Stripping weathered tires?

[Stuntman Mike]

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

[CadillacPat]

I airbrush whitewalls on to some 1/64 tires.

If you need to strip your tires use Castrol Purple Power.

CadillacPat

[Art Anderson]

I airbrush whitewalls on to some 1/64 tires.

If you need to strip your tires use Castrol Purple Power.

CadillacPat

IF Castrol Purple Power is sold in Germany, where Kevin is posting from.

Art

[zenrat]

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.