aim4squirrels
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My vote is for Tuf Shine as well. Really outstanding product. Dirt doesn't stick to it unless you go mudding or rub a dirty curb and you can use regular car wash soap to clean the tires off, which won't turn the mitt/sponge/towel black.
Just make sure the first time you use it you get the full cleaning kit and be ready to spend about an hour cleaning the tires if you are a heavy tire dressing user.
The Tuf Shine cleaner is about one of the best I've used. It'll pull out dirt that others won't touch. I like to scrub the tire with the included brush and when it's drying out, I dunk the brush in water and go after it again. Seems to use less cleaner that way. Rinse tire and brush and repeat as many times as is necessary to make sure there is only white foam showing on the final cleaning.
With the TF clear coat, I put a little on the sponge and work it in, then add a liberal amount after the sponge is damp. It tends to run off the sponge initially, but after the sponge is damp you can add more quite easily. I think the best coverage happens when the clear coat is foamy, but not runny, on the tire.
2 or 3 coats initially will give you a dark black matte or eggshell sheen, then you can touch up as you see fit with one coat it subsequent weeks to get it right back to the initial look.
It works too. I put it on my wife's Infiniti and she parked in a puddle later that first week. When she came home there was a film line where the top of the puddle was on the tire's sidewall, but above and below that line the tire was the exact same dark matte color. A wipe of car wash soap on a dedicated wheel mitt was all it took to remove it.
Keep a towel handy when you apply the clear coat. If it gets on the rims wipe it off immediately, or you'll see the runs later on the rim and it's a pain to remove.
Just make sure the first time you use it you get the full cleaning kit and be ready to spend about an hour cleaning the tires if you are a heavy tire dressing user.
The Tuf Shine cleaner is about one of the best I've used. It'll pull out dirt that others won't touch. I like to scrub the tire with the included brush and when it's drying out, I dunk the brush in water and go after it again. Seems to use less cleaner that way. Rinse tire and brush and repeat as many times as is necessary to make sure there is only white foam showing on the final cleaning.
With the TF clear coat, I put a little on the sponge and work it in, then add a liberal amount after the sponge is damp. It tends to run off the sponge initially, but after the sponge is damp you can add more quite easily. I think the best coverage happens when the clear coat is foamy, but not runny, on the tire.
2 or 3 coats initially will give you a dark black matte or eggshell sheen, then you can touch up as you see fit with one coat it subsequent weeks to get it right back to the initial look.
It works too. I put it on my wife's Infiniti and she parked in a puddle later that first week. When she came home there was a film line where the top of the puddle was on the tire's sidewall, but above and below that line the tire was the exact same dark matte color. A wipe of car wash soap on a dedicated wheel mitt was all it took to remove it.
Keep a towel handy when you apply the clear coat. If it gets on the rims wipe it off immediately, or you'll see the runs later on the rim and it's a pain to remove.
(Well there were two of the big blue microfibers that MF Tech calls Blue Whales, that I like.... but still wouldn't pay $10 each for them either.)
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(And that any body shop within 10 square miles doesn't put out a price on your head for all that silicone you spray in the air while spraying that ZEP stuff.) :laughing: Which.... reminds me of a story. 