Cleaning whitewalls?

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In the last few weeks I haven't seen so many whitewall tires in my life.



What do y'all use to clean whitewalls and what's your tire dressing procedure with whitewalls?
 
Although my car with white wall tires isn't driven frequently, ( less need for heavy cleaning) I've recently found APC+ diluted (I believe at a 4:1 ratio) worked well. You may have to scrub and repeat but the white does glow when totally cleaned :up
 
Once I get the white walls totally clean, I'll dress the tires with 303. I won't move the car at all for a while,half hour or more probably good, so the 303 can seep in. In fact, I mostly clean and dress the tires after I've parked in the garage and leave the car overnight while the 303 soaks in.
 
You were looking for THE answer for maintenance and easy follow-up cleaning? This is it:



Bill D said:
Once I get the white walls totally clean, I'll dress the tires with 303. I won't move the car at all for a while,half hour or more probably good, so the 303 can seep in. In fact, I mostly clean and dress the tires after I've parked in the garage and leave the car overnight while the 303 soaks in.
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To clean, I use A2Z if my 1:4 APC+ mixture isn't working. Use on the tire, however, and try not to get any full-strength on the wheels.



Whitewalls are a pain. My Jeep has the white letters facing out--the next set of sneakers she gets will have black raised letters!
 
The best way to clean whitewalls is to pressure wash them well, soak with all purpose cleaner mixed 50/50 with water and scrub vigorously with either a stiff nylon brush or a brass brush if they still refuse to come clean. If they are really grubby and stubborn you can use a stronger butyl based all purpose cleaner like westley's bleach whitewall cleaner and they will clean up fast but be sure not to get any cleaner on the rims or paint (or yourself!) and do not breathe the fumes.
 
I did my first whitewall tires this weekend. I used regular carwash soap and tire brush and scrubbed my bisquits off trying to clean them. Then rinsed...and #$%...stuff still there. I looked around and grabbed my Eagle One A2Z All Wheel Cleaner (orange non-acidic). Says you can use on tires too, so gave it a try. It did a great job on the whitewalls and tires. I'm planning on using it for ALL my tire cleaning from now on. :up (I just realized this was in the pro detailers forum, sorry but did want to pass on the good product results)
 
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The Westley's work as advertised, it's an excellent rubber and white sidewall cleaner. It is NOT a wheel cleaner. While I have not experienced it, others say it can damage nice wheels so don't use on windy day.



I have a bottle of this stuff and use it once or twice a year to deep-clean the black rubber sidewalls. it seems more effective than other products I have tried.
 
The best way to clean white walls and white letter is WD40 and a brass brush



Wet rims and tires

Then wash rims with soap solution [dawn] LEAVE ON

Spray the letters with WD40 then scrub with brass brush

Spray the tire down with a degreaser and scrub with a regular tire brush[TARGET]

Rinse off step back and take a look at the result



BELEIVE ME I LAUGHED AT THIS WHEN I HEARD OF THIS METHOD THEN I TRIED IT
 
I've got great results using Greased Lightning's Orange Blast Degreaser at full strength. I only have one customer with white walls (those goofy tires with the white walls next to the rim and a thin yellow stripe around the middle of the sidewall).
 
Westleys trashed my bbs's coat:( It can be fixed, but I had just had them redone. It was great at cleaning white walls, nothing really does it better (dont ask why I had whitewalls on bbs) but it did manage to mess up my wheels coating:down
 
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