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Re: White Letter Tire Markers
Meanmachine #748655 May 20th 2019 8:33 pm
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I did some searching and found out people are using Goo-Gone cleaner to clean the white letters. Tried some and it cleaned the letters up quite nice, will have to wait and see if they turn black again. A tire guy told me the tires are leaching oil into the white letters due to an ozone chemical protectant in the rubber to stop dry rot from the elements. That may be a bit true, as several times I have scrubbed them back to white, only to have them start getting black in a couple months. It seems nowadays more people are turning the white letters in and have the blackwalls out.

Re: White Letter Tire Markers
Meanmachine #748659 May 20th 2019 8:48 pm
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That's very interesting and makes perfect sense. Thanks for sharing, that will be good info to keep stored in the old knowledge box for future reference.


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Re: White Letter Tire Markers
Meanmachine #748672 May 21st 2019 2:02 am
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guilty ... both vans have BFG white in ... still has the blue on the white but they are inside


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Re: White Letter Tire Markers
Meanmachine #757672 March 09th 2020 11:22 am
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Go to lowes and get a gallon of ZEP purple cleaner and a stiff nylon brush, you can get a spray bottle and dilute it 50% with water and it will clean anything.


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Re: White Letter Tire Markers
Meanmachine #757673 March 09th 2020 11:31 am
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I had a nasty, oily black spot on a few of my white letters that was being very stubborn no matter what I tried using but ended up wiping it right off using Goof Off Graffiti Remover.


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Re: White Letter Tire Markers
Meanmachine #758143 March 20th 2020 12:27 am
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Back in my minitruckin/lowrider days, I kept Wesley's Bleach White on hand in the truck kit for a quick whitewall clean. Used a bucket of hot water with a little Ajax scrub cleaner and a stiff bristle brush for the nastier jobs. I don't even know if they make either of those anymore it's been so long. Dangit, thanks for making me feel old. lol


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Re: White Letter Tire Markers
Meanmachine #758151 March 20th 2020 9:22 am
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My experience is if you use a brush you make tiny scratches that makes it harder and harder to keep 'em clean. I use tire cleaner and a old towel. Then a thin coat of 303... I'm not near as picky as I used to be. Nowadays I just need 'em to be round and get me where I want to be.
Oh and yes Goof Off GR is great stuff for tires.

Re: White Letter Tire Markers
JIm Rockford #758152 March 20th 2020 12:56 pm
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Originally Posted by JIm_Rockford
Go to lowes and get a gallon of ZEP purple cleaner and a stiff nylon brush, you can get a spray bottle and dilute it 50% with water and it will clean anything.




I second on the Zep.


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