Setec Astronomy
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- Aug 31, 2010
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Back in my pre-Autogeekian days, I used to clean my wheels with P21S, and scrub them with the yellow sponge. By the time I was done a lot of cleaner had run out onto the tire at the bottom, so I would scrub that up over the rest of the tire with my brush and it seemed to do a pretty good job of cleaning the tire, then I would spray with some dressing and be done.
Now that my wheels are polished and sealed, I never use wheel cleaner, just car soap, which I used to scrub the tires with also, but we all know how that works. So then I started using a dilultable alkaline tire cleaner. I used it full strength the first time (as directed) and the never-ending brown suds made me think I was killing the tire, I felt like I was leaching all the anti-ozonant out. I now usually use it diluted and may have to clean a tire 2 or 3 times to get all the brown.
So I was thinking about this today and decided to try some Griot's Wheel Cleaner on a tire. First of all there was no brown gunk when I sprayed it on, and I said..."this isn't going to work". I let it sit for a minute, then I scrubbed, and got gray suds, not brown (another bad sign to my mind). After I rinsed the tire was black, and rubbing my finger on it revealed no dirt or dressing residue (I should note that these tires haven't been dressed for a long time, which might have an effect).
Anyway, my brief test seemed to give me pretty positive results, what are y'alls experience or comments on this?
Now that my wheels are polished and sealed, I never use wheel cleaner, just car soap, which I used to scrub the tires with also, but we all know how that works. So then I started using a dilultable alkaline tire cleaner. I used it full strength the first time (as directed) and the never-ending brown suds made me think I was killing the tire, I felt like I was leaching all the anti-ozonant out. I now usually use it diluted and may have to clean a tire 2 or 3 times to get all the brown.
So I was thinking about this today and decided to try some Griot's Wheel Cleaner on a tire. First of all there was no brown gunk when I sprayed it on, and I said..."this isn't going to work". I let it sit for a minute, then I scrubbed, and got gray suds, not brown (another bad sign to my mind). After I rinsed the tire was black, and rubbing my finger on it revealed no dirt or dressing residue (I should note that these tires haven't been dressed for a long time, which might have an effect).
Anyway, my brief test seemed to give me pretty positive results, what are y'alls experience or comments on this?
