Mike Phillips
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- Dec 5, 2022
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Dealership Tire Slime - Always a pain to remove...
I don't know what they use but it's gross and looks ugly on the tires.
This is my friend Tom's 2017 Mercedes-Benz S 550 with a value of around $100,000.00 - it came with the dealership applied tire slime. I used this car to test out and review a number of new GTechniq products including their new GTechniq T1 Tire & Trim dressing.
I always wash the wheels and tires first, it only makes sense to me to start with the wheel and tires first and then move to the top and work my way down. So before I started I inspected the wheels and tires so I would know what products and tools I would need to get them clean and while the wheels were fairly clean the tires were slimed with some type of tire dressing.
To get them clean so I could apply the GTechniq Tyre Shine here's what I used. This is my go-to tire cleaner and tire cleaning brush when I need to remove the tire slime someone else has applied to the tires.
TUF SHINE Tire Cleaner 22 oz
TUF SHINE Tire Brush
The tire cleaner works as good as any and better than most and the key to scrubbing tires by hand is to use a brush with LOW profile or SHORT bristles as it makes it easier for your muscles to scrub or move the brush back and forth over a vertical tire sidewall.
When detailing your own car or a customer's car, these two products perform consistently and that's key to working fast and efficient.
I don't know what they use but it's gross and looks ugly on the tires.
This is my friend Tom's 2017 Mercedes-Benz S 550 with a value of around $100,000.00 - it came with the dealership applied tire slime. I used this car to test out and review a number of new GTechniq products including their new GTechniq T1 Tire & Trim dressing.
I always wash the wheels and tires first, it only makes sense to me to start with the wheel and tires first and then move to the top and work my way down. So before I started I inspected the wheels and tires so I would know what products and tools I would need to get them clean and while the wheels were fairly clean the tires were slimed with some type of tire dressing.
To get them clean so I could apply the GTechniq Tyre Shine here's what I used. This is my go-to tire cleaner and tire cleaning brush when I need to remove the tire slime someone else has applied to the tires.
TUF SHINE Tire Cleaner 22 oz
TUF SHINE Tire Brush
The tire cleaner works as good as any and better than most and the key to scrubbing tires by hand is to use a brush with LOW profile or SHORT bristles as it makes it easier for your muscles to scrub or move the brush back and forth over a vertical tire sidewall.
When detailing your own car or a customer's car, these two products perform consistently and that's key to working fast and efficient.
