Fact or Myth - Conflicting Info- Rubber Care and Silicon

[Accumulator]

Originally Posted by demd

Ill take a trip to Autozone then, im thinking Armor all, but I need to do my homework first... don't want to look back at this moment 5 years from now and say if only...

While I sincerely doubt it'll do any damage, I do think that Armor All would leave a higher gloss than I'd want for that particular application. IIRC you can cut it with water to dimish the gloss, but I'm not 100% certain about that.

[Alfisti]

Originally Posted by Accumulator

But I've been putting Souveran on the Jag's exterior rubber for maybe 20 years and it's still just like new

Maybe the carnauba wax and other natural waxes/oils it contains repair/re-install what the PDs take out of it. On the other hand, rubber dressings just contain silicone/siloxane and not much else.

[Accumulator]

Alfisti- Heh heh, I'll readily admit I don't know what's going on with my wax-on-rubber It's not just on the Jag either, when I had the 240 Volvo I did the same thing on its rubber, even using 476S (!) and it worked OK on that car too.

More recently, I've been using the Klasse twins on exterior rubber with great results.

I kinda suspect that the PDs aren't all that strong, and the rubber isn't all that sensitive, and that the whole issue is kinda overblown. You know how people can be...displaying "expertise" (scare-quotes intentional ) with oh-so-dire caveats of impending doom makes some folks feel imporant.

[asharma]

FWIW, i called the Megs hotline yesterday and they told me all their tire shine products contain silicones and petroleum stuff...If it's good by Megs, it's good by me as I'm sure they would have changed their products if they were found to be harmful to sidewalls...