Tire dressing

[solekeeper]

Hey guys, I was wondering how to correctly remove old leftover tire dressing from tires?

Mine it just building up I think....

 

[Setec Astronomy]

Get a bottle of Eagle One All Wheel and Tire Cleaner and scrub them, or use some APC mixed fairly strong.

 

[craigdt]

Yep. Good strong APC will get it off.

 

[H.E.D]

^ I Agree. Scrub Scrub Scrub...

 

[solekeeper]

Cool, so some wheel cleaner with a brush should do the trick.



Thanks guys!





EDit, whats apc?

 

[H.E.D]

^ All Purpose Cleaner

 

[solekeeper]

Ahh.. ok.

Thanks!

 

[Setec Astronomy]

Cool, so some wheel cleaner with a brush should do the trick.

Not any wheel cleaner, some acid cleaners don't really work for grease. I mentioned the EO AWTC because it's easy to get OTC and pretty cheap.

 

[08xB]

Amazing Roll-Off.... Never used anything better on tires.

 

[Thats Fresh]

Not any wheel cleaner, some acid cleaners don't really work for grease. I mentioned the EO AWTC because it's easy to get OTC and pretty cheap.

+1. i use this and it works great. one of the OTC products that i keep going back for more.

 

[GoudyL]

I've found Turtle Wax F21 cleaner (mild alkaline cleaner) does a very good job of cleaning the tires. I prefer an acidic cleaner for the wheel itself (Mother's FX Wheel Cleaner. IMHO you get the best results with a two stage process. First Alkaline (to get rid of greasy/oil dirt) and then acidic (to drop inorganic dirt).

 

[Dr.Boost]

I use purple power engine cleaner and a scrub brush. It has always worked great without any adverse effects.

 

[kevpotts]

Get a bottle of Eagle One All Wheel and Tire Cleaner and scrub them, or use some APC mixed fairly strong.

i love eagle one all wheel and tire cleaner. works like a charm, one of the few products i have no interest in replacing

 

[BostonBull]

I've found Turtle Wax F21 cleaner (mild alkaline cleaner) does a very good job of cleaning the tires. I prefer an acidic cleaner for the wheel itself (Mother's FX Wheel Cleaner. IMHO you get the best results with a two stage process. First Alkaline (to get rid of greasy/oil dirt) and then acidic (to drop inorganic dirt).

Really newb question............



What are some alkaline cleaners? Are most APC cleaners alkaline?

 

[Bunky]

,,,,,then acidic (to drop inorganic dirt).

What is inorganic dirt? Dirt is usually defined as default organic as I heard it so I assume it is inorganic non-petroleum based stuff? Just curious. I know acids are used on chrome but no idea why.