Making wide whites

Willowbilly3 · Aug 9, 2015

I finally ground off a set for the first time. A little rough, not bad. It takes a light touch near the inside edge because you think there is more black to come off and you actually went through the white already, it's real thin there.

Yankee Transplant · Aug 9, 2015

thats good to know did you use the sand paper disk ? 180 or so ?

Tripper · Aug 9, 2015

On the Daytripper... I painted them on with a brush & house paint! Cutting the side of the tire seemed scary to me! [ddd

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Torchie · Aug 9, 2015

Used to be you could go to a tire store and they had a machine that ground the sidewall to expose the white. Getting harder to find just like a tire store that will shave a tire to get it in round and balanced.
The last set that I ground I used a 36 grit disc on my DA. Sounds coarse but it turned out nice and smooth. Also had better control than with a grinder.
Torchie

Sam_Fear · Aug 9, 2015

It just depends on the tire. I've tried about 6 or 7 different kinds of tires now. A couple of them had a heavy layer of black over the white when you got toward the center. I decided to quit going inward because of it. The white stripe isn't the same width or position from brand to brand - fairly uniform between tires of the same brand though.

Willowbilly3 · Aug 9, 2015

I used a 24 grit because it's what I had, a little aggressive probably. Then I went over them again with a surface prep disc to smooth them out and clean up where the black smeared onto the white. The rubber thickness seemed to not be consistent and in a few places went through the white on the edges.

King Herald · Aug 9, 2015

Somebody school me, do all tires have this white rubber inside?? [S

Willowbilly3 · Aug 10, 2015

Probably not blackwall tires. These were raised white letter Firestones. Even the modern thin whitewalls are supposed to have the wide band of white underneath.

King Herald · Aug 14, 2015

All becomes clear now, thanks.

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