Tire Cleaner Research

[Mike Phillips]

Tire Cleaner Research

Meguiar's would like your feedback on the below question.

Question: If you use a tire cleaner to clean your tires, how often do you dress or apply some type of protectant to them after you've cleaned them?

• 1) Always
  2) Sometimes
  3) Never

Thank you for your participation!



Mike

[thejazzguy]

Please add "Usually" to the list of choices.. "Sometimes" implies appathy. "Usually" at least shows that you're trying!

[Mike Phillips]

Originally posted by thejazzguy
Please add "Usually" to the list of choices.. "Sometimes" implies appathy. "Usually" at least shows that you're trying!

How's that?

Mike

[Mike Phillips]

Open question:

What type of products have you used in the past to clean your tires?

Myself, I tend to use the car wash I'm using at the time, (Currently my favorite is NXT Car Wash), but in the past I have used All Purpose Cleaner Plus from Meguair's Detailer Line, and now it's replacement, All Purpose Cleaner.

Afterwards, I usually dress my tires if time isn't an issue.

Mike

[benhui86]

i usually just take some dish washing soap and clean my tires then i apply the dressing

[clickster34]

Extra!

I usually use Meguiar's extra cleaner with a scrub brush and dress with Endurance or Hot Shine depending on how much time I have.

[RamAirV1]

I use the car wash (NXT) to clean my tires and wheels and it works just fine. That way the wax is not removed from the wheels.

RamAirV1

[Lochi]

I only use APC (10:1) to clean my tires/wheels, and no dressings. I like the natural flat black look on the tires.



Greetings

[kuhlguy71]

I use "Bleche-White". Soak the sidewall with it, dip a plastic bristled tire brush into first bucket of GC wash water, scrub tire. On the RWL's I spray them again with the "Bleche-White" and dip a thick bristled grill brush(stronger bristles than typical wire brush) and scrub the RWL's then rinse thorughly.

After emptying the first bucket, I wash the car then dry and spray on tire dressing. No-Touch works great for me. Lasts for a couple weeks.

[bunker]

Two products

I am NOT a fan of an all-in-one product (cleaner/dressing)
I used to use Bleche White before I knew better to clean the tires. Use stiff brush and rinse. Follow up with Endurance or 303 Aerospace.

[kuhlguy71]

Is there a drawback to "Bleche-White"?

[scrub]

I voted usually/"sometimes". It's a time issue if I don't.

My steps and products to wash
1. Soak tire and wheel well with Safe D-Greaser. If I run out then APC
2. Agitiate with brush dipped in NXT soap and water.
3. Use wash mit on rims.
4. Rinse

When I started this process early in the summer I too liked the flat no dressing look. Then I tried All Season Dressing. Now I make time for applying dressing!

Hyper Dressing, #40, and Endurance are all great products. I switched from Endurance to ASD because ASD is available in gallon size.

Mike, where's this going??

[Beercan31]

Most of the time I use what's available.
The products I found to work well are Spray Nine and Greased Lightning both are rather strong alkaline solvents so extreme caution is used when using this type of product near unprotected aluminum.

After the tire has dryed I use the Hot Tire Shine, This stuff seems to out last all others I have tried.

[gman39120]

I like Eagle's A-Z Tire/Wheel Cleaner mainly for the fact that it is dual purpose. Nice to have one product that will handle both tasks and it's inexpensive as well. I love the look of Meg's #40 on my tires, but the durability is short lived. Great product though. It is my main choice for interior work.

[Mike Phillips]

Originally posted by kuhlguy71
Is there a drawback to "Bleche-White"?

I've used this in the past to clean white letters and white walls on tires. I've been told that it might stain some surfaces if it's over-sprayed onto these areas, things like wheels and brake calibers. Something to be careful of if you have custom wheels or aftermarket components.

Mike