De Lamination or Scuff Marks?

I had the opportunity to check out a tire coating I recently installed on a customer's vehicle. The tire coating I used was the Pinnacle Black Label Tire Clear coat.

The tires were brand new and cleaned really well when I installed the coating.

I figured this could be a great learning opportunity for us here on the AG Forum.



Whats your take? Delamination? Curb check?

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Definitely looks scuffed from curbing. Look at that wheel and you can tell how talented that driver is.

Also, applying a coating to brand new tires is not recommended, you should clean them weekly for a handful of weeks and don't dress the tires. Only after about a month and a half and 5 or 6 good cleaning you coat. This is to allow the mold release substance to be completely removed from the tires before you put something you want to bond well to it.

My vote is on scuff marks since they seem to line up with the curb rash and damage to the wheels.

The damage goes way up the wheel. Looks like the owner side-swiped a really tall curb or short barrier.

EDIT: I took a look at the pictures again. As if all the wheel damage isn't enough, if you look at the marks in the last two pictures, they are pretty clearly made by something scraping the surface of the tire. You can see very uniform, straight, lines caused by the texture of surface that caused all the damage. No way that is coating delamination or flaking off.

Scuff marks without any doubt.

I mean look at the evidence. Driver clearly drives on curbs based on the amount of damage on that rim.

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Originally Posted by BSoares

Definitely looks scuffed from curbing. Look at that wheel and you can tell how talented that driver is.

Also, applying a coating to brand new tires is not recommended, you should clean them weekly for a handful of weeks and don't dress the tires. Only after about a month and a half and 5 or 6 good cleaning you coat. This is to allow the mold release substance to be completely removed from the tires before you put something you want to bond well to it.

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Thank you for that info on the timing for the mold. I’m putting new tires on the wife’s car tomorrow and was planning on coating them but couldn’t remember how long to wait.

Jay


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I vote for scuffing, as well.

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Originally Posted by Desertnate

if you look at the marks in the last two pictures, they are pretty clearly made by something scraping the surface of the tire. You can see very uniform, straight, lines caused by the texture of surface that caused all the damage. No way that is coating delamination or flaking off.

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:iagree:


"Chatter" marks at the bottom in pic #1 as well.

Reminds me of the old "curb feelers" they used to put on cars. Lol

This driver could certainly use a set....

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Originally Posted by PaulMys

Reminds me of the old "curb feelers" they used to put on cars. Lol

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Only applicable for pimps driving 'Caddies ... :D

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Originally Posted by 57Rambler

Only applicable for pimps driving 'Caddies ... :D

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I'll ask Ric about them......... :laughing::laughing::laughing:

I'm going with scuff marks. I've used the BL tire clear coat and never seen that. Judging by the chips out of the rims, parking is not a strong suit.

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Originally Posted by Spikey Mike

Judging by the chips out of the rims, parking is not a strong suit.

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To say the least.

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Originally Posted by BSoares

Definitely looks scuffed from curbing. Look at that wheel and you can tell how talented that driver is.

Also, applying a coating to brand new tires is not recommended, you should clean them weekly for a handful of weeks and don't dress the tires. Only after about a month and a half and 5 or 6 good cleaning you coat. This is to allow the mold release substance to be completely removed from the tires before you put something you want to bond well to it.

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Roger that. I appreciate the info for sure brother! I was eager to give the PBL Tire Clear Coat a second go. As soon as I heard they were putting new tires on it I new this was my opportunity. I gave the guy the PBL Tire Clear coat as a complimentary service.

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Originally Posted by Desertnate

My vote is on scuff marks since they seem to line up with the curb rash and damage to the wheels.

The damage goes way up the wheel. Looks like the owner side-swiped a really tall curb or short barrier.

EDIT: I took a look at the pictures again. As if all the wheel damage isn't enough, if you look at the marks in the last two pictures, they are pretty clearly made by something scraping the surface of the tire. You can see very uniform, straight, lines caused by the texture of surface that caused all the damage. No way that is coating delamination or flaking off.

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Great detective work! [emoji2]

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Text book example of

Curb Rash


Maybe it's time to make an appointment with the Eye Doctor?


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Originally Posted by Mike Phillips

Text book example of

Curb Rash


Maybe it's time to make an appointment with the Eye Doctor?


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I agree brother. Maybe I should have charged for the tire coating. This may have saved a visit to the eye doctor. Oh well, every gift I give i give with love. Nice job to yourself and Yancy on the latest training video. I really enjoyed it. Also, whats Yancy's name here on the forum? I'd like to keep an eye out for him.

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