tire dressing disappearing on tires

[79elcamino]

Re: tire dressing disappearing on tires

I would definitely try Super Degreaser, which I have found to be very effective on tires. Just be careful about letting it dwell on the wheels as it could possibly cause damage depending on the wheel surface type.


Other than that, it might also be possible that the rubber is just not porous enough in that section to be able to accept the dressing. I would think a wire brush or even just driving around for a while and working the tires in a bit might help that out if that is the case.

As for new tires and coatings, I used to work at a dealer when I was a kid and I recall some tires have a spray on them that was absurdly difficult to remove. It could take several minutes of scrubbing with a wire brush to remove it.

That said, I have come across tires from time to time, old or new, that simply do not accept dressing in a uniform manner - which I think might have to do with the manufacturing. There are also times that tires simply drink an unbelievable amount of dressing before it gets saturated enough to stay on the surface.

what brand degreaser would u recommend?

O.k time to start a tire dressing friendly tire referral thread!

i agree.

Maybe the mould releasing compound and wax in the rubber is still patchy.

maybe

Since they are new tires, might there be something "in" (not "on") the tire....
that continues to flash off?
Maybe hold off and let the tire breathe? It might just be a tire problem not a dressing problem. Where did you buy the tires? Salesman get fancy with some silicone spray?

dont know, when i clean the tires and the tires are bare the sidewalls are black, they dont look like they have anything on them. when u say let them breathe you mean drive around for awhile with no tire dressings, i know its the tire and not the dressing cause on my old tire i had no problems, my new tire is a different tire then the one i had. i bought them online.

I've seen this with new tires. Just calm down and drive the car. I don't know what you would call it, but I call it breaking them in. After a break in period, they'll start to accept dressings.

Colin

ok should i have dressing on them for the break in period on no?

If the "break-in" period doesn't solve your problem, you might consider picking up a brass-bristled tire brush. It comes in handy when you need to aggressively clean your tires, or if your sidewalls have grooves where old dressing can build up over time. Just be careful to keep the brush of the wheel itself.

I've found that most standard wheel brushes are good at removing brake dust and road grime, but not so good at removing solvent-based dressings - they just seem to move the product around. My theory is that using something more absorbent, like a bug sponge or old terry towel, helps because it allows the dressing residue to actually transfer over to the cloth.

That said, I've had a bear of a time completely removing Endurance dressing from my tires. I've used APC+, Super Degreaser, Tarminator, CGCW, a variety of brushes (including the brass one), and a bug sponge, and over the course of several washes, I've gotten about 95% of the residue off, but there's just a little bit still hanging on. Frustrating, to say the least - I definitely feel your pain.

the tire brush i have a tire cleaner i use removes endurance with no problems.

[Markus Kleis]

Re: tire dressing disappearing on tires

I use Meguiar's Super Degreaser for really nasty tires. But like I said, be sure to rinse often and early to keep it off of your wheels to be safe (I've never had an issue with it causing harm, but you never know).

[79elcamino]

Re: tire dressing disappearing on tires

what can i use to clean the tires that will remove silicone cause im thinking that there is an invisible layer of silicone on the tires that is preventing the tire dressings from bonding to the tire. will a super degreaser remove silicone if so which one??

[Tuck91]

Re: tire dressing disappearing on tires

After the tire is clean & dry, take a terry cloth & prime it with Goof Off ( can be found at Home Depot or Lowes) and rub it against the tire multiple times for several minutes.

If that does not work then you just need to break the tires in and quit worrying about. Cleaning them and loading them up with more gunk dressing will just make it worse.

[79elcamino]

Re: tire dressing disappearing on tires

awesome cause i have goof already, after rubbing them down with goof off should i clean them again with car wash or a tire cleaner to remove the goof off??

[Tuck91]

Re: tire dressing disappearing on tires

You could if you want.

How about some pictures of the issue in general?

[ethereal45]

Re: tire dressing disappearing on tires

I've found something similar on some tires on one of my mom's cars. Her tires have this really slick feeling non-porous rubber and tire dressings don't really seem to soak into it. It's possible as the rubber compound wears it will lose this characteristic and become more susceptible to playing nicely with a tire dressing.

[79elcamino]

Re: tire dressing disappearing on tires


this is about 1 min after applying a heavy coat of endurance, you can see that the top part of the sidewall takes the dressing well but that part of the sidewall is different then the rest of the sidewall, some thing happened during the production process that made that part very very smooth, it even feels different then the rest of the sidewall. the only way i can get the dressing to stay if to squish the applicator onto the sidewall, but the endurance does bond to the tire like it did with my old tires because after a rain it is 100% gone except for the top of the sidewall, that part stays.

[79elcamino]

Re: tire dressing disappearing on tires

i had the pics uploaded but they were to small so i try to resize them and i deleted the small ones but now neither the big one nor the small photos will upload,tuck 91 can i just email you the photos?

[79elcamino]

Re: tire dressing disappearing on tires

just a new update, i used dulpi color prep spray on the tires, it removes road grime, silicone, wax and anything you can think of and everything if good now

[Michael Stoops]

Re: tire dressing disappearing on tires

For what it's worth, I had a new set of tires installed on my daily driver over the holidays and had to scrub the sidewalls with Super Degreaser and a tire brush to get all the ........ whatever it is that's left over from the manufacturing process off the sidewalls. Obviously that stuff is going to vary a bit from manufacturer to manufacturer, but I don't recall it ever being so hard to remove in the past. This is also my first experience with this particular brand of tire so maybe that just reinforces my statement above!