My new favorite tire dressing applicator

I have seemingly years worth of ( now discontinued) dollar store Eagle One Tire Swipe knock offs. I have to cut them in half to accommodate low profile tires so that gives me double the amount. I'm open to trying a new mouse trap though. I'll keep an eye on this thread.
 
I've tried the trim brush and the sash brush over the years.

For low profile tires on the coupe, I prefer the sash brush, anywhere from 2 to 3 inches. Bristle. The sash brush has the bristles cut on an angle rather than the 90 degree cut found on the trim brush.



The sash brush gets into the little gap where the rubber meets the road really well, and the sash brush holds more product than the trim brushes I've tried. Duct tape around the metal ferrule is always a good idea.



Like others have mentioned, the brushes give great control with low profile tires and might be the wrong choice for those big, huge, truck type tires. The sash brush is one of those 'specific tools for a specific situation' and I keep one in my tire/wheel pail.
 
The little foam pads that are meant to edge paint jobs are pretty nice, too. Been using them after my big supply of tire swipes ran out.
 
Many of my tires have such textured sidewalls (sheesh...just get me going on fancy tire sidewall styling :rolleyes: ) that I have trouble doing the job with foam, need something with "fingers" to get into the nooks and crannies.
 
Accumulator said:
Many of my tires have such textured sidewalls (sheesh...just get me going on fancy tire sidewall styling :rolleyes: ) that I have trouble doing the job with foam, need something with "fingers" to get into the nooks and crannies.
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I hate that textured stuff too. It seems to be more of a problem with some tire shines than others. With the EO swipes and Mothers FX I have no issues. I really have issues with the gels, DP Tire Gel, PB BB Gel and Optibond are all troublesome.
 
I do some 35" mud terrains with my old ONR grout sponges and they have yet to show any sign of wear after a year or so. Sure does take a while though so usually I just spray the hyperdressing directly on the sidewall on big tires and do a few passes with the sponge unlike low. Profile tires where I apply it the the grout sponge first so I avoid overspray on the paint and rims.
 
My new favorite tire dressing applicator is.... an air brush. Yeah, I know I'm gong crazy with the new toy, but after spraying Opti-Coat on the car last week and the wheels yesterday, I couldn't help it; I sprayed the tires with Z-16. I have the annoying texturing on the sidewalls of my tires, too. Quick, easy, painless application. Of course it wouldn't work with the thick tire products, but Z16 worked very well.
 
SuperBee364 said:
My new favorite tire dressing applicator is.... an air brush. Yeah, I know I'm gong crazy with the new toy, but after spraying Opti-Coat on the car last week and the wheels yesterday, I couldn't help it; I sprayed the tires with Z-16. I have the annoying texturing on the sidewalls of my tires, too. Quick, easy, painless application. Of course it wouldn't work with the thick tire products, but Z16 worked very well.
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Isn't it tough to get all the remnants of each product out of the hoses and nozzle each time or do you have lots of different attachments? Seems like cross contamination could be really bad!
 
With the paint brush do you spray the brush and then "paint" the tire or do you have a little container of dressing that you dip the brush into? For larger tires could you not use a larger brush?
 
lostdaytomorrow said:
Isn't it tough to get all the remnants of each product out of the hoses and nozzle each time or do you have lots of different attachments? Seems like cross contamination could be really bad!
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Haven't had any problems yet. I spray straight 91% IPA through it while it's still wet from whatever was being sprayed, then disassemble it and soak the various parts in straight IPA, brush them out, air dry.
 
SuperBee364- Heh heh, now you stop that :nono If you keep finding uses for that Paasche I might have to get mine out of mothballs :chuckle:



lostdaytomorrow- The only parts of the airbrush that actually contact [whatever liquid you spray] are nice smooth bits that clean up easily.
 
JPostal said:
With the paint brush do you spray the brush and then "paint" the tire or do you have a little container of dressing that you dip the brush into? For larger tires could you not use a larger brush?
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I spray just the tip of the brush when dressing. I do about half a squirt out of the sprayer and keep adding more as I need it.



The air sprayer sounds like an awesome method but way too much cleanup required if you're only busting it out for 1 vehicle at a time.
 
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