Water based tire dressing

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Hi all

I'm trying to get some water based tire dressing but I don't know how to identify them. Is there a list of some good water based dressings? Can I get some recommendations?

I used Mother's but that one stained my white car, luckily I was able to get it out. After that I haven't used any dressing just to avoid staining the paint.
 
Optimum Opti-Bond Tire Gel, Tire gel protectant, OPT Tire Dressing Gel, protect tires, optibond tire gel

Is one of the better WB tire dressings.

What you are getting is SLING from the tire dressing. The only product I have found NEVER TO SLING is Gtechniq tire & trim. And it lasts thru several washes without reapplying.

https://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/product-reviews/103622-gtechniq-t1-tire-trim.html

I have GYEON Tire waiting in the wings. I have also read great reviews for this product.

http://www.autogeek.net/gyeon-tire.html

NO SLING with this either. OR you could go with a long lasting tire COATING.

http://www.autogeek.net/dp-tire-coating-kit.html

I am very picky about tire dressings/coatings. Nothing worse than driving off with a freshly detailed vehicle, only to find out your dressing slinged all over your paint!
 
My favorites are:

Carpro Perl

Megs Hyper Dressing (3:1 or 4:1)

Surf City Beyond Black
 
Chemical Guys VRP...no sling, easy to control the level of shine
 
Megs Hyper Dressing 3 to 1 for me. Easy on, and holds up pretty good. Spray and walk away
 
This is Meguiars Hyper Dressing @1:1 applied 15min. ago. It's the bomb on tires & wheel wells.

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Agree with Meg's Hyperdressing. Use it all the time 2:1 or 3:1.

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Hyper Dressing for sure. Do your wash then spray it on clean tires. Let it soak in. Go about drying your vehicle then remove excess with a towel or applicator. All I use for wheel wells. Spray and walk away. Impressive on engines too.
 
pro 4x said:
Hyper Dressing for sure. Do your wash then spray it on clean tires. Let it soak in. Go about drying your vehicle then remove excess with a towel or applicator. All I use for wheel wells. Spray and walk away. Impressive on engines too.
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I used to do that.. But there's 2 problems that occur:
1. Overspray can get on your paint. If you catch a gust of wind, fugetaboutit.
2. That final wipedown cheapens the great look it had by toning it down.

I recommend spraying Hyper Dressing into 1 of these brushes

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And spreading onto the tire. No overspray + no need to come back to it because you're brushing it into every crevice of the tire and not leaving any excess dressing on the tire to go to waste or sling. Plus you get the full look that you would from spray walk away method.

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Eldorado2k said:
I used to do that.. But there's 2 problems that occur:
1. Overspray can get on your paint. If you catch a gust of wind, fugetaboutit.
2. That final wipedown cheapens the great look it had by toning it down.

I recommend spraying Hyper Dressing into 1 of these brushes

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And spreading onto the tire. No overspray + no need to come back to it because you're brushing it into every crevice of the tire and not leaving any excess dressing on the tire to go to waste or sling. Plus you get the full look that you would from spray walk away method.

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Good idea. Never would of thought of that. A used mothers wheel brush would be good for that.
 
.....Not to mention, you eliminate the possibility of accidentally spraying any dressing onto your wheels.
 
The minimum I dilute Hyper Dressing is 1:4 for sidewalls and wheel wells. For engine bays I used to use 1:6 or 1:8, but last year I started using Opti-Bond at 1:1 and I like it a lot.

Lately I've been using Wolfgang, Pinnacle and BlackFire dressings on my personal vehicle. The Wolfgang product works very well and leaves a nice semi-satin finish, but takes time to apply. Pinnacle leaves behind just a bit more gloss and is easier to apply than Wolfgang, but still takes a little bit of time. BlackFire leaves behind more gloss and is much easier to apply than the other two. BlackFire also seems to last just a tad bit longer too - Wolfgang and Pinnacle last about a seven days of very mild driving.
 
Opti Bond here for the last 6+ years. Tried a couple others (free samples) in that time but still using Opti.
 
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