White or Yellow - Color for raised lettering on tires?
It won't be long and it will be time for a new set of tires. I'm a fan of raised white lettering - as you can see on my bike...
I've been thinking that I will give the Pirelli MT66's a go for the next set of tires. Why? Because I like their lettering, and in terms of performance, they're probably good enough for the riding I do. So here's a pic showing them with white lettering...
As an added twist... I've seen some do the lettering in Yellow. An example...
Just adding this pic as another example of color, not the tire or style...
So, on the target subject (my bike shown above), should I go white or yellow?
I have the Route tires myself. I love them so far.
How are you going to white out the lettering? It usually looks good for a couple days and then starts staining and browning out from the tires bleeding through.
I have the Route tires myself. I love them so far.
How are you going to white out the lettering? It usually looks good for a couple days and then starts staining and browning out from the tires bleeding through.
Nothing special... Oil base paint pens.
Couple of things that I learned from previous experimentation....
1) Prep is the key. You have to clean the area/letters on the tire very thoroughly. Some recommend Simple Green degreaser. I used Westley's Bleach White. Clean the letters multiple times until you stop getting the brown residue from them. Lastly, you might want to do a final clean with Acetone.
2) Multiple coats helps. But I wouldn't do too many - don't want it too thick. 3 coats seemed to work well for me.
On my current application, most of the letters have worn very well, even though I didn't follow #1 above well enough overall. A few letter have had flaking issues (not enough to do anything about it). The reason? The most likely culprit in my opinion is because the cleaning/prep wasn't done well enough (an episode of learning the hard way).
Couple of things that I learned from previous experimentation....
1) Prep is the key. You have to clean the area/letters on the tire very thoroughly. Some recommend Simple Green degreaser. I used Westley's Bleach White. Clean the letters multiple times until you stop getting the brown residue from them. Lastly, you might want to do a final clean with Acetone.
2) Multiple coats helps. But I wouldn't do too many - don't want it too thick. 3 coats seemed to work well for me.
On my current application, most of the letters have worn very well, even though I didn't follow #1 above well enough overall. A few letter have had flaking issues (not enough to do anything about it). The reason? The most likely culprit in my opinion is because the cleaning/prep wasn't done well enough (an episode of learning the hard way).
Make/model of pen?
I'm interested in this as well but I've heard a lot of fail stories.
08-29-2017, 08:58 AM
White or Yellow - Color for raised lettering on tires?
