Tire Cleaner Research

[Coupe]

I always dress my tires with Endurance high gloss gel, applied with a paint brush. Every time they get washed they get dressed.

[MaximusZTS]

to clean my tires I use to use Armor all tire spray. But now I use Meg's tire shine and an applicator pad.

[MDetail]

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I usually add a tire dressing after cleaning them with APC. Unless I use some kind of areosol sprayer that cleans and dresses.

[Tom Claessens]

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I always apply a dressing.

I wash the tires with the soapy solution or APC if they're really dirty and use a dressing afterwards. I tend to wipe the dressing off after a couple of minutes to get a somewhat more natural look on the tires.

[astaticwinter]

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I usually dress the tires every time I wash, if I have time. Used to use Armor All Extreme shine...switch to Endurance High Glass and I'm much happier. I apply it with a paint brush, gives a little more control vs. tire swipes, plus its more efficient I think, since you don't lose much product absorbing into the swipe.

Tire cleaner, I've been trying NXT Tire Cleaner, but I'm having some trouble getting them clean if they've been dressed in the last few weeks. The cleaner foams when it's sprayed onto the tire, but just sorta hangs there for a second and dissapates quickly...it doesn't cling and break down the dressing or any dirt, and I have to do two or three applications to get anything clean enough to re-dress. Almost went through a whole can of it so far, only cleaned the tires twice.

Any recomendations on a tire cleaner that can get dressing off too? I use the Versa Angle Tire Brush which I love, but even with the brush I can't get the NXT to get through it. I was wondering about APC, APC+, and Super Degreaser...any suggestions?

[chessplayer]

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80 percent of the time i clean my tires.i use car wash and the meguiars tire brush then tire and rubber dressing

[sixty7mustang22]

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I always dress after a wash.

[Thejoyofdriving]

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I didnt vote because I sometimes do, and there is no option for sometimes, i think a option for sometimes should be added.

[Mike Phillips]

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I didnt vote because I sometimes do, and there is no option for sometimes, i think a option for sometimes should be added.

Good idea, now you can vote... we added "sometimes" to the options.

[Thejoyofdriving]

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Thank you Mike!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[acsuppa]

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I also use the car wash that I use, Gold class then I follow up with a dressing. I picked up a few cans of NXT tire spray cleaner but wasn't too thrilled with it. It kind of reminds me of glass cleaner.? I guess I just like car wash better.

[finz]

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I have used many of the products that have been talked about in this thread with good results. My father is a long-time user of bleach-white. IMO it works well to bring back the nice black natural look of tires but not worth using around high-end rims. For the most part my tires dont get real dirty, other than picking up dust and road grime. So I just buff them off with a clean cloth and then dress them. When they do need a cleaning, I use a very diluted mix of Super-Clean. Works extremely well. The reaason why I don't use it all the time because I have some reservation about its ability to dry out the rubber or possible cause damage to other surfaces.

[Datsunscott]

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I have used Bleach-white for whitewalls and blackwalls.
Also tried 409, and dishwashing detergent with a brush.
I don't really see a difference when done.

To finish I use armorall cut about 25% with water.
I wet thouroughly, going around the car doing each tire.
Second time around I wet again, then wipe off excess with part of an old towel to get off excess and shiny stuff.

The tires have a nice black satin sheen and look new when done.

PS- I hate the thick shiny sticky stuff on tires.
To me it looks stupid and it is dirty too!

Datsunscott

[Nappers]

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I use (ahem) Eagle One All tire/wheel cleaner for just the tires, it seems to foam up and dissolve the dressing immediately for a fresh coat.

[PaBlkBrd]

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After cleaning my Vogue whitewalls with Bleche-wite, I use a non Meguiar dressing on the whitewall and Hyper Dressing on the rest of the tire.......Works Great!