Re: [CR] How in the heck do you remove those garish sidewall logos??

(Example: Production Builders:Peugeot)

To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:25:45 -0700
From: donald gillies <gillies@ece.ubc.ca>
Subject: Re: [CR] How in the heck do you remove those garish sidewall logos??


Rather than waste time debating whether something is off-topic, I will answer the question and then raise an on-topic question.

1. To remove sidewall logos, I find that acetone will dissolve just about anything. Be careful to apply masking tape around the logo to avoid removing unnecessary sidewall material !!

Now for an on-topic question :

2. I would like to take a modern tire, remove the logos, and affix a vintage logo where the original logos originally appeared. Is there some material that I can use which can be made to stick to the sidewalls of a bicycle tire? Or does it have to be basically vulcanized to the tire at the manufacturing time?

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Anyone done this ??

- Don Gillies
San Diego, CA, uSA