white lettering your tires
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From: Rincon, GA
white lettering your tires
Has anyone done this? painted the letters on their tires? if so, can you post some pics?
I was thinking of painting the lettering orange. Can this even be done and not look like schit?
I was thinking of painting the lettering orange. Can this even be done and not look like schit?
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Cruiser
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From: Rincon, GA
Yeah, that is what I was afraid of that you would have to continue to apply the color. I guess I'll stay with black then.
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I have seeen a bunch of tires lettered here on the forum. You should get some responses from them. I think it looks good, like an old muscle car look. I tried to search and didnt come up with anything. If you use the right stuff you shouldnt have to redo it all the time, i wouldnt think.
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IMO, no.
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Harley sells special HD paint pens for this application. Don't know if they're anything special or the same stuff you get at the craft store. I'm guessing it's probably the same thing you get at the craft store. Metal fabricator's use a paint pen for marking steel and that stuff holds up well in industrial applications and comes in variety of colors. Again, not sure if it's any different or better than what you can get at a craft store or art supply store, but it's another source.
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I did mine and they turned out great. The pics are in the Wide Glide thread somewhere around page 217 I think. I used a white paint pen that I got at Hobby Lobby. It's not hard, just tedious. I applied 5 light coats over the course of one weekend and I've never had to redo the lettering. Most tires have a rubber softening agent in the rubber that will turn the first couple of coats brown so 4 or 5 coats is necessary if you want it to look good and last. Mine look as good today as they did when I first applied the paint. I love the look of it and I'll probably do every set of tires I get from here on out.