If not Bleche -white, suggestions?

Marc Hufnagel

Marc Hufnagel

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I’m about to run out of Bleche-white, best OTC sidewall and lettering cleaner in popular opinion?

My bottle is maybe 3 years old!!


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When I had white letter tires I used plain old SOS steel wool pads.

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The problem with bleche-white, is after they sold it. The formula can`t be the same as it used to be. It just doesn`t work nearly as well as it did. It`s probably a safer product now for the user, and environment.
 
I can tell you what works for me but it’s a one, two combo. I clean the tire with McKee’s 37 and I dress the tire with Poorboy’s Bold-n- Bright.
 
Coleroad said:
The problem with bleche-white, is after they sold it. The formula can`t be the same as it used to be. It just doesn`t work nearly as well as it did. It`s probably a safer product now for the user, and environment.
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The product just isn`t the same after it was taken over by Black Magic.
 
For an OTC tire cleaner, Eagle 1 A-to-Z Wheel cleaner is pretty safe and effective.
Super Clean (The Purple stuff) contains some harsh chemicals that may not be "compatible" with bare cast/forged/machined aluminum (IE, aluminum bloom or whitening), if that is a concern of yours for your rims or suspension parts.
A tire brush or microfiber chenille-type(noodle) wash mitt dedicated to tire cleaning helps a lot
 
A lot of great products here !!
I too used Bleche White way back in the mid-70`s on, when everyone had white-lettered tires.. :)

My all time favorite tire cleaner and also their tire conditioner/clearcoat is now Tuff Shine Products sold here --
https://www.autopia-carcare.com/tuf-shine-tire-cleaner.html#.WpmnCWpzb3g
https://www.autopia-carcare.com/tuf-shine-tire-clear-coat.html#.Wpmn0Gpzb3g

These 2 products will clean your tires, whitewalls, white letters beautifully and not harm the rubber.
Their Tire Clear Coat will leave a beautiful, non greasy, finish that can be adjusted to be darker and shinier if wanted, and keep that finish on there longer than anything else I know of..
Over a decade of using only this in my Shop and it has never failed to give me excellent results, and a lot of less work once its on..

Good luck with your research !
Dan F
 
Meguiar`s D143 is my fave.

Very economical.

Oh, and it cleans your wheels too... If your tires are mounted to anything.
 
JVD said:
Meguiar`s D143 is my fave.

Very economical.

Oh, and it cleans your wheels too... If your tires are mounted to anything.
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I used to use that, but found it still would not clean the tires as well as I would have liked. I picked up a gallon of their Wheel Brightener recently, and while it`s mostly for the wheels, I found it works extremely well on the tires.
 
Missed:angry: Autogeeks 25% off sale by one day.

Need to get Larger container of Tufshine as I`m out.

Will order the Tufshine tire cleaner,to experiment, next time a deal comes around.
 
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