Dedicated TIRE Cleaner

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alright, who here uses a dedicated tire cleaner ? Hi-Temp Tire Cleaner, EF TIRE Cleaner, etc



I bought a couple bottles of Mothers Tire Cleaner eons ago and finally I am down to my last bottle.



Never really noticed a difference between Tire Cleaner vs. Meg APC (original blue formula) on tire cleansiness.



For those that do use a dedicated Tire Cleaner, love to hear your thoughts or reasoning's why....
 
I use Hi-Temp's Tire Cleaner, and love it. Gets the tires/wells spotless and ready for dressing.



I don't have any reasons why I use it over another product other than it's effectiveness and cost.
 
I use a dedicated tire cleaner made expressly for the tire sealant I use. Works fabulous......The manufacturer recommends it, I use it, it works, end of my story chef.....lol
 
I have that Hi-Temp tire cleaner, and even at the most diluted recommendation it seems to just leach stuff out of the tire...I started a thread about my tire browning problems a couple years ago, and this stuff just seemed to pull more stuff out, the more I applied (as in, it never got clean, the more I sprayed and scrubbed, the more brown stuff came off, but it never stopped). Of course, that was just on one car. If I ever use up enough of the stuff I have I'd like to take Accumulator's recommendation on the Griot's rubber cleaner. Some of the APC's I've tried seem to react in the same way as the Hi-Temp stuff.



Sorry for the disjointed response.
 
I've been using griots rubber cleaner for over 5 years and it works great believe it or not. I don't clean the tires every wash but when I do spray it on all this brown and black garbage comes off with ease and that's with me being too lazy to agitate with a brush. Preps the tires very well for some tire gloss. There's only 3 things that I order from griots, it's their interior cleaner which is fantastic, speed shine because it's cheap and rubber cleaner along with various cleaning tools.



I have TAW but haven't tried it on the tires to observe the difference in results.
 
jet_m3 said:
I've been using griots rubber cleaner for over 5 years...



I have TAW but haven't tried it on the tires to observe the difference in results.
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Oops...forgot about the TAW, that's the other thing I wanted to try.
 
Poorboys wheel cleaner.

Very strong citrus based cleaner that does not harm the wheel when used as directed.



I dilute this 2:1 and still works well.
 
I know it's going to come as a shock, but Eagle One A-Z Rim & Tire Cleaner. One round, two at the very most, will remove pretty much every ounce of dirt from the dirtiest of tires. I also use ARO, but the EOAZ is my go-to product.
 
Which is what? :nervous:
a.k.a. Patrick said:
I use a dedicated tire cleaner made expressly for the tire sealant I use. Works fabulous......The manufacturer recommends it, I use it, it works, end of my story chef.....lol
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x2 on Eagle One A2Z. I hit the tires first with a few sprays and rims last, the clean in reverse order (wheels then tires). this way, the wheels only have chemical sitting on them during the cleaning, then I brushe the tires. The tires are always squeky clean.
 
That's pretty much what I do....if the P21S Wheel Gel doesn't clean up the wheels.





dublifecrisis said:
x2 on Eagle One A2Z. I hit the tires first with a few sprays and rims last, the clean in reverse order (wheels then tires). this way, the wheels only have chemical sitting on them during the cleaning, then I brushe the tires. The tires are always squeky clean.
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I use APC+ 3:1 for the initial scrub and then follow up with Tarminator to bring out any last grime and strip the tires of soaked in old dressing.



So far its been very economical and a great tire cleaning combo!
 
Setec Astronomy said:
..I'd like to take Accumulator's recommendation on the Griot's rubber cleaner. Some of the APC's I've tried seem to react in the same way as the Hi-Temp stuff..
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jet M3 said:
I've been using griots rubber cleaner for over 5 years and it works great believe it or not. I don't clean the tires every wash but when I do spray it on all this brown and black garbage comes off with ease and that's with me being too lazy to agitate with a brush...
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Yeah, the Griot's continues to work well for me. I do scrub the tires (gotta be careful on the S8's *SOFT* tires, can't use a plastic-bristle "tire brush" :eek: ), but I'm also using the Griot's Rubber Cleaner diluted most of the time so it needs a little extra help as it's quite mild to begin with.



When rubber items are really soiled, I'd sure use it undiluted and I'd also a) let it dwell and b) plan on multiple tries. Too mild? Probably for some people.



I've toyed with the idea of trying something less expensive, but I worry that it'll behave the way the other stuff Setec Astronomy uses does. I tried some generic stuff from the local autobody/paint supply store, and I did *NOT* like how it worked on the Yukon's Goodyears (tires with a "stays black" additive that I don't dress for various reasons). It left them a little brown and dried-out looking, just not the crisp, black "new rubber" look I get with the Griot's Rubber Cleaner.



Similarly, I don't like the idea of using citrus degreasers (even TAW) on rubber as I don't want to "clean off" something a little too well and end up drying out the rubber. I have *zero* idea whether that fear is truly justified but I'm not gonna find out on *my* tires ;)



I've done OK using diluted Griot's/P21s wheel cleaner on tires, but I just think the Rubber Cleaner works better. I like to think the Rubber Cleaner is specifically formulated in a way that makes it better for this and I note that there's a caveat against allowing it to contact auto glass (Setec- recall our discussion of how today's autoglass isn't "just glass" but has plastic/whatever mixed in).



Griot's Rubber Prep product works great too, really super on tires that have odd issues (adhesives, etc.) and it even brought back some *hideously* oxidized rubber trim on an old Audi...simply amazed me how well it worked and it was the perfect prep for my Ultima Trim Sealant (or whatever the proper name is...). No way to exaggerate how well that combo worked and the items in question sure looked beyond salvaging.
 
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