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Stripping weathered tires?


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Hello

I need to strip an old set of weathered AMT big rig tires. The guy who gave me the tires said that they were done with Revell´s aqua color paints. How can I remove that stuff without killing the vinyl tires? I´ve never done this before with tires. Any advice is much appeciated.

Kevin

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DO NOT leave them soaking in brake fluid as it will leach out the plasticiser from the vinyl and the tyres will shrink and go hard.

Try scrubbing the tyres with methylated spirits.

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