NacsMXer
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- May 30, 2014
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I had a heck of a time cleaning my tires today. The tires are Cooper RS3-S with only around 700 miles on them so far. I don't typically use tire dressing and the tires were relatively clean prior to washing them.
I was initially using a Mother's tire brush and some Black Magic Bleche Wite tire cleaner. But upon drying the tire I was left with horrible yellow/white streaks and brush marks. When dry, I noticed that you could rub the streaks with your finger or a dry microfiber and they would roll/pill off like dead skin cells. The residue shows up black on the microfiber and exposes clean black tire underneath.
So essentially I had to scrub and scrub the tires again until the residue stopped coming off. Afterward the tires looked normal again.
Is this some type of "tire blooming" since the rubber is still so new?
Here's a pic of the streaks/residue after the first washing:
I was initially using a Mother's tire brush and some Black Magic Bleche Wite tire cleaner. But upon drying the tire I was left with horrible yellow/white streaks and brush marks. When dry, I noticed that you could rub the streaks with your finger or a dry microfiber and they would roll/pill off like dead skin cells. The residue shows up black on the microfiber and exposes clean black tire underneath.
So essentially I had to scrub and scrub the tires again until the residue stopped coming off. Afterward the tires looked normal again.
Is this some type of "tire blooming" since the rubber is still so new?
Here's a pic of the streaks/residue after the first washing: