Patent ID: 8168020

Claim:
A method of fabricating a pneumatic tire, comprising pasting two kinds or more of resin films having different surface roughnesses to an outer surface of a black side portion of an unvulcanized tire, maintaining two kinds or more of resin films in contact with the outer surface of the side portion, vulcanizing and molding the unvulcanized tire while two kinds or more of the resin films are so maintained, whereby two kinds or more of the resin films are capable of being exfoliated therefrom after the vulcanizing and molding occurs, and wherein two kinds or more of the resin films are constituted by a smooth film having an arithmetic average surface roughness (Ra) equal to or smaller than 0.1 μm and a rough face film having an arithmetic average surface roughness (Ra) of 0.2 through 2.0 μm.