How to get overspray off tires

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Ya got enough opinions so i'm not going to make any suggestions because i don't have a sure-fire, just good luck!
 
I've never seen paint on tires that lacquer thinner would not remove. I have even taken it off when tires were just painted. Years ago I worked for an oilfield company that had a welder who built specialized, super heavy duty, 40 ft trailers. He was a very good welder but a horrible painter. The wheels would arrive various colors including green primer so he always painted them white. Trouble was he wouldn't even attempt to mask them. Some of the would lean against his shop wall in the sun for months before they all got used on a trailer. Then when he'd get a trailer built he would deliver it to me for installation of brake hardware, airlines, lights, wiring etc. I also got the privelage of cleaning off his tire paint jobs! Laquer thinner and Scotchbrite never let me down.
Just be careful about what you do with rags or anything that has Laquer thinner on it as even after it has dried it is extremely flammable!
 
I tried the thinner on mine didn't work guy got mass green over spray on the tires super clean worked like magic
 
mwls73duster360 said:
I tried the thinner on mine didn't work guy got mass green over spray on the tires super clean worked like magic
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Thanks for all the responses guys. I made a second attempt at laquer thinner, left the tire and rim off the car and let it soak. No dice; went to oven cleaner. It made the gray less noticable, but is still there. As for the tape job, he obviously just used tape and didn't cover the tire at all, or take the rim off the car. The last wheel set I painted myself turned out awesome, and I always tape to the trim ring, so it looks cleaner, and shove index cards under the rim - anyway...

Bent rim - Noticed it in the pictures. Went out and looked - it is just a tiny bend in the trim ring (if that's what it's called) on the edge. The surface that touches the tire and inner rim is not bent. Most likely a curb hit. Is this something to be real worried about? I'd love to get new tires and wheels, but after buying the car itself, money is now tight for a few secs.

But in conclusion - the oven cleaner is working, it will just take a ton more elbow grease. And yes I picked the grease up at home depot, it was next to the headlight fluid, which I also picked up.

And one last: Does anyone know if OOps! or graffiti remover will take the spray paint off and leave the copper underneath? Or will everything come off? (that might actually look better too) Someone obviusly took the time to make the wheels nice, then this guy took the time to ruin them.
 
I don't think you can take one layer of paint on that rim, you either sand by hand(wet
sand) Again you need the elbow grease(they have it by the wood stretchers).
I guess I would use 320 to 400 grit wet. Better yet is sand blast it, you can even
leave the tire on but be light on the tire. Duck tape the valve stem with several layers.
Then paint it the color you want. Use some tape and paper ,not like the last guy.

Darryl
 
All you need is a wire brush. They call them tire and wheel brushes but I would never use one on any wheels. I picked one up for a dollar at a thrift store years ago. Soap and water with some scrubbing should get all the over spray off the tires. No chemicals are necessary.
 
SOS pads, comet, water and a little elbow grease. I would not use solvents on my tires.
 
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