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My girlfriend wanted to try some of that Black Magic Titanium Tire Gel. It is very, very thick, has a "Unique formula of polymers and molecular weight silicones that provide self-healing formula even after being lightly scuffed" and the "Gel formula can last even after the car has been washed." No kidding! She put it on her Bronco and I had actually put some on my truck after seeing hers. Well, my truck got really dirty a couple of weeks ago, and I washed it. I tried scrubbing this tire gel off with full strength Simple Green and a stiff nylon tire brush, after trying to clean it with the brush at the car wash (The car wash brush did absolutely nothing). It just gunked up in my brush and smeared on the tires. I think I still have some on there. Anyways, hers finally got dirty enough to where she wanted to clean them. This gel has been on her tires for about 3-4 weeks now (she doesn't like cleaning the tires). It has lasted that long, even through rain. After trying full strength Simple Green and the stiff brush, what was I going to use? I have never ran into something like this where even full strength Simple Green has not worked. I got all of my Detailer products on Saturday, and this is the first of them I have used. I chose to use Super Degreaser diluted 4:1 for heavy duty cleaning, and that same brush that I got most of that gel out of. Sprayed the tires to make sure they were cool, and to get any dust/dirt off of them that I could.Here is what it looked like after being sprayed off. Notice the whole tire, including the white lettering, is very dark colored and dirty. The lettering was the same color as the tire from certain angles (2nd photo).
I sprayed 4:1 Super Degreaser on the tires, let it sit for about 10 seconds, and then started scrubbing. After doing the first tire, the Super Degreaser not only easily got rid of that gel, it also cleaned all of it out of the brush! All four tires look brand new! Shiny letters! Black sidewall that is beading water!
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I will make sure this product is readily available in my detailing supplies! Can't wait to try it on other things; I don't know what this stuff can't handle after that gel!
I sprayed 4:1 Super Degreaser on the tires, let it sit for about 10 seconds, and then started scrubbing. After doing the first tire, the Super Degreaser not only easily got rid of that gel, it also cleaned all of it out of the brush! All four tires look brand new! Shiny letters! Black sidewall that is beading water!
The 5-Star Product
I will make sure this product is readily available in my detailing supplies! Can't wait to try it on other things; I don't know what this stuff can't handle after that gel!
I have some foaming sprayers in the garage will give it a try too.
I don't think that it will break down the rubber. I have cleaned the tires with acetone (nail polish remover) and never had a problem. That actually works pretty good too! The brown stuff coming off the tire is called blooming. That is what you are actually trying to clean off of a new tire so it doesn't look brown.
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