painting rubber

[Guest]

quick question guys.

what type of paint can be used to paint rubber? also, what ever type of paint it is, is it heat resistant?

[Guest]

Painting them, heck that's a new one.

I've seen ribbed and Strawberry flavour but I've never known anyone painting them!!!

The things you kids get up to nowadays!!!!!!

...and why do you need it heat resistant?...no I can't go there, this is a family forum!!!

[Guest]

deary me Richard. that did make me chuckle!!!

wanted to try painting some of the hoses in my car as they are a bit worse for ware and it would be cheaper painting them all than getting a whole new set.

[Guest]

I've never heard of anyone painting rubber hoses, if the hoses are sound but looking a bit tired and old there's probably a special car spray polish which would help to make them look a bit more like new.

There are a whole range of special polishes for car trim, interiors etc but some are suitable for rubber too. Check out what they have in halfords.

I've seen glow in the dark variaties too but...thats a different story...

[wonwinglo]

You guys have never been involved in the custom car scene ! they paint everything including rubber,yes there is such a paint,it is called 'Tyrewall' black,it flexes and is heat resistant because a tyre gets very hot.

You can also get it in white for those whitewall tyres.

[Guest]

The only experience I've had with that is the gloop they paint onto the sidewalls of tyres at 2nd hand car dealers, The kind of places that spell Cars with a K and a Z!

It always looks a little bit ghastly!

They also sometimes smear brake fluid onto tyres to make them look really black and shiny, I'm not sure if smearing brake fluid does the rubber much good or not though.

The white stuff you can also use to pick out the lettering on the sidewall if you're proud of your Goodyear Eagles or something, although if you kerb your wheels that's never a good look when it's all smeared around the place!

[wonwinglo]

Alan,it is called 'Spoodling' in the car trade,the idea is to see if you can make a car that looks as if it has never been on the road,the main areas that require spoodling are as follows-

1/Paint the tyres black.

2/Renew the rubber brake pedal,clutch and accelerator pedal rubber boots.

3/Around the door key areas they look scratched and awful,try rubbing compound first for mild scratches,spray bad areas.

4/Remove all traces of fluffy dices,steering wheel gloves etc,ie make it look as if it was never owned by anyone !

5/Steam clean the engine and spray with WD40.

6/Renew the number plates with new ones,they stand out like a sore thumb.

If the car is on the forecourt more than 3 days then you have done something wrong and need to sell it onto the trade.