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Old October 26th 06, 03:45 AM posted to rec.aviation.owning
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Default Tire painting

RK Henry wrote:
On Thu, 26 Oct 2006 00:35:02 GMT, wrote:


Well, not the whole tire, just a stipe to find the valve stem.

Anyone have any wisdom on the effects of paint on tires, paint you
absolutely shouldn't use, etc?

I would guess exterior latex house paint would be harmless to tires
and would last a while, but since I just put on tires, I hate to guess.


Interesting idea, especially when I think how much time I've spent
rolling the airplane back and forth trying to find the valve.


Look for a tire lettering pen in an automotive parts store. It's a
paint pen for dressing up the lettering on your tires, so you can
highlight the letters molded on the tires and pretend you spent extra
for white-lettered tires.


A quick look online at Auto Barn's site and also at J.C. Whitney's
site (only because these quickly came to mind as a place to look
online) shows a white tire pen for tire lettering. About 6 bucks.
Should be able to find this item locally.


I suppose you could even highlight the letters on your aircraft tires.
I'm thinking of hanging fuzzy dice from my compass.


RK Henry


I forgot those things existed, that should do it.

Fuzzy dice are OK, but a plastic Jesus on top the panel would be more
appropriate for when the passgeners go "Oh, Jesus", I can just point.

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Jim Pennino

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