Degreaser recommendations

[Gaijin]

Getting ready to install raised white letter billboards on my new tires. Looking for best degreaser to use as prep cleaner?

[OSU Cowboy]

I'd use the same product that I used back in the day on the whitewall tires of a Harley that I had ... called "Bleche White" Can find it at pretty much any auto parts store.

[gbranham]

Bleach White is solid, and so is Comet with Bleach.

Greg

[Derald Rice]

Test the cleaner on the back side of your wheel to make sure the cleaner will not harm your wheels...

I am assuming that your RWL are from TredWear , so what do they suggest ??

[Jeff Kleiner]

Getting ready to install raised white letter billboards on my new tires. Looking for best degreaser to use as prep cleaner?

When I did these I smoothed the sidewalls by grinding the raised black letters using a drum sander (probably 80 grit) in a pneumatic die grinder and followed that up by blending it into the rest of the sidewall using a DA with 80 then moving on to 150ish, maybe 220. Afterwards they were wiped clean with acetone before glueing on the lettering.

https://thefactoryfiveforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=164907&d=1648894480

https://thefactoryfiveforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=217393&d=1754742428

Jeff

[Gaijin]

When I did these I smoothed the sidewalls by grinding the raised black letters using a drum sander (probably 80 grit) in a pneumatic die grinder and followed that up by blending it into the rest of the sidewall using a DA with 80 then moving on to 150ish, maybe 220. Afterwards they were wiped clean with acetone before glueing on the lettering.

Jeff

What size letterings did you go with? I ordered 1.25” both GY and Eagle. My M/T tires are 245/45-17 and 315/35-17. I didn’t want the letters too big for the sidewalls or too small either.

[Jeff Kleiner]

What size letterings did you go with? I ordered 1.25” both GY and Eagle. My M/T tires are 245/45-17 and 315/35-17. I didn’t want the letters too big for the sidewalls or too small either.

I really don’t know but I’m sure they were bigger than 1 1/4”. This was a few years ago on a build that I did for a customer and it’s several hundred miles away now!

Jeff

[Gaijin]

I really don’t know but I’m sure they were bigger than 1 1/4”. This was a few years ago on a build that I did for a customer and it’s several hundred miles away now!

Jeff

It’s now obvious as a 1.5” letter. It’s the other sizing offered without customizing. Thanks.

[MPTech]

I believe Jeff's tires are 15", be careful if you're putting them on 17" (1.5" may be too big(?).
Maybe someone here can post their 17".

[rickshank]

Jeff listed a 245-45-17 tire. That's 4.34" of sidewall height on each side.

[MPTech]

@riskshank: Ahhhh, no he didn't. The OP said he was putting them on a 17". And a 17" has 2" of sidewall before getting into the tread, not even close to 4.34". The molded letters on my Mickey Thompsons are only 3/4". I have 17's, I just measured them myself.

OP, double check, 1.5" letters will leave you 1/4" top & bottom, take a look at someone else's before you commit to them.

[Jeff Kleiner]

The photos I posted show 15” tires; 235/60 and 295/50.

Heff

[Gaijin]

@riskshank: Ahhhh, no he didn't. The OP said he was putting them on a 17". And a 17" has 2" of sidewall before getting into the tread, not even close to 4.34". The molded letters on my Mickey Thompsons are only 3/4". I have 17's, I just measured them myself.

OP, double check, 1.5" letters will leave you 1/4" top & bottom, take a look at someone else's before you commit to them.

Thanks for double checking the sidewall and molded letters on the 17” M/T Sport Comp tires. You feedback assured me that my 1.25” letter heights are where I want it. I want to give the letters good space between the tire’s edge and bead lines.

Not to mention good covered over the M/T molded letters at 3/4” to my GY billboard letters at 1.25”.