Cleaning tires

Thx, I think I'm going to start diluting. I clean them fairly often, so full strength is probably overkill. The pH comments jar'd a few cogs in my noggin.
 
I have had the exact same problem with Orange Blast before. O know that it is the cleaner and not the dressing or my tires. I had the same tires for a year and used the same dressing on them since then. The 2 times I used Orange Blast the tires looked terrible. I use Bleeche White. It is very good at getting off my weekly 400 miles worth of brake dust. I have to be careful not to get it on the wheels, but otherwise it is fine.
 
kartoon said:
After clening my wheels today I decided to give my tires a good cleaning. I sprayed a little of dilluted Orange Blast and scrubbed away. After the tires were completely dry, they were very brown. I have never seen them like that (10k miles/1 yr old).



I'm wondering if I just cleaned them really well and removed all the layers of various dressings or whether there was some strange reaction from the OB. What do you think ?
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When you noticed they had turned brown was it right after you washed them or had you driven the car before you noticed it? Just curious if it might be "blooming". There are chemicals within the rubber that are designed to move to the surface to protect the tire from oxidation. Stong cleaners can strip the layer at the surface causing a blooming affect. The blooming affect though requires the sidewalls to be heated from driving. Some tires are more prone to blooming than others. This is the reason I generally stick to mild cleaners and a good brush. I have never needed anything stronger than the same car wash soap I used on the paint to get my tires clean.
 
This was without driving. After I finished washing and drying the car I got to dressing the tires and that's when I noticed it.



I intend to perform some experiments when I'll be rotating my tires in the near future. I'll let you know about my observations.
 
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