Tire cleaner suggestion
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Accumulator
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shadow85 said:
I'd sure want to rinse any APC off, and thoroughly.
The Griot's Rubber Cleaner will also need rinsed off, but their Rubber Prep does *not*. Yeah, it's pricey for that little bottle all right, but *MAN* is that good stuff.
I just used it on the MPV's new tires...they were very messy from mounting and having been driven (really awful dusting from the pads I run on that vehicle) and I just wanted to ONR the wheels/tires. ONR did *NOT* do [squat] on the tires but the Griot's Rubber Prep was *perfect*, left 'em ready for Z16 in no time.
How about this...
Take a bucket of clear water, use a regular tire cleaner like Eagle One A2Z, spray the product on as usual, wet a tire brush and scrub as usual, then just do repeated cycles of dunking the brush and brushing over the tire until you have it all rinsed off. Then do a final wipe down with an MF and your ONR. Seems like that should get it totally clean and no hose needed.
Take a bucket of clear water, use a regular tire cleaner like Eagle One A2Z, spray the product on as usual, wet a tire brush and scrub as usual, then just do repeated cycles of dunking the brush and brushing over the tire until you have it all rinsed off. Then do a final wipe down with an MF and your ONR. Seems like that should get it totally clean and no hose needed.
imported_Blake
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I like Amazing Roll Off for cleaning tires but have always rinsed them off. It may be OK with ONR but I definitely agree with those above that an APC should probably be rinsed thoroughly. ARO is probably safe enough to use without a thorough rinse.
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shadow85 said:
You don't even need to go back over it with the ONR brush, just wipe it dry (it doesn't leave much behind to wipe anyhow) and apply your dressing. It's like some kind of "doesn't leave anything behind" product. Just leaves nice clean rubber, ready for dressing (or not, depending on the situation).
I did a quick wipe with ONR first, just to get the mud/dust/etc. off so the Griot's Rubber Prep wouldn't have to deal with that. The still-awfully-dirty tires just cleaned up like magic with wipes of the Rubber Prep. All the [soiling] just goes from the tires to the Rubber Prep medium (I used an old MF).
I didn't clean out the MF until I was done, just kept finding a clean section as I kept working (finally got out another one for the last tire).
I can't overstate how happy I am with this product. I don't use it all that often, but every time I do it performs to spec.
dschribs
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Shadow85
-I've beeb looking for something similar for my '68 Camaro. It never sees water so my tire cleaning options are very limited. Short of taking them off one a time and cleaning them (PIA!), I"ve come up empty for a good solution.
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The Griot's option sounds like a good solution. Will it help the white letters on the tires or no? If not, is there another option for them. Nothing works like Westley's Bleche White but it needs to be hosed off like crazy!
-I've beeb looking for something similar for my '68 Camaro. It never sees water so my tire cleaning options are very limited. Short of taking them off one a time and cleaning them (PIA!), I"ve come up empty for a good solution.
Accumulator
The Griot's option sounds like a good solution. Will it help the white letters on the tires or no? If not, is there another option for them. Nothing works like Westley's Bleche White but it needs to be hosed off like crazy!
Accumulator
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shadow85 said:
Wipe off anything that's on the rubber before using the Griot's Rubber Prep. Anything will dilute the Rubber Prep and, IMO, potentially compromise its effectiveness. The surface doesn't have to be perfectly dry or anything like that, but I'd want the Rubber Prep to have the best chance of doing its thing uncompromised by other stuff.
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dschribs said:
I've only had white letters on one vehicle in the last, uhm...thirty years (!) and I never tried the Rubber Prep on those. I cleaned those letters with an abrasive block; mine was an old thing called a "Magic Dwarf) from back when I had those previous tires in the '70s, dunno if they still make them under that name.
It's a block of rubber, like an eraser, with abrasive particles embedded in it. They're sold by various tool places for sanding off surface rust and A. G. Russell Knives also sells one, but those are kinda mild for this application IMO.
You'd need a little water to clean up after such a thing, but not all that much. Don't get the abrasive [stuff] anywher near the wheels/paint though!