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 Post subject: Tire cleaning
PostPosted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 6:54 pm 
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Hey guys i have gone several years using tire cleaner in between coats of tire gloss etc... but it never the less did not keep my tires ultimately clean like the cars i see at car shows so i tried something different and i finally figured out the key to having awsome looking tires. If your tires look like crap then your rims dont do much justice....
Before you apply more tire shine you should always remove the previous shine to prevent build up..... Here is my procedure for great looking tires:
1. Before washing car soak each tire with westleys bleach white or any other tire cleaner
2. Purchase a med / soft wire brush with some what strong bristles and scrub the surface of your tires to remove old gloss expecially the tires that look bad or have alot of shine build up.
3. Rinse tires and dry and if any shiny residue or stains remain spray and scrub again dont be afraid to apply some moderate pressure.
4. Then go over once again with your plastic bristled brush
5. Apply small amounts of tire shine not by spraying everywhere but by a lint free cloth or rag i also find that regular armorall works great and does not sling everywhere like paint and rims.


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 Post subject: Re: Tire cleaning
PostPosted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 7:07 pm 
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Interesting, I never knew of anyone using a wire brush before.

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 7:18 pm 
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I use armor all and a circular wooden cutout that I hold in front of my wheels to prevent the armor all from spraying onto the tires. The wooden cutout fits right inside the outside lip of my wheel.

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 Post subject: Re: Tire cleaning
PostPosted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 7:44 pm 
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I just bought a bottle of tire shine that has a small brush on the end to help apply the product

seems to work well


and I have a brass brush ( the kind you use on a bbq grill) to scrub the tires.

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 Post subject: Re: Tire cleaning
PostPosted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 9:02 pm 
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westley bleeche white is the shiznet.. but dont use it on uncoated polished wheels or uncleared painted wheels.. itll bleach the paint finish......or haze the polish...if left on too long...

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 Post subject: Re: Tire cleaning
PostPosted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 9:36 pm 
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I guess if you say it works I'll take your word for it but theres no way in hell I'm wire brushing a $130 tire just to keep it pretty
with a name like mustang 420 I will assume you were high when you came up with this method
steel wire > rubber

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 7:03 am 
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Wheel cleaning information.... from Autopia.org

http://www.autopia.org/forum/guide-deta ... heels.html

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 Post subject: Re: Tire cleaning
PostPosted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 8:11 am 
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^^Yeah it specifies a stiff bristle brush but definately not wire.
Funny thing is that I've always used steel wool (brillo and sos pads) for my raised white letter and whitewall tires and cleaning the black portion at the same time.
It would probably serve the same purpose for blackwall tires wouldn't you think?

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probably but wool would be way less harsh than wire bristles

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PostPosted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 12:22 pm 
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No I was not high and dont intend to get high apparently 420 means get high but that was not my intentions for my name... It is the date April 20th which is symbolic to me.. I guess a really strong welding wire brush would be way too rough on the tires.... but I used a medium strength wire brush made for tires. And it definately scrubs the old greasy tire shine out leaving a very nice matte black finish for some new tire shine when detailing...


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PostPosted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 12:27 pm 
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If you have stains that wont come out by using your plastic brush then give my method a try and let me know how it works....


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 Post subject: Re: Tire cleaning
PostPosted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 10:01 am 
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Well it all started when I thought one of my Pirelli tires would never come clean. It had an ugly greenish stain across it and using a plastic bristled brush nor any tire gel could make it look better and it always stuck out making the tire look like crap. I then decided to try one of my old grill brushes that is not so hard to puncture the tire or anything because i tried scratching at the stain with my fingernail and it seemed to be coming out little by little. I proceeded to spray the tire with westleys bleach white tire cleaner and scrubed the tire gnetlt with the brush and slowly but surely the stain was coming out. I take what I said back about using this method everytime you wash the car. But every now and then to help remove old gloss because excessive build up causes the ugly green or discolored stain on your tires. THANKS


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PostPosted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 11:55 am 
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The"ugly green stain" is moss.

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On the tire, or the rim?

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