White lettering on tyres

[simondarby]

I have just bought a set of Goodyear ATR tyres and they have been fitted with the white lettering showing.  I don't mind this, but as the tyres are new, they have a funny blue coating over the white lettering, I presume to protect the lettering after manufacture.

Anyone know how to clean the blue off?  3 of the tyres still have it on and it looks a bit daft.... (I think so anyway)

Cheers,

Si

[wheeler]

SOAPY WATER OR JET WASH

[Edge]

"Hot" soapy water. Its a waxy stuff

[waterrover]

i found MUD  was the best :)

[Paul]

A Brillo pad works wonders  

[strapping young lad]

leave it on, the white will stay on for longer and the blue will eventually come off on its own

plus it makes it look proper brand new if you see blue ;)

[Evilgoat]

not long after the blue goes, the white will too :)

[simondarby]

Thanks guys.

Si

[muddyjames]

not long after the blue goes, the white will too :)

or some scoundrel pinches them as they are new!!! I have the white lettering on the inside to make them look older and less new so hopefully less pinchable.

[clbarclay]

My couson rekoned there was one near him that had the letters painted all the coulors of the rainbow, with each letter a different colour to the adjacent letters :roll:

[Popoff]

Used brake cleaner on mine, works better and easer than soapy water  :lol:

[richo]

Ive got some copper tyres with the white letters and they have been on for about 5 months now and the letters are still in good nick.I washed mine with saopy water as per tyre fitter.
Brake fuild is a bit extrme i think ,hope you got it off the tyres before you drove away .Have you seen what that suff do'es to paint?

[Mudlark]

Brake fuild is a bit extrme i think ,hope you got it off the tyres before you drove away .Have you seen what that suff do'es to paint?

If it does to rubber what it does to paint you wouldn't have any brakes  :lol:  :lol:

[Jake]

not long after the blue goes, the white will too :)

My Goodyears white letters lasted for 3 years.  8)
I find using traffic film remover and a hot jet wash blast the blue away in 5 seconds a tyre  :P
 :D

[simondarby]

Hot soapy water and a quick scrub did the trick beautifully...

Cheers

[waveydavey]

Ive got some copper tyres

Copper? Hard wearing but they can't give very good grip! Good if you get hit by lightning though.

[Popoff]

Used brake cleaner on mine, works better and easer than soapy water  :lol:

please read the post again, I used brake CLEANER not brake fluid :!:

[chris.hunt22]

My BFG muds came with the blue stuff on, white spirit and a rag got it off, the white is actually white tyre on them so they NEVER come off, a quick scrub with a scouring pad and white sprirt brings em up like new every time!!

[V8MoneyPit]

I just left the blue and it came of in about a week of rain anyway.

One strange thing is that the BFG MT's on the 110 have retained the white, but the BFG AT's on the Freelander have lost the white after only a few months.

Not that is bothers me..... most of the time they are mud brown anyway  :lol: