When I was a lad I could buy tyre paint, this was a black, easy to apply rubber type of compound that was used to smarten up tyre walls; it seems to have vanished from the shops, does anyone know why?
Legislation?
E.U. regulations?
Out of fashion?
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I'd ask anyone who did car valeting what to use.
Probably something like "Back to Black" would suffice or black shoe polish.
IIRC an excessive use of tyre paint often disguised dodgy tyres on forecourts.
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That's it: 'Back to Black'. Couldn't think of it in the earlier post.
AA
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I don't know about that type exactly, but I'm sure you're aware that there are a number of sprays that do the same job and can be picked up quite readily in Halfords, etc. In that respect, I don't think that the desire to smarten up tyre walls has vanished.
Does make the tyres look good, but can make a heck of a mess of the alloys if allowed to drip and is not wiped up. Also stings the eyes no end if you don't stand upwind when applying it!
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I know about "Back to Black" and "Armor All" etc, but these are tyre dressings or polish, I am asking about tyre paint, which is a different article altogether.
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I hate it when dealers do that to used cars on display. It looks cheap and nasty and tends to make me walk away.
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I`ll say amen to that one.Looks really chav on a tatty old and tarted up car.
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I agree, I hate the look of greasy sidewalls lathered up in baby oil lookalike.
I don't mind the foam types which remove the dirt and just make the tyre look new.
I remember the tyre paint, it was in a tin. Never used it though.
I think sidewalls stay blacker these days, they used to perish and fade to a bluey/grey in days gone by.
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You can still get it CarPlan/Tetrosyl probably biggest source.
We used it on ALL our stock, 'cos I refused to fit rubbish aftermarket, fit n fall off once, wheeltrims to the vans.
All the rims would be rubbed down & repainted with wheel silver - another not so easy product to source - & to get a smart finish, this was done with the vehicle raised & the wheels spun, by hand, to apply both silver & the tyre black.
& NEVER has anyone told us they thought this looked wrong - opposite really, as it made the vehicles look more original.
Would still be doing it now, on the vans without full width covers.
VB
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Machine mart sell it.
Never seen the point of its use other than when selling but each to there own.
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Vansboy - I can understand why you repainted the wheels (I used to do the same on my old cars years ago) but why did you use tyre paint?
The foam cleaners are so much better and don't look slick and "fake". Plus tyre paint wears off and looks naff after a few miles.
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It's good on a driving test as if your tyre glances the kerb, you don't get a hissing sound.
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Tyre paint brings back memories of 1970's East London car lots, cheap bunting, blow overs with rust starting to bubble through, adjusted milages and smooth talking rogues in sheepskin coats.
No thanks.
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We used it to help cover silver overspray & as it was matt black, it always looked better than glossy, false finishes.
VB
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We used to have a gallon can of Dunlop tyre paint which was like a rubber solution when applied. This was very good stuff, which I believe is good for projecvting the tyre walls against the sun stopping any perishing.
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My original question was, 'does anyone know why tyre paint has disappeared'. Up to now, lots of reminisces, but no answers; does anyone know what happened?
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Sadly the same is true of Zeebright for old stoves and Pommade to keep the hair in place! Market forces and shifting needs I guess.
(Spelling could be wrong on either)
M.M
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Vansboy and Navara have both said you can still get it...
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I believe Partco still sell 5 litre tins of it...don't know if you can choose between matt and silk.....but I have a tin of matt from years ago,works well on Landrover mudflaps etc too!
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You'd probably find modern tyre dressing quicker and easier to apply. I use Meguiars products and they are very good indeed and last for a long time (can be sourced at Halfords and the like). They also have the added benefit of smelling rather pleasant too!
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You can buy brush-on tyre paint in a tin from Halfords. It looks horrible though, and just draws attention to your tyres so that buyers wonder what faults you are trying to cover up. It doesn't even work - it makes crazing even more pronounced.
Anyone remember WHITE tyre paint, when white-walled tyres were the rage on Fords? It was a cheap and nasty substitute for real white-walled tyres.
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Anyone remember WHITE tyre paint, when white-walled tyres were the rage on Fords?
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No, but Google comes up with it on the first page
tinyurl.com/y5ndcu
It even shows you how to apply it :-)
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