Ever heard about SUGAR being used during detailing ???
This dude is a cabbie who has three cabs of his own (two Renault Megane' s and a Citroen C5.) He is one cracker when it comes to ceankeeping (I saw him several times detailing like 01:00 after midnight under the light of halogen postlights (you know those which illuminate upwards with the dimmers)
Now this guy ALWAYS has wet looking tyres. I asked him his secret. He told me his secret. Here goes: He takes his fav dressing (he uses Sonax) and 100 grams of powdered sugar (you know, that sugar you sprinkle on your donuts... He dissolves the powdered sugar in one glassfull of lukewarm water and mixes that soluion with the Sonax dressing. He applies that with a sponge and presto ! the trick is done.
I was kind of "hmmm" :think: when listening to him. He offered that he put some on one of my tyres for a test run. I was a bit :scared: and :nervous: but could not refuse after all his courtesy. I also thought that I could always brush it off with some water and shampoo. He went on and applied it on all fours.
Anyhow, the "sweet dressing" (I prefer calling it "topping" or "frosting" now) is still there after full 5 days and despite the spontaneous rain, the wet roads which plague us detailing freeks with nightmares every night after the municipal's trucks wash the streets the tyres are still SPOTLESS and sheeny !!!
To test, I applied a thin coat of Sonax (high shine) dressing on one and the sheen doubled to make it look wet !! so I decided to apply it to all fours. I called my pal who is a tyre dealer (Continental, Uniroyal and Barum) to ask him if he had any concerns to use sugar on tyres. He said it would not do any worse than maybe hasten blooming with a tiny effect. He said also that lots of people actually spread COKE on the tyres to restore the black looks before they apply some silicone or whatever...
So now my tyres are shiny and wet looking black ! I do not know what ratio the mix should be for other dressing brands but well with Sonax the mixture above sems to work wonders !!
That cabbie does hav some weird but ever lasting secret formulas. Gonna aquaint with him more frequent and report here...
This dude is a cabbie who has three cabs of his own (two Renault Megane' s and a Citroen C5.) He is one cracker when it comes to ceankeeping (I saw him several times detailing like 01:00 after midnight under the light of halogen postlights (you know those which illuminate upwards with the dimmers)
Now this guy ALWAYS has wet looking tyres. I asked him his secret. He told me his secret. Here goes: He takes his fav dressing (he uses Sonax) and 100 grams of powdered sugar (you know, that sugar you sprinkle on your donuts... He dissolves the powdered sugar in one glassfull of lukewarm water and mixes that soluion with the Sonax dressing. He applies that with a sponge and presto ! the trick is done.
I was kind of "hmmm" :think: when listening to him. He offered that he put some on one of my tyres for a test run. I was a bit :scared: and :nervous: but could not refuse after all his courtesy. I also thought that I could always brush it off with some water and shampoo. He went on and applied it on all fours.
Anyhow, the "sweet dressing" (I prefer calling it "topping" or "frosting" now) is still there after full 5 days and despite the spontaneous rain, the wet roads which plague us detailing freeks with nightmares every night after the municipal's trucks wash the streets the tyres are still SPOTLESS and sheeny !!!
To test, I applied a thin coat of Sonax (high shine) dressing on one and the sheen doubled to make it look wet !! so I decided to apply it to all fours. I called my pal who is a tyre dealer (Continental, Uniroyal and Barum) to ask him if he had any concerns to use sugar on tyres. He said it would not do any worse than maybe hasten blooming with a tiny effect. He said also that lots of people actually spread COKE on the tyres to restore the black looks before they apply some silicone or whatever...
So now my tyres are shiny and wet looking black ! I do not know what ratio the mix should be for other dressing brands but well with Sonax the mixture above sems to work wonders !!
That cabbie does hav some weird but ever lasting secret formulas. Gonna aquaint with him more frequent and report here...
