I've been using this system for a very long time and have never had any negative results.

 

I did too. No doubt it works.

 

Well i have been using simple green and a nylon brush to clean my tires. Do you think maybe its "eating" the black off or as someone said it takes a while to get the brown crap off the tires???

 

It can't "eat" the black off, the rubber is black. The brown is a chemical in the tire that is coming out as it is driven.

 

Actually... splitting hairs here but, the rubber isn't actually black natively... carbon black is added to it to make it black...

But, you're right... that's something else leaching out of the matrix as it's being cleaned...

 

Hey smart guy!!! It's still black in the end!

 

Had some good and dirty tires today. soaked in simple green and hit it with a nylon brush and gold class wash. Actually turned the soap brown.

But then even after a lot of scrubbing the brown was still there just to a lesser extent. Meg's extreme tire shine made the rest go away. at least made it look like it did.

 

Back in "The Day", before there even was tire shine, we used to use plain old gasoline. Wash the tire, and then soak a rag with gas, squeeze until it didn't drip and wipe the tire in one smooth motion, all the way around. When it dried, there was a nice satin black look. Not shiney, just very clean looking. Shiney tires just don't look natural to me.

Don't know if it would work any more, tire compounds have changed, gasoline has changed, but I just might try it again. In the spring when it's warm enough. Then again, gasoline would be a pretty expensive way to clean tires!

 

true... true...

 

Here is my take on this....i found hyperdressing to have not enough shine for me...cuz i do like mine as shiny as i can get them, im not sure why...but i attack it like this...

Meg's APC+ 4:1 and a stiff brush...
Then i dilute some APC in a bucket of water and car wash soap and go back over my factory wheels with a dedicated mitt....and then hit the tires on the end before i dump the water out...
The thing i enjoy most is using an oil based dressing..i know many others may not agree with this, they prefer water based but its personal preference of the look for me...and i have not had any blooming problems to speak of since i switched my HD to Chemical Guys Xtreme Shine dressing....just my .02

 

Back past "The Day" they use to use BRAKE FLUID..

Might go back to it for what they are charging for tire shine chit!!

 

I have a similar problem... My brakes are not supposed to dust but they do.
I use wesley's and simple g and I have to do over and over and over...even harder when the weather cools and some of the rust color never seems to come completely off and I really think it's brake dust baked on the tires as it's mostly on the inner part of the tire and the same color as my rim when they are dusty. It even seems worse the longer I wait to wash my wheels.

Are APC and 303 the correct names for the cleaners you speak of?

Man! No more simple green on my leather seats...no more wesleys on the tires...whats next? Somebody gonna tell me Royal Purple isnt royal oil?

 

APC is really Meguiar's All Purpose Cleaner Plus (aka APC+) I forgot the item number, but it is on ADS (here)

303 is part of the 303 Aerospace Protectant line-- the one we are referring to is also an all purpose cleaner. However, I dont know its exact name nor where to buy it... I dont have any. JP (aka: Rolling Rock) does, so you could await his advice...

As for Royal Purple, I think you are fine there.

 

I use Comet/AJAX and a nylon scrub brush. Have been doing this since I had my first truck with and without white letter tires. Follow it up with any kind of tire shine and your good. I like Hyper-Dressing since RR showed me what it can do, but I recently stocked up on Armor All foaming shine at Wal-Mart and it works very well and is cheap. IIRC it was $1.77/can as opposed to the Meg's Hot Shine that was around $5/can.