faded white walls

joe.p said:
pei today i cleaned my car for the first in a couple of weeks and i used megs tire cleaner and this did nothing to whiten the white wall and then i used bleach white and usually this will do job, again a little better no luck so :yes: then i remebered this thread and i brought out some simple green non diluted let it set up and scrubbed away wow the white on my tires were brighter than ever.what i thought to be faded was built up tire spray and break dust that built up over a period time. so as far as my tire's go they look brand new, thought i would let you know how nice they look. Thanks to all who helped out.
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Good deal, glad I was wrong.:)
 
PEI Detail said:
Are they faded like speckled, so that black rubber is coming through? Or is it that they are just faded? If it's the first, turn them inside. If it's the second, APC or wheel acid will do it.
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by pei-if it's the second, apc or wheel acid will do it.

actually i think you were correct.
 
joe.p said:
by pei-if it's the second, apc or wheel acid will do it.

actually i think you were correct.
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Yeah, I forgot I gave both answers. From the description it seemed like degraded paint & rubber. I'm glad it wasn't.
brenton
 
I brought this thread back from the dead to show a pic of my bright white walls. when i wrote the thread i thought the whitewalls had faded but the problem was a build up of tire dressing used by car washes. A DC member recommend i try simplegreen.

1) rinse the tire
2) sprayed w/simplegreen full strength
3) using a brass tire brush scrub the whitewall until clean
the whitewall was revived imediately for really dirty whitewalls X 2
 
I use Westley's Bleche-White, and and firm scrub brush. It yields similar results on my raised white letters.
 
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