Getting good results using SuperClean on tires...

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I've been getting good results (I think) cleaning tires with Superclean. I've used it 1:1 with good results, I will try 2:1 next time (water:superclean).It's a purple colored degreaser concentrate sold in Walmart etc., which I've found works better than all the other brands of cleaner/degreasers by far for other uses.

Have any of you guys used Superclean for your tires ? I don't know if this is a base or an acid. I'm also using Megs Wheel Brighter 1:1 for my wheels after I clean the tires with Superclean.
 
I am always looking for the perfect tire cleaner. In my current arsenal I have Meguiars D143, Bleche White, Adams Tire and Rubber Cleaner, LA Awesome and Mothers Back to Black. LA Awesome is the most economical because you can find it in the Dollar Store. They all seem to have the same effectiveness with the edge going to Adams and Mothers. I have not tried Superclean yet but it sounds interesting.
 
Super Clean is all I use on tires. I use at 4:1 with good results and I like the fact I can go to my local Wally World and pick it up.
 
I've used it as "weak" as 10:1 on tires and it still does a great job! My standard dilution ratio for it is either 4:1 or 5:1 and there hasn't been a tire I can't get clean.

The only time I use it full strength is if I use the foaming aerosol can.
 
I use it around 8:1. Wheels tires, engine bay and exhaust tips. I just used it to clean the tile in the basement floor that has not been cleaned in prob 20 years. this stuff works great on almost every thing I have tired.
 
I used to use Super Clean (both the concentrate and the foaming can) and it was ok for a while. Until I tried Nanoskin Multi Clean. This stuff is super cheap and it plain works!

Currently using 1:1 for tires. And although both I believe are different in its makeup, I found that when I sprayed a tire down with Super Clean, scrubbed and rinsed. And then followed up with Nanoskin, there was a sort of weird film leftover on the tire from using the Super Clean. Hard to describe but its as if I was actually trying to scrub off residue from Super Clean. I now only use the Nanoskin.

Usually two applications with Nanoskin on a dirty tire (not washed in over a month) does the trick.

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Is the Superclean a once and done product? Depending on how bad the tires are to start with, I have scrubbed 3 and 4 times with the current cleaners I have been using. The Mothers Back to Black works well after one treatment but one bottle only lasts me 6 tires. If the Superclean works that well, it will be a lot more economical.
 
With a pH of 12.5-13.8...“SuperClean-ing”
tires would be like giving them the ol’
(steel) wire-brush treatment, IMO.

Wonder what it’s doing to the wheels?


Bob
 
FUNX650 said:
Wonder what it’s doing to the wheels?
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When used straight I can vouch for it completely stripping off ceramic coatings. I sprayed it on my wife's wheels and lower rockers and it pulled the coating right off. :( Have since re-purposed it to engine cleaning and wheel wells only but never at full strength.

Back to the OP'er the best cleaner for the cheap is bleach white. I buy it by the gallon and it's my go-to for tires. Removes even the worst blooming and gunk with ease.
 
My gallon of Meguiars Super Degresser is finaly empty after 5 years LOL. So I will be comparing products next spring to replace it. I have tried Super Clean in the past, but wasn't blown away by it. I might try it again since it's available locally. Will really depend on price. I think if you are in the USA, Megs Super Degreaser is a much better product. But having to import it doublle the cost for me, so other products are able to compete ;)
 
Have to agree Calendyr.. Super Clean isn't avail locally in Aus. Anything reasonable will work at full strength, but getting the job done in a dilutable cost effective form is the challenge.
 
Im gonna agree as well super clean is not working for me im trying to kill a 2.5 gallon bottle...i have a couple gallons of super degreaser but going foward im gonna be a megs apc guy for grime and still use d143 for tires

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FUNX650 said:
I sure don’t use any APCs or tire cleaners
that fall within that higher range of pH:
{up to 13.8!!! :eek : }


Bob
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Yeah looks potentially caustic from a quick google search. Need to take care with stuff from big box stores.

OP I'm guessing your rims are clear coated since you're already using wheel brightener but I'd be concerned about it dripping on a rim that wasn't.
 
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TTQ B4U said:
When used straight I can vouch for it completely stripping off ceramic coatings. I sprayed it on my wife's wheels and lower rockers and it pulled the coating right off. :( Have since re-purposed it to engine cleaning and wheel wells only but never at full strength.
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See I find that kind of disappointing for a coating. I know you shouldn't need strong chems when using a coating but I find it kinda weak that I could strip one with a cleaner I can casually buy at a retail store.
 
FUNX650 said:
I sure don’t use any APCs or tire cleaners
that fall within that higher range of pH:
{up to 13.8!!! :eek : }
Click to expand...


DetailZeus said:
Yeah looks potentially caustic from a quick
google search. Need to take care with stuff
from big box stores.

I'm guessing your rims are clear coated
since you're already using wheel brightener
but I'd be concerned about it dripping on a
rim that wasn't.
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Me...using wheel brightener (D140)?!?!

Uh, No: You’ve got me mixed up with
someone else. :nomore :


Bob
 
I have used Super Clean, Purple Power,Zep Industrial purple and right now I have a barely touched Megs super degreaser.

IF I was going to use anything along those lines,on my tires (which are really close to my wheels), I would go with Zep Fast 505.

I still haven't tried it on tires because I don't want a race to keep it from sitting on the wheel.

I use it at work to clean areas I am working on before and after I am done. Compared to all the others this stuff is a no brainer.

From reading Richys posts, it is what he uses for tires
 
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