Removing Tire Paint

bullitt_2620

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I bought that duplicolor tire paint and painted the words on my tires white. They looked good for all of 2 days... Now they are a dusgusting ugly brown color. I want this crap off my tires. I emailed the company and they told me to use acetone, but doesn't acetone eat away rubber??? Should I use the acetone and then something to get the acetone off of the tire? I'm lost and am embarassed with how my tires look. Anyone else have any ideas on how to get this crap off my tires?

 

TrueBlue03

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lol that sucks man. when i saw ca couple people post pics of it, i thought it looked great but was wondering how long it would last...i guess we now know

what about something like a bug and tar remover?

 

d98gt

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I wouldn't think that acetone would eat away too much. Just do a light coat and see

 

bullitt_2620

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I guess I'll give the acetone a try and see what happens.

 

stangGT97

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have you tried some white wall cleaner? it may get the dirt off without removing the white

 

bullitt_2620

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Just used the acetone and took it all off, it came off pretty easy. I don't think cleaner would work, when rubbing it off, it was dirty all they way down to the first coat (I did 2). So now they are back to shinny black. Thanks guys.

 

RedDaemon

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it comes off pretty easy with a tire scrubber actually. its really not all that permanent. i have it on my car as well and i have to apply a new coat every week. however i only have a problem on my rear tires and not my front. theyre two different tires as well so i think its the type of tire that affects it

 

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Origommi

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I had the same problem and used tire bleach.... Dont do it. It didnt work that well and bleached all around the wording. BUTTTT, I did use baking soda and it worked great. All nice and white now.