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dreel(at)cox.net
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Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 12:53 pm Post subject: Tire marking material

Has anyone found a material that will make a permanent mark on a tire

sidewall?



I've sprayed white auto body paint on mine a month ago and it has pretty

completely disappeared by now.  My purpose is to easily move the airplane to

a point where the tire can be inflated without removing the wheel pants.



Dave Reel - RV8A

ronlee(at)pcisys.net
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Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 1:55 pm Post subject: Tire marking material

At 02:53 PM 7/15/2006, you wrote:

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Has anyone found a material that will make a permanent mark on a tire

sidewall?


	




Yellow or white tire marking crayons are good enough.



Ron Lee

T.gummo(at)verizon.net
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Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 4:27 pm Post subject: Tire marking material

I found a touch up pen at a auto parts store.  It has yellow paint in it. 

It seems to stay on my tires with no problems.



Tom Gummo

Apple Valley, CA

Harmon Rocket-II



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jhstarn(at)verizon.net
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Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 7:37 pm Post subject: Tire marking material

The pen Tom refers to is the one that Pick A Part, Pick Ur Part  ETC. use to 

identify items. Ours came from the local NAPA auto parts store, not plain 

touch up but more on the line of "Marks a Lot" 'cause it only wears off if 

ya'll git on your fingers. It has a ball bearing in it to help with mixing. 

Make sure to depress the wick end when you think it's out of paint. I think 

the brand name is "Paint Stik".     8*)   KABONG  Do Not Archive



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chaztuna(at)adelphia.net
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Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 5:45 am Post subject: Tire marking material

Listers,

  The item mentioned below is commonly called a metal marking pen. I purchased mine from my local MSC store.  They sell them in white, yellow, blue and red. I've found that the yellow is the most useful. See



  http://www1.mscdirect.com/CGI/NNPDFF?PMPAGE=2618&PMITEM=07519317&PMCTLG=00 



 Charlie Kuss



 

 [quote]--> RV-List message posted by: "JOHN STARN" <jhstarn(at)verizon.net>



 The pen Tom refers to is the one that Pick A Part, Pick Ur Part  ETC. use to identify items. Ours came from the local NAPA auto parts store, not plain touch up but more on the line of "Marks a Lot" 'cause it only wears off if ya'll git on your fingers. It has a ball bearing in it to help with mixing. Make sure to depress the wick end when you think it's out of paint. I think the brand name is "Paint Stik".     8*)   KABONG  Do Not Archive



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Vanremog(at)aol.com
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Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 7:48 am Post subject: Tire marking material

In a message dated 7/15/2006 1:54:27 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  dreel(at)cox.net writes:

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		  Has    anyone found a material that will make a permanent mark on a    tire

sidewall? 	


 

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 I used the white-out correction fluid for making ink corrections to  documents.  It worked well enough and was free from work.   

 GV (RV-6A  N1GV O-360-A1A, C/S, Flying 801hrs, Silicon Valley, CA)

czechsix(at)juno.com
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Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 8:45 pm Post subject: Tire marking material

Dave,



Before putting my wheel pants on I marked each tire with a dot using

yellow torque seal.  I just smeared it around a bit to work it into the

rubber....if you  were to put a three-dimensional glob of it on the tire

sidewall (the way you normally use the stuff for its intended

application) I'm sure it would break right off, but so far after 67 hours

the marks still show clearly.  Easy to do and doesn't require a seperate

purchase if you've already got some laying around the hangar....



--Mark Navratil

Cedar Rapids, Iowa

RV-8A N2D flying and grinning like an idiot....



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Has anyone found a material that will make a permanent mark on a tire

sidewall?

 

I've sprayed white auto body paint on mine a month ago and it has pretty

completely disappeared by now.  My purpose is to easily move the airplane

to

a point where the tire can be inflated without removing the wheel pants.

 

Dave Reel - RV8A

jhstarn(at)verizon.net
Guest

Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 9:50 pm Post subject: Tire marking material

The liquid paper & torque seal I would think would dry, become brittle & 

flake off. 280hrs on the Paint Stik & we only need to re-do then we rotate 

tires or add new ones. Yes, you can still see the marks on the inside of the 

tires after rotating them but they may no longer line up as near as we can 

tell, never wasted the time to check. Low tire, sidewall flexing, heat, cold 

"strong" landings nor time seem to adversely affect the Paint Stik's 

performance. Do Not Archive, think the price was about 3-4 dollars 6 years 

ago, still using that original one. If you close to APV come by the hanger & 

I'll mark your tires for FREE.    KABONG



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seiders(at)bellsouth.net
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Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 4:45 am Post subject: Tire marking material

Are my tires the only ones that move on the rims rendering the paint marks 

useless?

At 09:44 AM 7/16/2006, you wrote:

[quote]Listers,

  The item mentioned below is commonly called a metal marking pen. I 

 purchased mine from my local MSC store.  They sell them in white, yellow, 

 blue and red. I've found that the yellow is the most useful. See



http://www1.mscdirect.com/CGI/NNPDFF?PMPAGE=2618&PMITEM=07519317&PMCTLG=00



Charlie Kuss

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>

>The pen Tom refers to is the one that Pick A Part, Pick Ur Part  ETC. use 

>to identify items. Ours came from the local NAPA auto parts store, not 

>plain touch up but more on the line of "Marks a Lot" 'cause it only wears 

>off if ya'll git on your fingers. It has a ball bearing in it to help 

>with mixing. Make sure to depress the wick end when you think it's out of 

>paint. I think the brand name is "Paint Stik".     8*)   KABONG  Do Not Archive

>

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pitts_pilot(at)bellsouth.
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Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 5:43 am Post subject: Tire marking material

Richard Seiders wrote:



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 Are my tires the only ones that move on the rims rendering the paint 

 marks useless? 


	


I your tires are truly rotating on the rims, I'd be more worried about 

sheared valve stems than marking the tires.  The problem is usually the 

opposite:  The SOBs act like they're glued to the rims when you go to 

change them out.  Even though I liberally apply talc to the rims during 

assembly, the tires/rims never come apart easily.

Linn

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