Mike Phillips
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BLACKFIRE Multi-Surface Dressing Concentrate review by Mike Phillips
BLACKFIRE Multi-Surface Dressing Concentrate
Review
When I was handed a bottle of this to review, it technically wasn't a "bottle" of the product to review. It was a beta version already diluted 1:1 with water for a high gloss shine.
Hmm.... what do I have around here that needs a high gloss shine?
Well, I had a 1972 Oldsmobile 442 with the original factory single stage metallic paint coming in for a warm-over with the new Pinnacle Jewelling Wax. I wonder what the tires look like?
Here's the car as it arrived on a trailer, (it runs but the owner was transporting it from a mechanics shop back home).
After getting her unloaded, the tires looked new, just dirty and with trace residues of the blue protective film applied to the lettering from the BF Goodrich factory. So YES! These would be a great test of the new BLACKIFRE Multi-Surface Dressing Concentrate diluted at 1:1 with water. But first I would have to get them clean... not wash clean but mechanically scrubbed clean, my preference for cleaning tires for show cars.
How to machine scrub tires
First - there is no such thing as a safe electric tool to use around water. To help you stay safe I have a couple of tips...
Tip #1
My first tip is, if working on a slanted driveway or in my case, a slanted parking lot, start at the low end of the grade. This way, after cleaning the tires at the low end of the grade the concrete at the high end of the grade will still be dry - thus you won't be standing in or sitting on wet concrete. (You really have to use common sense folks, I can only do so much to help you avoid getting a Darwin Award).
Tip #2
Don't turn the water on at all until AFTER you have done all the machine scrubbing and have removed both the tool and the electric extension cord back, away from where you're going to rinse.
Safety first
In this picture, you can see I've placed my Griot's 6" Random Orbital Polisher and my cleaning supplies and brushes on the low side of the slanted grade and not only is the water hose pulled away from the front of the car, the water is not turned on yet.
For machine scrubbing, I like to use either the Aqua Cyclo brush or the Grey flagged
Sorry no pictures of the tires being scrubbed but here's a video I made - did this by myself, so one hand is holding my phone and my other hand is running the tool.
Video --> Mike Phillips - Machine scrubbing tires on a 1970 Olds 442
Machine Drying
By the word machine, I mean the Metro-Vac Master Blaster!
This not only blows out all the water around the lettering, around the edge of the rim and the tread on the edge of the sidewall but it also blows all the water off the wheel and out of the lug nut area.
BLACKFIRE Multi-Surface Dressing Concentrate
Review
When I was handed a bottle of this to review, it technically wasn't a "bottle" of the product to review. It was a beta version already diluted 1:1 with water for a high gloss shine.
Hmm.... what do I have around here that needs a high gloss shine?
Well, I had a 1972 Oldsmobile 442 with the original factory single stage metallic paint coming in for a warm-over with the new Pinnacle Jewelling Wax. I wonder what the tires look like?
Here's the car as it arrived on a trailer, (it runs but the owner was transporting it from a mechanics shop back home).
After getting her unloaded, the tires looked new, just dirty and with trace residues of the blue protective film applied to the lettering from the BF Goodrich factory. So YES! These would be a great test of the new BLACKIFRE Multi-Surface Dressing Concentrate diluted at 1:1 with water. But first I would have to get them clean... not wash clean but mechanically scrubbed clean, my preference for cleaning tires for show cars.
How to machine scrub tires
First - there is no such thing as a safe electric tool to use around water. To help you stay safe I have a couple of tips...
Tip #1
My first tip is, if working on a slanted driveway or in my case, a slanted parking lot, start at the low end of the grade. This way, after cleaning the tires at the low end of the grade the concrete at the high end of the grade will still be dry - thus you won't be standing in or sitting on wet concrete. (You really have to use common sense folks, I can only do so much to help you avoid getting a Darwin Award).
Tip #2
Don't turn the water on at all until AFTER you have done all the machine scrubbing and have removed both the tool and the electric extension cord back, away from where you're going to rinse.
Safety first
In this picture, you can see I've placed my Griot's 6" Random Orbital Polisher and my cleaning supplies and brushes on the low side of the slanted grade and not only is the water hose pulled away from the front of the car, the water is not turned on yet.
For machine scrubbing, I like to use either the Aqua Cyclo brush or the Grey flagged
Sorry no pictures of the tires being scrubbed but here's a video I made - did this by myself, so one hand is holding my phone and my other hand is running the tool.
Video --> Mike Phillips - Machine scrubbing tires on a 1970 Olds 442
Machine Drying
By the word machine, I mean the Metro-Vac Master Blaster!
This not only blows out all the water around the lettering, around the edge of the rim and the tread on the edge of the sidewall but it also blows all the water off the wheel and out of the lug nut area.
