Brown "White Walls"
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Cruiser
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From: Just around the corner.
Brown "White Walls"
Got a problem here. My bike has been in storage for a
couple years. I had a STROKE in 2008. I put new tires
on it in 2007. Now the back 3" white wall is half brown.
I can not get this off. I have tried everything I can think of.
A friend told me it might be U.V damage. Any help would
be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance, Dave
couple years. I had a STROKE in 2008. I put new tires
on it in 2007. Now the back 3" white wall is half brown.
I can not get this off. I have tried everything I can think of.
A friend told me it might be U.V damage. Any help would
be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance, Dave
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Magic eraser and shout! laundry stain remover work well too. Sometimes the tire is too far gone to be cleaned nicely but not all the time. Way back I bought a set of used rims that came with white walls on them. They were yellowed and i could never get them perfectly white. But using some of the above mentioned products helped quite a bit.
Drew
Drew
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That's the tires way of saying I'm old and I've been sitting for for years. I'd buy new tires so I'm not wondering if they are reliable still, but that's just me. I use to use white shoe polish when I had white walls.
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Bleach white will hurt the White wall. Take grease lightning and use a brillo pad, and ELBOW GREASE.
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4+ Year old tires? Even if the white walls were still OK . . . I'd suggest new tires. The rubber compounds tires are made out of oxidizes over time. Among other things as a tire oxidizes it looses a good bit of it's stickiness . . . not really recommended for safe riding . . . you know, those corner and higher speed things.
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Joined: Apr 2010
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From: Olympic Penisula, Wa
I agree with the "old tires comment above", but if you are dead set on cleaning those white walls, go at 'em with an SOS pad. It was my secret weapon when I use to detail autos many moons ago.