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Folks...
Yes I've used the tire dressing "applicators"...but all they really do is absorb the dressing, NOT distribute it.
Enter the "chip" brush. Stop at your Home Depot or Lowe's and pick up one of these cheap brushes - usually with an unfinished wood handle with metal furrow and 1.5 inch bristles (almost like camel hair or equivalent).
These are made for slathering on paint or coatings...not for finishing-type of coats of paint...HOWEVER they work VERY well for distributing tire dressings. Particularly Hot Shine Tire Gel. Once your tires are clean & dry, spray about 12 shots around the sidewall of the tire (keeping the spray pattern between the tread the the rim). Then take your brush and "baste" the sidewall...follow the contour of your sidewall using long, light strokes, distributing the dressing into the rubber. Occasionally jab the bristles into the sidewall tread to get inside the crevices. Keep a paper towel on hand to wipe away those wayward strokes that hit the rim. I use a 3-inch brush, but for those with a more narrow sidewall, try a 2-inch brush. When finished, wash the brush with Dawn dish liquid or some APC at high-strength.
Just my two cents, but it works for me
Yes I've used the tire dressing "applicators"...but all they really do is absorb the dressing, NOT distribute it.
Enter the "chip" brush. Stop at your Home Depot or Lowe's and pick up one of these cheap brushes - usually with an unfinished wood handle with metal furrow and 1.5 inch bristles (almost like camel hair or equivalent).
These are made for slathering on paint or coatings...not for finishing-type of coats of paint...HOWEVER they work VERY well for distributing tire dressings. Particularly Hot Shine Tire Gel. Once your tires are clean & dry, spray about 12 shots around the sidewall of the tire (keeping the spray pattern between the tread the the rim). Then take your brush and "baste" the sidewall...follow the contour of your sidewall using long, light strokes, distributing the dressing into the rubber. Occasionally jab the bristles into the sidewall tread to get inside the crevices. Keep a paper towel on hand to wipe away those wayward strokes that hit the rim. I use a 3-inch brush, but for those with a more narrow sidewall, try a 2-inch brush. When finished, wash the brush with Dawn dish liquid or some APC at high-strength.
Just my two cents, but it works for me
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