Is ArmorAll Browning Your Tires ?

newagain said:
04 Cobra



Why is AA bad for Goodyear Tires? Please explain thanks
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Not just Goodyear tires, all tires. AA has chemicals in it that dry tires out. It makes the rubber very brittle and can cuse premature cracking. Now I'm not a scientist or anything, so I can't say that water based dressings are any better on tires. But I can say that from what I'm told AA is not good for tires. Now on the other hand, the people that are feeding me this info are older gentleman, so they may have re-formulated AA and now it's better, don't know for sure. Kind of like old men who use to use Pennzoil motor oil, they think it still has waxes in it. So now that it's one of the best conventional oils out there, they don't care because 30 years ago they had wax in their oil!!! So maybe AA is a better product now days, but I can't say for certain!!
 
I never made it to AAA :rofl Seriously though EO Wet is a very nice tire dressing, and I don't think it's much more then AA.
 
Same here : Armor All Original in the classic white bottle with black, orange, yellow label
 
kempie said:
Because of posts on another site I checked out Michelins warantee on sidewall/tread. The "fine print" says there is no coverage if tire dressings containing "petroleum distillates" are used. I emailed AA & they replied that their Extreen Tire Shine & Detailers Advantage do contain petroleum.

What does this info mean to us? I have no idea but I'm only gonna use water based dressings from now on or be sure there is no petroleum content in them.

Perhaps someone from tire co. or dressing mfg. could address this.
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Thought I would drag this thread out of the boneyard. Is kempie saying that the AA Detailer's Advantage Tire Foam has PD's in it, but the regular AA Tire Foam doesn't? The can just says "50% more active ingredients". The Detailer's Advantage stuff doesn't appear on their website anymore, even though last year (when it disappeared from the website) they told me it was still available, and I still find it at Target.
 
I don't have browning problems with Armor All. Meguiar's Endurance gives me the worst browning because its greasy feeling attracts a lot of brake dust.
 
303 works great for me that gives a nice natural black sheen appearance to the tires.



Tip: How I apply 303

I use a old used up soft application foam buffing pad cut into two section to apply 303 The secret is let it soak in for a few and an polishing pad to buff off the gloss for a sheen appearance. Also I keep the pads in containers to save product costs since this stuff cost a arm & leg.
 
Bill D said:
Same here : Armor All Original in the classic white bottle with black, orange, yellow label
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Thats what i went back to using on the h2 also. I was looking for something cheap.The tires are so big and eat up alot dressing.A boutique dressing woudl be too much money. I guess i get some very slight browning after a rain storm and the AA gets removed. But it goes away after washing and reapplying the AA.
 
To help reduce ,if not eliminate the browning, do be sure to throughly clean the tires with an appropriate strength cleaner. It will remove oxidation and old dressing build up creating the ideal conditions for a nice, fresh coat of water based dressing.
 
O4cobra said:
Not just Goodyear tires, all tires. AA has chemicals in it that dry tires out. It makes the rubber very brittle and can cuse premature cracking. Now I'm not a scientist or anything, so I can't say that water based dressings are any better on tires. But I can say that from what I'm told AA is not good for tires. Now on the other hand, the people that are feeding me this info are older gentleman, so they may have re-formulated AA and now it's better, don't know for sure. Kind of like old men who use to use Pennzoil motor oil, they think it still has waxes in it. So now that it's one of the best conventional oils out there, they don't care because 30 years ago they had wax in their oil!!! So maybe AA is a better product now days, but I can't say for certain!!
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The reformulated AA is better and I dont even think the old stuff is that bad. I have used AA on my 92 Accord since new and it hasn't caused any damage at all, in fact my dash looks better than most 92 accord's dashes.
 
Pontman43 said:
The reformulated AA is better and I dont even think the old stuff is that bad. I have used AA on my 92 Accord since new and it hasn't caused any damage at all, in fact my dash looks better than most 92 accord's dashes.
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Pontman, you were 4 years old when your Accord was new. Precocious, weren't you?
 
Setec Astronomy said:
Pontman, you were 4 years old when your Accord was new. Precocious, weren't you?
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OK, so my dad used AA for the first couple of years. lol But AA was used for its whole life. lol
 
kempie said:
Because of posts on another site I checked out Michelins warantee on sidewall/tread. The "fine print" says there is no coverage if tire dressings containing "petroleum distillates" are used. I emailed AA & they replied that their Extreen Tire Shine & Detailers Advantage do contain petroleum.
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Petroleum distillates are a huge category that includes thousands of products. Broad generalizations stating all Petroleum Distillates are bad is just as disingenuous as stating silicones are harmful. While some petroleum distillates can be very dangerous, others are very safe.



For the record, I use AA original formula, and have no problems with browning.
 
kempie said:
I emailed AA & they replied that their Extreen Tire Shine & Detailers Advantage do contain petroleum.
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Well, this is what the AA site says right now in their FAQ section:



"Armor All® Tire Foam® Protectant contains silicones and a propellant. Armor All® Extreme Tire Shine products contain silicone, petroleum solvent and a fragrance. Armor All® Detailers Advantage® Protectant contains silicones."



I'm not sure exactly what that means, but one way to interpret it would be that the Extreme Shine products use oil-based silicones while the tire foams don't.



Since this is an old thread, and some of the discussion was about the availability of the Detailer's Choice foam...it is now listed again on the website, but they don't have a picture of it (on the main page) as they do for the other tire dressings :nixweiss , almost like they don't want to sell it.
 
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