sure on using it on yer tyres

Raised white letters would be alright I s'pose. So how do I get the dressing off my brand new spankly Mickey T Sportsmans?

Alex · Post by **Alex** » Sun Jun 18, 06 7:22 pm

Very hot water and car wash suds with a nail brush Kev

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sun Jun 18, 06 8:23 pm

Do you mean the light blue protective seal over the RWL, Kev?

old toothbrush and some neat fairy liquid did it for me...

Powerail · Post by **Powerail** » Sun Jun 18, 06 9:28 pm

Yup soap and water. Try anything else and you will never get it off.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sun Jun 18, 06 10:04 pm

Powerail wrote:Wow I just tried the WD40 thing, thats incredible !!

I wouldnt have believed it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes !

Just spray it on and wipe it off

You dont know how many hours of work you saved me, thanks guys

Agree here!

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sun Jun 25, 06 11:47 pm

Just reverse yor tyres on the rims ? Problem solved

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