White Lettered Tires
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RE: White Lettered Tires
The problem I ran into with using paint pens is the paint never really dried and after a few washes began to come off. I used a silver ink pen and the sharper point of the ink pen made it much easier and lasted much longer.
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RE: White Lettered Tires
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I love the look, but I did something slightly different. I only painted the outlines of the letters. It's slightly more subtle, but I think it's a good look. I did NOT do the rear only because I've been putting it off, definitely a lot more of a pain to do.
Shortly after doing this, I put the springer on and the front tire I have for it is an old tire. I wanted to make sure the bike would ride OK with the springer before buying a new tire. A couple of pictures are below.
My experience was that the paint holds up amazingly well. I didn't find them a challenge to clean because the outlined part is raised. So it didn't take any deep, careful scrubbing to get down inside a depressed area or anything. That's probably another reason why the paint was holding up so well, because I didn't scrub the tires hard at all.
It's tricky to do, but I was careful as I could be and then I used a nylon brush dremel wheel and "erased" the stuff I didn't want. That sometimes meant having to go back and repaint a tiny spot. This is a good project for when you are broke and still want to do something for your bike. It's WAY more effort than $$$
Kevin
I love the look, but I did something slightly different. I only painted the outlines of the letters. It's slightly more subtle, but I think it's a good look. I did NOT do the rear only because I've been putting it off, definitely a lot more of a pain to do.
Shortly after doing this, I put the springer on and the front tire I have for it is an old tire. I wanted to make sure the bike would ride OK with the springer before buying a new tire. A couple of pictures are below.
My experience was that the paint holds up amazingly well. I didn't find them a challenge to clean because the outlined part is raised. So it didn't take any deep, careful scrubbing to get down inside a depressed area or anything. That's probably another reason why the paint was holding up so well, because I didn't scrub the tires hard at all.
It's tricky to do, but I was careful as I could be and then I used a nylon brush dremel wheel and "erased" the stuff I didn't want. That sometimes meant having to go back and repaint a tiny spot. This is a good project for when you are broke and still want to do something for your bike. It's WAY more effort than $$$
Kevin
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