Used car dealers use Forever Black Tire Gel, or something similar, to
make their tires shine.  Not paint, and not bad for your tires.

Personally, I don't like to look.  Too glossy...

Cheers,

Jeff

On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 12:35 PM, Roger Whittaker<rogerwhitt1@gmail.com> wrote:
> dear tire tart
> Painting a tire with "Paint" is considered to be a very bad idea in most of
> the circles i have traveled in
> paint has qualities that react badly when joined with tires ...
> from what i have been told ... (when i used to work at a General Tire Store)
>
> the paint will cause deterioration of the sidewall and weather checking ...
> i have heard the same thing about Amour All for tires ... but i have no
> consistent experience with that stuff...
> used it once or twice ...and then an exceptional state of indolence set in
> ..
> i have almost recovered fully from this ...
> and now periodically wash my westie
> yours
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 10:56 AM, Costello, James L <jlcostello@kpmg.ca>wrote:
>
>> Hey Volks,
>>
>> Here's an odd question for everyone. �I am looking at sprucing up my tires.
>> �The sidewalls have taken a fairly good beating, but the treads are still in
>> good shape, so I don't want to purchase 4 new tires right now. �Has anyone
>> used any sort of paint to return the tires to a nice black? �I have looked
>> online and found some discussion in regards to Miller's paint (
>> http://www.millertire.com/), and as well using Eastwood's Underbody Latex
>> protectant (
>> http://www.eastwood.com/ew-rubberized-undercoating-aerosol-18-oz.html).
>>
>> Has anyone had a chance to try either of these, or do you have a better
>> solution?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>>
>> James L. Costello
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>> KPMG LLP - Calgary
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