Halfords Tyre Paint

[stevenicks]

Black shoe polish for me, look's more natural.

[rustymotor]

Just use a rag with thinners on

[suffolk boy]

megs tyre gel. leave untouched for a shiny finish.wipe over for matt finish.
smells nice. easy to put on with a sponge.i have used it driven a hundred and thirty miles to a meet and it still looks great

[hrissim]

Originally Posted by suffolk boy

megs tyre gel. leave untouched for a shiny finish.wipe over for matt finish.
smells nice. easy to put on with a sponge.i have used it driven a hundred and thirty miles to a meet and it still looks great

Ahaaa, I didn't know that there is a dress code for those meetings

[Teflon]

Had the rear off side wheel off today for cleaning and temptation finally got the better of me. I decided to see what the tyre paint would look like when actually used on a tyre .

I have to say, I was pleasantly surprised. Once dry, the tyre had a deep black natural look with very little evidence of any brush marks. Not wanting to take any risks, I only used it on the inside tyre wall, and in all honesty, I think I'll be sticking to my usual tyre dressing (Gyeon Q2), on the '75.

That said, if your tyres are in dire need of a "lift", I think the tyre paint may well be a quick solution which should last longer than traditional dressings.



Picture doesn't really do it justice, as the paint was still drying, hence the slightly streaky, glossy look.

Cliff

[T-Cut]

There's a big difference between a tyre paint and a tyre dressing. Paints contain a black pigment to provide a new, dense black surface finish, whereas the colourless dressings simply make the existing surface look wet and shiny. Many are based on a thin silicone oil and are resistant to a water wash or rain shower. The water soluble glycerine film will wash off as soon as it rains. The black rubber paint would get my vote.

TC

[Teflon]

Originally Posted by T-Cut

There's a big difference between a tyre paint and a tyre dressing. Paints contain a black pigment to provide a new, dense black surface finish, whereas the colourless dressings simply make the existing surface look wet and shiny. Many are based on a thin silicone oil and are resistant to a water wash or rain shower. The water soluble glycerine film will wash off as soon as it rains. The black rubber paint would get my vote.

TC

It all depends on the tyre dressing. Most of the cheaper ones are, as you say, a silicon spray designed to make the tyre nice and shiny for a few days (weeks at most) and in the worse cases leave a greasy film behind that will build up with repeated use, making the tyres quite unpleasant to handle.

The more sophisticated dressings available (read: more expensive!) will bond with the tyre wall and will usually last for months rather than days\weeks. They can vary in finish from matt black to a wet look gloss. They get my vote over the tyre paint purely because (in the case of the matt\silk finish ones) the tyre looks and feels like a new tyre, with the dressing itself being practically invisible.

That said, the tyre paint did look impressive and I suspect, if the tyre was properly cleaned before application, it would probably last a good while longer than even the more expensive dressings. Not sure how it would look with repeated application though . I think, some time in the next few weeks, I will apply a coat on our old (BMW) Mini and see how it fares. I suspect it will prove more cost effective than a dressing in the medium to long term at least.

Cliff

[keithst24]

Originally Posted by Teflon

Had the rear off side wheel off today for cleaning and temptation finally got the better of me. I decided to see what the tyre paint would look like when actually used on a tyre .

I have to say, I was pleasantly surprised. Once dry, the tyre had a deep black natural look with very little evidence of any brush marks. Not wanting to take any risks, I only used it on the inside tyre wall, and in all honesty, I think I'll be sticking to my usual tyre dressing (Gyeon Q2), on the '75.

That said, if your tyres are in dire need of a "lift", I think the tyre paint may well be a quick solution which should last longer than traditional dressings.



Picture doesn't really do it justice, as the paint was still drying, hence the slightly streaky, glossy look.

Cliff

Cliff the back of your alloys are cleaner than most of club members fronts