fat white walls and skinnies

[Lownslow]

was messing around with this knife i bought but never used and figured its gotta be good for something so when i decided to do the fat whites on the roadster i found that this knife was really good for cutting circles.

you can find them in drafting stores or the knife aisle in hobby lobby

you need all this

take the template and line it up to the size you think will look the best

lay some tape down and cut the circle the blade follows the edge perfectly without catching

lay the large piece of tape over the tire like this

mix up your paint

airbrush your tire

and youre done

before

after

if you wanna make a white wall cut another circle a size down and lay it between the big circle.

[RodneyBad]

That's a good looking white wall.

[ra7c7er]

Looks awesome. You are going to start seeing more people doing this.

[MikeMc]

Great idea......now lets see some skinny whites....lowrider style......

Edited December 4, 2010 by Stasch

[Bill Eh?]

Excellent tutorial, with easy to follow steps. Thanks for posting.

[58 Impala]

Great tip for doing wide whites. I'd like to do some on some of my street rod projects. Is that the Xacto knife where the blade rotates?

[Lownslow]

Great tip for doing wide whites. I'd like to do some on some of my street rod projects. Is that the Xacto knife where the blade rotates?

#9RX this one is the retractable

[bang bang]

Thanks I will surely try this one tip. I was about to order some white walls tires for future projects. Thanks for sharing.

[slapshot]

Did you do any thing special to the tires surface like sand it down or use alcohol to clean it? When you mixed your paint did you add something to the flat white or thin it some? Thanks in advance.

[ian ashton]

So the Tamiya paint will dry on the tire rubber? Sweeeeet!

[Lownslow]

Did you do any thing special to the tires surface like sand it down or use alcohol to clean it? When you mixed your paint did you add something to the flat white or thin it some? Thanks in advance.

i cleaned them with soap and water, you have to if youre gonna airbrush it i used acetone.

So the Tamiya paint will dry on the tire rubber? Sweeeeet!

yup

[made007]

today i went to office max and bought some blue tape and circle templates to try this, this helped me out a lot, thanks

[publicsafety]

Now if only I could get a template for my 1:1 tires, it would save me a bundle on my other project

[VW Dave]

Lownslow - Great tutorial! Clear pics, and easy-to-follow steps. Thanks very much for sharing it with the board.

So the Tamiya paint will dry on the tire rubber? Sweeeeet!

Any acrylic will; I've used both Tamiya and Floquil with good results.

[Jon Cole]

GREAT job! They look good!

[Erik Smith]

Thanks. This works great. I had a problem cutting into the plastic template so I found an aluminum triangle/circle template - hopefully that will last longer.

[chev12olet]

Great tip. This will most definitely help out a lot. Back to Michaels tomorrow.

Edited April 21, 2011 by chev12olet

[larrygre]

This is GREAT - thanks so much for sharing this with everyone!

My two cents: I have a Fiskars swivel knife, similar to X-Acto's Swivel Craft Knife, and it works great with circle templates - makes quick work of those problematic cuts too. It works just great with this technique for wide whites.

Edited February 26, 2011 by larrygre

[MikeMc]

Great tip. This will most defiantly help out a lot. Back to Michaels tomorrow.

Try definitely

Edited February 28, 2011 by Stasch