Westley's Bleche-Wite vs. Meg's APC+

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Has anyone here used both?

Bleche Wite is avalable localy and I'm wondering if APC+ is any better for cleaning tires.
 
If you have whitewalls bleachwhite will work,iirc it will streak if you have aluminum wheels or caps. Megs APC+ works good depending on the type of tire dressing used and its dilution ratio. Eagle One Tire and Wheel cleaners melts the dressing/dirt off the tires like butter..
 
Anyone try brillo pads on tires (especially white walls)? One of my customers ages ago recommended that to me, works like a champ. Its my go-to for neglected tires.
 
yakky said:
Anyone try brillo pads on tires (especially white walls)? One of my customers ages ago recommended that to me, works like a champ. Its my go-to for neglected tires.
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Ha! I'm picking some up today.
 
nope never used a brillo pad, since converting to rinseless i have experimented tremendously on tire cleaning though. my wire brush kit is my go to for horribly dirty tires. nice long handles too make for easy cleaning.
 
VaSuperShine said:
nope never used a brillo pad, since converting to rinseless i have experimented tremendously on tire cleaning though. my wire brush kit is my go to for horribly dirty tires. nice long handles too make for easy cleaning.
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The steel wool part does add to the cleaning effect of the brillo, but its the soap in it that does the most cutting. Bad part is you get about 1 pad per two tires usage. Definately not an every wash thing but great to bring crummy tires back to life.
 
your planning to use the bleachwhite on white walls right . . .



thats a pretty harsh product, i would be hesitant about using that particular prodcust on anything other than whitewalls . . .



anyone else feel me here . . .?
 
I've used Bleachwhite on white walls and found the product to work well, I have since switched to using Brillo pads, and now to an off-brand steel wool soap pad sold at "Dollar" stores. I get 12 small pads for $1, and get 4 white walls cleaned per pad!
 
bill57 said:
I've used Bleachwhite on white walls and found the product to work well, I have since switched to using Brillo pads, and now to an off-brand steel wool soap pad sold at "Dollar" stores. I get 12 small pads for $1, and get 4 white walls cleaned per pad!
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Nice! At that price I may use those and save the EO AW&T for the wheels!
 
I've used Wesleys on both white-letter tires and black walls for many years. That and EO Tire/Wheel Cleaner are about as good as it gets - at least for me. Inexpensive, OTC and effective. I use Wesleys on a wet tire - spray, brush lightly and rinse. No streaking on the wheels. Same with EO. Dry and spray with a tire shine product. Never a problem.



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I use both Brillo pads and Westleys on my white lettered tires. Both work great !!!! Some folks have also mentioned about using Mr. Clean Magic Erasers. Have to give one of those a try one of these days.
 
yakky said:
Anyone try brillo pads on tires (especially white walls)? One of my customers ages ago recommended that to me, works like a champ. Its my go-to for neglected tires.
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I haven't tried brillo pads but i have used sos pads with soap on whitewalls :bigups
 
I also use Westleys on my black tires and love the stuff. I couldnt imagine using anything else; Ive used this stuff for years.. :usa
 
I use Westley's once in a while, but I'm careful to use a LOT of water to rinse. Even on my sealed wheels (SG), I'm still a bit hesitant to use it, though I've not noticed a big decrease in longevity. APC doesn't seem to cut as much, but I have mine diluted...
 
I tried the APC+ diluted 4:1 and it worked fine if you have light-medium dirty tires and you're just looking to get them clean enough to apply dressing.



Westley's tire bleach is a MUCH MUCH more stronger product IMO. If you have whitewall, or any white stripe/lettering in your tires, I don't think anything will get the white whiter than this product. I no longer use the product though because on my wife's old '98 Sebring convertible, it started to remove this plastic protective film (maybe even clearcoat?) off of the OEM aluminum wheels. I can't say with 100% certainty this product was at fault, but nothing else I was using at the time was as strong as this product.



Also, it turned the tires an ugly brown, more so than any other product I've used. I think there are better products out there that will do just as good of a job and not be so harsh on your wheels and tires.
 
BlackElantraGT said:
Also, it turned the tires an ugly brown, more so than any other product I've used. I think there are better products out there that will do just as good of a job and not be so harsh on your wheels and tires.
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IMHO I think the ugly brown could be contributed to the tire dressing you use.. dressings high in silicone are known to brown the tires.I have used BW for many years the only problem i had was streaking on the aluminum caps on my buick..if i'm wrong please feel free to correct me...
 
As far as the tire browning, it could have been the dressing, but I never experimented with it to find who was the culprit. With the wheels, I've used Westley's on both my wife's old car and my father in law's current car, but never on my own car. On both of their cars, some clearcoat or protective film were removed while I never saw anything peeling off on my OEM wheels nor my current wheels. I never sprayed Westley's directly on the wheel itself, just the tires, but there was always some amount that would end up dripping down or oversprayed onto the wheel.
 
All I can say it works!!!



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While I understand the concerns around the Westley's product, I have a bottle and I use it once or twice a year. It is highly effective at cleaning dingy sidewalls.



I do recall it works well on whitewalls, too, but that was years ago...



Use common sense: keep it off good wheels, use plenty of water when rinsing.
 
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