Browning tire

I battled a set of Jeep tires this weekend. Buy had just bought the Jeep and still had the dealer "dressing" on the tires. I scrubbed, and scrubbed and scrubbed. Started with Turtle Wax tire cleaner that comes in the coating kit, didn't remove it. Stepped up to Zep Citrus APC diluted, no dent, 505 diluted, no dent, tuff shine tire cleaner, nada. Finally had to use 505 full strength and the BLACK ran off the tires. Scrubbed each tire about 6 times with tuff shine tire brush. Still didn't get everything off!
 
To clean tires I used Meg's D101 APC at 1:4 with a stiff tire brush, and for really bad tires I follow up with Meg's Degreaser D108 and a brush on my DA.

My tires have only turned brown when I switched to a water based dressing. Clean tires and went back to oil based dressings for the tires.

PS: When I run out of dressing I know it's time to change the oil again

PPS: J/K
 
evo77 said:
So I have not added any tire dressing for a few months now and have cleaned the tires the past 4 washes with two products so far:

1. Purple Power - 50/50 mix
2. Megs APC - full strength

I probably apply at least a minimum of 5 applications (plus scrubbing) per tire before the foam becomes mostly white. After the tires dry its dissapointing to still see a little brown on the sidewalls. Is spending a few hours on tires typical to get rid of this browning?? Or do I need to try something different on these new Yoko tires?

I'm trying to get them brown-free so I can apply TW Tire Coat! :(
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I've found that Megs D143 @2:1 is better at cleaning tires than D101 @ full strength.
Was really surprised by it.
 
I've been waiting for my Tuf Shine order to come in from AG. Hopefully this will remove the brown coating...
 
Im told that the blooming is a natural process and if you just cleaned tire of any excess crap and let it dry and apply dressing you'll be fine.
 
FUNX650 said:
As far as tire protection and tire longevity goes...
I wonder if the "removal of browning" is ever a good thing to do to tires?
I'll say that the answer is: No...probably not
But if the brown (dis)coloration presents an unlivable-bugaboo; and the tire cleaners used so far has proven to be unsuccessful at its removal:
Put some Lacquer thinner on a disposable cloth and swipe the tire with it. POOF!!! Brown will be gone...gone until the tire's rotation brings some more of the tire's built-in protection to its surface, where it will have its turn: "to turn brown"
Note:
Until the above mentioned built-in protection comes to the tire's surface...a protective product needs to be applied to the tire. What product (tire dressing) are you planning to use?
Bob
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I wonder about this as I recently cleaned a set of tires that had been in a warehouse since the 50's. They were NOS and never mounted. It took 4 to 5 times washing and scrubbing to get all the brown off.
 
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