Cleaning mud from tires

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I have cleaned my truck 3x in the last month and scrubbed the tires with a both car wash solution as well as used clorox spray, scrubbed with a stiff brush and I still have the mud showing almost as bad as the day I got it on the tire.

What would you guys recommend to clean it and also what would be best to put on the factory plastic chromed cladding on my wheels?

Thanks in advance!

 
If I'm using a traditional wash I use Meguiar's Hot Rims All Wheel Cleaner on the tires to remove the dirt and grime. If I'm rinseless/waterless I use Meguiar's M40 Vinyl & Rubber Cleaner/Conditioner.

That factory plastic chrome cladding usually get clayed, and treated with a cleaner wax, or straight paint sealant.
 
Mike P posted up a great thread on this some time back demonstrating on his truck, you may be able to find it under his past threads.
 
I've had luck with Chemical Guys Orange Degreaser and my Mothers Wheel and Tire Brush. Took a bit of elbow grease because my tires get pretty muddy.
 
That looks like it's tire browning from the anti-ozonant, (not mud), you want to clean it with a cleaner that's not going to leach more anti-ozonant like the one Mike@DedicatedPerfection linked above, or I use Optimum Power Clean. Then you'll want to dress them or coat them as noted above.
 
Setec Astronomy said:
That looks like it's tire browning from the anti-ozonant, (not mud), you want to clean it with a cleaner that's not going to leach more anti-ozonant like the one Mike@DedicatedPerfection linked above, or I use Optimum Power Clean. Then you'll want to dress them or coat them as noted above.
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It's mud I assure you of that. It's from a dirt parking lot. It wasn't there before I parked in the mud to go hunting.
 
I've never had mud that wouldn't clean off with one cleaning, let alone three.
 
There were actually 2 links, the first one didn't show up as a link.

I still find it unlikely that you were unable to scrub the mud off, however, based on your stated use of Clorox and my experience in tire cleaning, it still seems likely that you are experiencing browning.

Have you tried any dressing on the tires?
 
I had to scrub A LOT and wash multiple times to get the mud off of a brand new tire.

1 week into owning them I helped get some people out of a ditch and I got super muddy while doing so.


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Silly question - you have a DA, yes? With a brush attachment and your favorite cleaner, you'll have them freshened up in no time flat.




I see you have a bed liners also, so there's another solid reason to own a DA + attachments:

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MUST READ: How to restore exterior plastic trim
 
Setec Astronomy said:
There were actually 2 links, the first one didn't show up as a link.

I still find it unlikely that you were unable to scrub the mud off, however, based on your stated use of Clorox and my experience in tire cleaning, it still seems likely that you are experiencing browning.

Have you tried any dressing on the tires?
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I have not dressed the tires do to the mud...They didn't show any brown prior to what I did above in the parking lot. I had only bought it a few days before taking hunting and they had a tire dressing from the dealer. Also I only used the clorox spray on the third try and it seemed to get much of it off but there is still a brown haze.
 
BrutalNoodle said:
Silly question - you have a DA, yes? With a brush attachment and your favorite cleaner, you'll have them freshened up in no time flat.




I see you have a bed liners also, so there's another solid reason to own a DA + attachments:

Black_Plastic_Trim_031.jpg


Black_Plastic_Trim_032.jpg


Black_Plastic_Trim_033.jpg



MUST READ: How to restore exterior plastic trim
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I do have a DA and it looks like the next accessory I buy is a brush for it! :buffing:
 
Farmingdales Finest said:
I do have a DA and it looks like the next accessory I buy is a brush for it! :buffing:
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There you have the perfect formula :dblthumb2:

PS Make sure you wear goggles or at the least safety glasses, that stuff flies all over the place. I use that method to clean my tile in my showers with a GG6.
 
I think M40 or a tire dressing might be the way to go. Maybe the mud is leaching oils, or something, from the tires and that's what is giving you the problem.

I have a new set of tires that I've wanted to put some miles on before I dressed them. I was going to coat them, but I wanted to test out some tire dressing sprays on them first. I had some mud stains that were stubborn and just left them go. Both tire sprays made them disappear. I'll see if it come back.
 
try some purple power, Ill bet it will get the tires black again
 
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