Input on Tire Dressing

Pennypacker said:
Four SUV's per can? That doesn't sound like very much. :think:
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I believe Justin sprays both the tires and the wheel wells. So that's 16 big tires and 16 big wheel wells. I think that's not too bad :)
 
Wolfgang tire dressing for me (replaced BnB)

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GC Endurance (regular gloss) fan here. I usually apply when the tires are still damp from the rinse and work it in well.
 
Waxnshine wrote:

For those of you who have been following this thread...



I was telling my wife about the post that I made for making your own wheel masker(s) out of a circle of cardboard when you're applying spray type tire dressing. When I told her about the handle in the middle to keep it in place she said, "Instead of a handle, why not just cut a hole in the middle of the cardboard and put your hand in it to keep it in place?"



After she mentioned that, I realized that if you need to make these for several different sizes of wheels, they would all lay flat together without the handles sticking out for much more compact storage. What a great idea she had!
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My plan was to just put two finger holes in the middle for something to hold onto but one big hole would works as well!!
 
Sling usually creates little black dots... Here are the three that I like.

Eiman Fabrik Gel-Simply the best that I have used.

PoorBoys-Very good and love the smell.

CG-Also very good, no sling and smells great.
 
I am starting to give up on water-based dressings. There is barely any gloss and I do multiple applications. I am a low-gloss kind of guy, but I would like my tires to look as if I did SOMETHING to them. I have tried both Z16 and Mothers FX and Mothers FX has the slight edge overall.





May have to resort back to Armor-All. A heck of a lot easier to use, just spray and walk away and the gloss is very deep satin.
 
BMW335i said:
I am starting to give up on water-based dressings. There is barely any gloss and I do multiple applications.
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When I first tryed Bold N' Bright, I didn't like it at all. I knew I had to be doing something wrong, so I worked on my process, and now water based dressings are all I use.



Water based dressings require more work than the solvent based ones, but to me it is worth it. Make sure your tires are *clean*. As in, scrubbed with a tire cleaner 2-3 times clean. Spray the dressing on the tires, work it in well, wait a few minutes, then come back and do this again, using the same amount of dressing you used the first time. Do this until you have the desired gloss.



I can make otherwise very low gloss dressings look almost *too* glossy using this method. Sorta like spit shining a wax(or not:doh ). Also, keep in mind that some tires gloss up better than others. I could shine a Michelin with spit, but some other tires don't really respond well to water based dressings.
 
Yeah, I agree that having clean tires is key before applying dressing. It's a lot of work as you usually have to clean each tire a few times before it's halfway decent, but it's worth it I think. Probably allows the dressing to last longer, too.
 
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Clean tire well

spray on, let sit for 5 min.

work in with towel/sponge

spray again, let sit for 5 min.

work in with towel/sponge.



Repeat until you get the desired shine. BnB can get plenty glossy.
 
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