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Re: Hand de-greaser used to clean tires?
Good question and one that I am not qualified to answer. I tend to wash my tires with a tire brush and car wash solution, only using a something stronger once a major build-up of dressings has occurred. When that happens I tend to use APC or EO Tire Cleaner which does a great job of removing the old dressings.
Here is my thought on it. Using a very strong chemical to remove dressing off of tires each and every wash is akin to using a powerful compound every time one wants to remove minor swirling on paint. One of the biggest problems I have seen on the forums as of late are people new to or inexperienced in detailing suggesting to everyone to use a product like M105 as a starting point when in fact it may not be needed. Using too powerful of compound will needlessly remove clear coat which may have not been required had the person used a lighter compound to start with (ie. start with the least aggressive first and work your way to more aggressive products as need be).
Same goes for tire cleaning. My tires are what connect my vehicle to the road. As such, I always buy the best tires I can afford as to me, this is one area where a person should not say, they are "good enough". I clean my tires with stronger products when the need arises and not with every wash. My tires always look pretty good IMHO, so obviously regular aggressive cleaning is not needed.
Now will continual aggressive cleaning of a tire damage it? Again I am not qualified to make that judgement. While the Anti-Ozone additives do wick to the surface as the tire flexes, does aggressive cleaning ruin this feature, I do not know. And because I do not know, I again play it safe and only aggressively clean them when needed.
Tim
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Good question and one that I am not qualified to answer. I tend to wash my tires with a tire brush and car wash solution, only using a something stronger once a major build-up of dressings has occurred. When that happens I tend to use APC or EO Tire Cleaner which does a great job of removing the old dressings.
Here is my thought on it. Using a very strong chemical to remove dressing off of tires each and every wash is akin to using a powerful compound every time one wants to remove minor swirling on paint. One of the biggest problems I have seen on the forums as of late are people new to or inexperienced in detailing suggesting to everyone to use a product like M105 as a starting point when in fact it may not be needed. Using too powerful of compound will needlessly remove clear coat which may have not been required had the person used a lighter compound to start with (ie. start with the least aggressive first and work your way to more aggressive products as need be).
Same goes for tire cleaning. My tires are what connect my vehicle to the road. As such, I always buy the best tires I can afford as to me, this is one area where a person should not say, they are "good enough". I clean my tires with stronger products when the need arises and not with every wash. My tires always look pretty good IMHO, so obviously regular aggressive cleaning is not needed.
Now will continual aggressive cleaning of a tire damage it? Again I am not qualified to make that judgement. While the Anti-Ozone additives do wick to the surface as the tire flexes, does aggressive cleaning ruin this feature, I do not know. And because I do not know, I again play it safe and only aggressively clean them when needed.
Tim
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