Advise for tire / trim dressings in dirty environment.

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Hello again everyone,

I'm looking for some real world experience in tire and trim dressings. My area in Eastern Ohio has been invaded by the gas and oil boom and I'm finding my appointment book filled with more F350's and the like than cars these days. I also have a valued repeat multi vehicle client who owns a stone quarry and likes to keep his trucks clean. I get requests from these clients to not use any tire dressings or trim dressings because of the dirty dusty conditions the trucks are in daily.
For the ones that are paying for a good detail I use WG exterior trim sealant on trim pieces and I wouldn't think this would pose a problem with holding onto dust. I'm looking for a cost effective solution for tires that I can use to at least get a uniform matte black look without attracting or holding onto dust.
Simply cleaning these tires is not like cleaning a regular vehicles tires, these tires get put through hell and no matter how long, hard and what kind of product I use to make them clean, when dry they look like crap without putting something on them to even out the color.
Thanks in advance for any ideas.
Matt.

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Try McKee’s Tire coating on the tires.


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Have you tried Mothers back to black tire renew ?. Cleans and gives a nice finish without a seperate dressing on tires.

Dave
 
davidc said:
Have you tried Mothers back to black tire renew ?. Cleans and gives a nice finish without a seperate dressing on tires.

Dave
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Thanks Dave, I am familiar with the back to black product, but didn't realize they had a separate cleaner only, I may try that.
I have some chemical guys vrp and wondered if being water based it would be any better at this.

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lane5515 said:
Try McKee’s Tire coating on the tires.


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I have read about that product before and was impressed with the claims. This would be something I'd like to try on my own chevelle or a classic or high end cars, but cost effective for a work truck which is going back into the field within a day or two is kind of what I was looking for, and this doesn't fit that.
I did read about it again and it's renewed my interest in trying it out on other cars though.
These guys don't seem to care about their tires, they know they are going to get dirty soon, it's me that doesn't want them driving away with my business cards to give out showing someone else their detailed truck with drab looking tires because they requested no dressing.
I need something that will at least make them a uniform color once clean and not have dust cling first time they are back to work.

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I was going to say Meguiars Ultimate Black Tire Coating [aerosol can] But I've never had great longevity with it but it could've been the tires I tried it on... But on paper, it would seem ideal.

I also think Griots Garage has some new tire products that claim to dry to the touch, but this is just going off what I think I remember seeing others mention or advertisements and not my personal use. Maybe some people can chime in about the new Griots tire products.

Another 1 that actually might be the best of these would be found OTC and that's AA Tire Foam. I keep a can for use on big 4x4 knobby tires that sling all other products except the foam, and if I recall it shouldn't attract dust either. Most definitely worth a shot.
 
Thanks Eldorado2k
That's another one I'll add to my short list to try. I'll maybe pick up a few of these until I've got 4 different ones and try them out on my own truck, one on each tire and go hit some gravel and mud and see which one works best.

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