Problem with liquid tire dressing

[JPagan]

Over the past few weeks I have tried some of the liquid tire dressings on my tires, and I've gotten some poor results. For some reason after I apply it, it just dries and looks like a didn't put anything on the tire. So far I've tried hot shine trigger spray, all season dressing, and some old eagle one stuff i had. Whenever I use a gel such as hot shine gel it works great and the tires stay shiny. What could the problem be ?

[mswerb]

Re: Problem with liquid tire dressing

If a tire has not been dressed for some time, it will seem to absorb anything put on it and look as if nothing was done to it. If you have dressed them enough, you should get some result.

[JPagan]

Re: Problem with liquid tire dressing

I dress them every time i clean the car (once a week)

[Bill Davidson]

Re: Problem with liquid tire dressing

Perhaps the dressing you are using look the way they are supposed to.
Can you post a pic?

I don't have any issues with All Season Dressing, but if you are into experimenting, you may want to try Endurance High Gloss Tire Protectant Gel. I think it's great. If I didn't already have a gal. of ASD and Hyper Dressing, this would be my product choice.

[J. A. Michaels]

Re: Problem with liquid tire dressing

Did you clean the tire?
Do you go back over the dressing 20 minutes later to even it out?

[BlackScreaminMachine]

Re: Problem with liquid tire dressing

Do this.

1. Ditch your product.
2. Buy a Concentrated Gallon of Meguiars Hyper Dressing.
3. Buy a Designated Meguiars Spray Bottle for Hyper Dressing.
4. Mix a ratio of 1:1 (1 part water for 1 part HD)
5. Buy a Bottle of Wesley's Bleech White Wheel cleaner.
6. Buy a good Tire Brush.
7. Rinse tire with water. Spray said tire with the cleaner, and aggitate with the Brush, rinse, repeat all four tires.
8. Towel Dry
9. Spray down the side wall uniformly.
10. Allow to dwell and dry, no need to do anything except MAYBE hit it again for light covered spots.

Having a clean, prepped surface is a big part of getting it to shine nice. Having older tires makes it harder. I recently replaced 2 Tires on my Buick and the new ones take HD and look very good for weeks, the rears will change over with in a week due to age.

My mother in-law just got a new 2011 Ford Edge, Brand new Tires of course and these did not require the Bleech White but just a simple cleaning. The car is garaged and the HD last between washes which is ever 2-3 weeks.

[JPagan]

Re: Problem with liquid tire dressing

Thanks for the help, I usually just clean my tires with a rag and Car soap, so I will go clean them with a brush and APC now.

[HealthyCivic]

Re: Problem with liquid tire dressing

I don't know much about sprays but I don't like them. Gels and creams tend to last longer and are far less messy in my experience. There's a reason Ultimate Protectant isn't a spray.

[JPagan]

Re: Problem with liquid tire dressing

Ya, I agree. I think I'm gonna try some endurance high gloss gel next, since I've had good results with the hot shine gel.

[Bill Davidson]

Re: Problem with liquid tire dressing



JPagan, this is a photo of my buddy Fat Bill slapping some Endurance on this dirty old tire. I have no idea how old these tires are they came on the truck. I think he washed them about 2 days before hand at the car wash. They were never washed with APC/Spray Nine or degreaser of any kind. You can see the brown ring from the tire preserving agent. Any the point is these are old dirty tires.

I saw the truck about 2 weeks later and the tires still looked nice and black. It was then and there that I was sold on Endurance.

The one thing that impressed me was the tires didn't look slimy even immediately after the initial application.

I highly recommend you Endurance out. I'm not promising you are going to like it. Everyone has there own personal preference. I think you will though.

Good luck. Let us know what you think.

[TLMitchell]

Re: Problem with liquid tire dressing

Over the past few weeks I have tried some of the liquid tire dressings on my tires, and I've gotten some poor results. For some reason after I apply it, it just dries and looks like a didn't put anything on the tire. So far I've tried hot shine trigger spray, all season dressing, and some old eagle one stuff i had. Whenever I use a gel such as hot shine gel it works great and the tires stay shiny. What could the problem be ?

Some tires just seem to shed or absorb anything you put on them. I did a Hyundai with Firestone 710s on it. I used More Shine Less Time, the old solvent based spray. The longevity was incredible on my tires... a few hours after application the 710s looked bland so I reapplied. Next day same story.

Those tires have been cleaned thoroughly with APC+, ARO, Westley's, you name it. I've used a lot of different dressings and they all seem to evaporate. The best result was with Ultima's Tire & Trim Guard Plus. Still, after a couple of days it was barely noticeable.

My Firestone All-Terrains on the truck have a smooth sidewall. They stay clean and dirt doesn't appear to stick to them. I can get away with a quick wipe after a wash and they stay black and clean.

The 710s on the Hyundai defy all logic. They have a ribbed sidewall and uneven texture. And they just don't seem to like dressings. If you get the results you want with the gel, stick with it and drop the liquids. I figure the gremlin that's behind these types of mystifying occurances is the same one that steals that one sock every laundry day. Probably the same dweeb that came up with the stoopid idea to put 10 hot dogs to a pack and only 8 buns! It takes 40 of 'em to get even and if you drop one in the grill you're just screwed!

TL <-- probably ought to seek some couch time with a professional

[JPagan]

Re: Problem with liquid tire dressing

JPagan, this is a photo of my buddy Fat Bill slapping some Endurance on this dirty old tire. I have no idea how old these tires are they came on the truck. I think he washed them about 2 days before hand at the car wash. They were never washed with APC/Spray Nine or degreaser of any kind. You can see the brown ring from the tire preserving agent. Any the point is these are old dirty tires.

I saw the truck about 2 weeks later and the tires still looked nice and black. It was then and there that I was sold on Endurance.

The one thing that impressed me was the tires didn't look slimy even immediately after the initial application.

I highly recommend you Endurance out. I'm not promising you are going to like it. Everyone has there own personal preference. I think you will though.

Good luck. Let us know what you think.

I'm gonna go to the store and pick up some Endurance this weekend

[akimel]

Re: Problem with liquid tire dressing

Nick, I'm sure, will soon chime in; but if you have All Season Dressing, I doubt you need another product. But to get the best performance from any tire dressing, you need to clean the tire well. Car wash ain't going to cut it, especially if you have already layered various solvent dressings. Try using APC or APC+ at 4:1 ratio with a good brush. You may need to go over them a couple of times to get them really clean. Then apply your dressing. You want to allow ASD to sit for 5-10 minutes, then wipe it down or blot it with a microfiber towel. At least, that is how I believe ASD is supposed to be applied--I haven't tried it yet, though I sure have read enough about it here on MOL. Both Tim and Nick are great believers in ASD.

I usually stick to water-based dressings. They don't have as much gloss and the gloss fairly quickly mutes to a dark, natural look. But water-based dressings are easy to clean up. I do intend, though, to try out ASD on my our CR-V's tires sometime in the fall. I'll be interested to see how much durability we'll get. At the moment I've been using Surf City's Beyond Black on them.

[JPagan]

Re: Problem with liquid tire dressing

I re cleaned my tires with APC at 4:1 using a brush, then wiped them down. Then I applied the ASD with a eagle one tire swipe and I think I'm getting better results now. Does this dressing just give like a deep black with very low gloss? My endurance low gloss gel has more gloss than the ASD is giving me.

[BlackScreaminMachine]

Re: Problem with liquid tire dressing

Hyper Dressing 1:1 will given the best "Gloss" I'll have to take some pics later. I need a nother bottle of Bleech White Anyways.