Review - DP Tire Coating

Autogeek had some issues so my gallery was completely hosed.

Just a quick recap.

50/50 of the tire cleaned and dressed

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2 coats in direct sun

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2 coats in the shade



After a 70 mile drive this is what was going on with the coating not bonding to the tire. Tires are Nankang Ultra Sport NS-II

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Had a few minutes of daylight and I had picked up some Mothers Back to Black Tire renew a couple weeks ago. Lets just say that DP Tire Coating is pretty darn durable. It took off the brown that is shown up above but the coating is still in tact. I'm going to have to use something stronger to get this off.
 
I remember seeing an AG thread where Mike Phillips talked about how difficult removing DP tire coat would be. I looked but couldn't put my finger on it/ give you the link for ideas.

How'd the tire look after you took the browning off?
 
Actually it looks pretty good. I may just leave it alone and use this every so often to remove the browning until the coating eventually wears off.

I should mention that the rear tires took the coating ok. It's only the fronts.
 
The Guz said:
Had a few minutes of daylight and I had picked up some Mothers Back to Black Tire renew a couple weeks ago. Lets just say that DP Tire Coating is pretty darn durable. It took off the brown that is shown up above but the coating is still in tact. I'm going to have to use something stronger to get this off.
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Really? I used Mothers Back to Black and it removed mine. I know the directions say wipe it off, but you can scrub it as well.
 
XxBoostinxX said:
Really? I used Mothers Back to Black and it removed mine. I know the directions say wipe it off, but you can scrub it as well.
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Yup. I did use the tuf shine brush to agitate it after wiping it off didn't do much but remove the browning. I still see sheen on the tire. That base coat is still on there.
 
Angus said:
I remember seeing an AG thread where Mike Phillips talked about how difficult removing DP tire coat would be. I looked but couldn't put my finger on it/ give you the link for ideas.

How'd the tire look after you took the browning off?
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I ended up contacting Nick at Autogeek and he recommended wax and grease remover with steel wool as it's a very durable product. He also mentioned to me that tire cleaners, degreaser's or APC's won't remove it.

Gave it a test spot with what Nick mentioned and that is going to work.
 
Ronkh said:
Sorry this had to happen to you......

Guess mines gonna stay in the box for now
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Ron don't let my bad experience demoralize you from using it. I had the same problem with Meguiar's Ultimate Black Tire Coating a couple months back. It's the tire and not the product. When you do use it, my tip would be to apply 1 coat and see how it behaves the next day. It does look good when it bonds properly.
 
Bumping this thread with some new information.

So I did what Nick from Autogeek recommended and did not use any tire dressings for about 2 months. All I did was clean them with Mothers Back to Black Tire Renew when doing a rinseless or Meguiar's D143 if I did a 2 bucket.

This past weekend I cleaned the tires with DP Tire Cleaner & Restorer. I then applied DP Tire Coating with a carrand brush. It is much better using the carrand brush versus the foam applicator I used the first time. I did dry the tire coating with the metro blaster sidekick in between coats demonstrated by Mike Phillips in one of his write ups. I went 2 coats on each tire.

Well after 4 days I am happy to report that the tire coating took to the tire this time. No browning after one day as I previously exhibited. So far so good. Thanks to Nick for his help.
 
I coated my TR6 tires in December 2014 (for Autogeek's Cars & Coffee) with DP Tire Coating
I cleaned them 4x's before they were clean enough to coat (no more brown in the soap) using Meguiar's APC+ at 4:1 dilution.
I applied 4 coats using a 3" foam roller
Heres my tires as of the middle of October when I took the car off the road for some maintenance repairs

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They have lost a considerable amount of gloss but still clean easily with soap and water!
BTW, they have around 2500 miles since coating
 
I will add that I had previously coated them with Black Pearl and when Nick had asked me to try DP I had to remove the BP.
It took a bit of scrubbing with a stiff scrub brush and Meguiar's APC+ at full strength (undiluted) to get it off.
 
Here are some updates.

This was taken after reapplication back on November 30th, 2015. Again this is after not using any tire dressings for a couple months.

Not the best view.

Rear drivers side tire

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2 month update. I only clean the tires with either Meguiar's D114 if I do a rinseless and in those rare times when I use a 2 bucket wash I will use my Mothers tire brush and car wash soap to clean the tires.

Rear drivers side tire

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It's doing quite well after 2 months. No browning of the tires and they still look really good after 2 months.
 
That is really impressive. I love the just dressed look and hate how dressings just fade so quickly. Even opti and wet diamond are only good a couple weeks. Looks like this might be the next tire dressing I buy.
 
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