SON1C Synopsis 1 - Mothers - Wheel and Tire Cleaner

[WRAPT C5Z06]

Mother's Foaming Wheel & Tire Cleaner IS an excellent product! I'd only use it on clear coated wheels, though.

 

[Johny B]

Thanks for the review SON1C.

 

[recline]

looks awesome, im curious to know how it compares to Brown Royal

 

[Jrocket]

Just ordered some of the Mothers Wheel Cleaner :xyxthumbs:

 

[Hoytman]

Old thread I know, but...

Did you need to use most of the bottle to clean four wheels and tires like some of the reviewers say?

Yes.

A couple tips:

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• Spray in a sweeping motion - same amount over more area
  
• Do not try to cover every single inch but spread it with a tire/wheel brush to get coverage.
  

I pretty much follow the above steps.

The sprayer was tweaked to dispense less product after we heard about useage.

That hasn't been an issue for 2 years.

I actually think it's still an issue. Then again, the bottles I recently used could have been old stock though they were purchased last fall. I see the new bottles have a gray colored tip on the spray nozzle.

I'm greatly satisfied with this product, but an entire bottle on 4 tires gets old...even if I have the opportunity to buy it by the gallon. Either a larger quantity at a cheaper price point, or a concentrate would be a nice addition to an already great product.

 

[SON1C]

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Here is my latest review on Mothers Tire Cleaning product, to me its essentially a mothers foaming wheel and tire cleaner that's dedicated to tire cleaning, does NOT need to be rinsed off, and has an awesome sprayer!

 

[Hoytman]

I used Westley's Bleche-White for close to 30 years because it's the only product that I'd found (at the time) over-the-counter that would clean tough browning from tires. It would clean tires where others would not...and it still works well. I didn't have access to the information then that I have today though. The down side to that product was it wasn't for the wheels...or certain wheels...but you can't help but get residue on the wheels.

When I first bought Mothers Foaming Wheel Cleaner it was sold as Mothers Foaming All Wheel Cleaner...for all wheels. Not sure why they dropped that, but I can tell you that I very seldom buy the Bleche-White because one product, Mothers Foaming Wheel Cleaner, does the job of cleaning both my tires and my wheels...something the Bleche-White couldn't do. Why buy two products? Doesn't make sense to me.

Since then, I've tried Meguiar's APC+ mixed at different dilutions and they to serve a purpose from time to time. However, when I need to clean extremely brown and dirty tires...and clean the wheels at the same time...APC+ can't touch Mothers Foaming Wheel Cleaner. So, I reach for Mothers or Bleche-White (for the tires) depending on which one I'm out of at the time.

I've heard lots of good comments about Brown Royal...but no comments here because I've never tried it.

Not too long ago I did an experiment on my car comparing Iron-X and Mothers Foaming Wheel Cleaner. One wheel was cleaned with Iron-X and the other Mothers Foaming Wheel Cleaner.

Iron-X certainly works, but so does the Mothers. Each tire recieved only one cleaning.

Here again, Iron-X also serves two purposes. It can clean wheels as well as paint, so there is still a reason to keep it around in my opinion. I'll just be using less of it wheels as it's fairly expensive.

After cleaning the wheel with Mothers I then used Iron-X on the same wheel (a wheel that hadn't been cleaned in months). I am happy to report that in this one instance there was no change of color when using the Iron-X. This meant that the Mothers Foaming Wheel Cleaner had cleaned the wheel (removed the iron particles) as well as the Iron-X. I could hardly believe what I was seeing.

Not that I would never use Iron-X again, but here again we're faced with buying one product that can clean both wheels and the nastiest of the nasty tires.

Mothers Foaming Wheel Cleaner is your ticket...to cleaner tires/wheels and a fatter wallet.

 

[Junebug]

I totally agree with Hoyt! I would like to add that Bleche-White and the APC's I've used always made me cough and took me a minute or three to catch my breath again. Not so with Mother's - cleans without the harsh, tear out your lungs smell. So, unless you're into full face mask and such, get Mother's!

 

[JWilliams.RadiantDetail]

question for anyone who's used this & Tuf Shine tire cleaner. In the gallon size this one is a bit more $ per oz than the TS 1 gallon concentrate. I'm wondering about amounts used though. When I use TS on really dirty tires it's sometimes 4-6 coats on each until the brown's gone. If I can get similar results using less product here it could wind up being cheaper.

 

[Bunky]

I do not recall needing to use Mothers more than 2x but I have not used it on every tire on the market. Some tire brown is more stubborn than others.

 

[JWilliams.RadiantDetail]

I do not recall needing to use Mothers more than 2x but I have not used it on every tire on the market. Some tire brown is more stubborn than others.

Hummm, thanks for the info. I suppose I could buy a small bottle and see how it works for me. This should be something I could pick up @ Pep Boys, which is always a plus.