Painting whitewall tyres

[Earl Marischal]

Can anyone offer any advice on painting whitewalls on tyres? Such as:

1. How to get a straight line.

2. Suitable paint for plastic and 'rubber' tyres.

3. Anything else relevant.

Thanks!

steve

[webestang]

Check this out.....http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=94190

[Ace-Garageguy]

I've been experimenting using frisket film for masking, cutting it into perfectly circular masks with a cutter tip in a compass. Rattle-can white vinyl spray made for car interiors works great on soft tires.

I've also had decent results using an acrylic gesso and a good quality paint brush, putting a cut down wheel or wheel back in the tire, with an axle of some sort to slowly rotate it with a rechargeable drill. Gesso has very good coverage, will dry on vinyl tires (enamel will stay sticky) and dries to a flat finish. It takes some experimenting to get it thinned just right, but when you hit it (if you use a good, soft camel hair brush) the brush strokes will flow out as it dries, and you can control the edges of the whitewall quite well.

All of that is not entirely easy though, which is why I've been working on the masking / spraying technique.