OH NO! More talk of brown tires! WHY GOD WHY?!

[XRL]

I've done quite a bit of reading about what causes the tires to brown, and all sorts of things of that nature. So here's an interesting question I pose to you guys.



I've switched to water based dressings on my tires, specifically 4Star tire dressing. As we all know, it's water based so when it rains (typically the day after i wash my car), it's gone almost immediately. It tends to leave enough behind to not allow much browning.



So here's the strangeness. I washed the car yesterday, and cleaned the tires with my tire brush and some car soap (Meguiar's Gold Class). Hosed them down and went off to finish other parts of the car while they dried enough to use tire stuff on them. When I came back to them, they were hugely brown. The car didn't move or roll or anything like that which is typically associated with causing browning. I thought it was rather strange, and applied my tire stuff with no issues.



So the question is, what happened, why, and is it normal? I thought it might be dirt and stuff from the brush getting on them, but it was pretty even for that, and I clean my brush against the grit guard to try to get as much nastiness off it as possible. So I dunno.

 

[SilverJag]

I've had the exact same thing happen to me, only I used APC+ followed by Gold Class. The tires became browner than what they were before the cleaning.



I honestly don't know either - hopefully someone can chip in.



One thing though, I found that after using a degreaser to clean the tires, all browning or even evidence of it has gone.

 

[red4.8]

I use eagle one wheel cleaner on mine. Works pretty well.