Best way to keep WhiteWalls White ???

yeah, simple green works great, so long as they arnt too dirty. Mine have been sitting for 2 years, and are as brown as hell. I was simple greening one, and its white now, at least compared to the others, but its still not white enough.

I detail limos, and they run narrow white walls on them. What i use at work is purple power and a stiff scrub brush. Turns anything white again. Works like a charm. I dilute it 50/50 with water. And be careful! that stuff easts paint!!!!!!!! I cant stress that enough, Basically, I spray it on all 4 tires, scrub them all, then hose off. Never had a problem with it eating paint yet doing that. With our big whites, i might recommend you doing it one tire at a time, especially with our painted rims. I think the rims on the limos are powder coated. Ive used the same mixture on paint to remove stains, with no problem, but when i do the roofs of the cars, sometimes i will get irremovable spots down the paint if it ran and i didnt notice, so i know it can chuff things up. so be carefull with it. I would only use it when they are really dirty, or you really want them white. I have concerns about its affect on the rubber, so i wouldnt use it regularly on my own ride. Just use simple green otherwise. Maybe a spring clean with purple power is all that is required. Oh yeah, I have it in a spray bottle to squirt it on. Even just squirting it, then hosing it leaves the water coming off black, and the whites white, but for super white, you need to scrub.

hope this helps, and be careful around your paint!

 

I'm curious how the black part of the tires look after using the Auto Zone hand cleaner?

Since I'm running a highboy the blackwall is to the inside so I'd like that to look nice.
As well as have the blackwall look good on the outside.
Seems like some of the blackwall stuff would darken the WW section.

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Along these same lines, Meguiar used to make the best damn blacker upper for blackwalls I ever ran across.
Came in a box that include the bottle for the magic elixer and a tire shaped sponge applicator.

At 3000-4000 miles a year the tires stayed looking good for over six months and once it was about a year between applications.

I think they took it off the market.
Makes sense, if something works too well, pull it and put something cheaper out so you sell more of it.

Another million dollar bonus for one of America's CEOs.

Things don't always work out the way they think though.

I don't buy anything of Meguiars anymore....

 

Was told by Diamondback to NEVER EVER EVER use anything with bleach on my tires. Bleach takes out the anti-oxidants in the tire, causing much more rapid deterioration of the tire.

Any household cleaner was recommended.

 

Does Bleche White actually have bleach in it? I never read the ingredients or MSDS...


Found it:
http://www.wd-wpp.com/msds2/0000092a.pdf

BTW, this is a good link for you guys:
http://www.wd-wpp.com/msds2.html

 

I used to have to detail cars before shows like Pebble Beach and Meadowbrook when I was a kid.

as previously mentioned, the Brillo Pad worked the best. And wen there were some little "spots" that just would not come out, I used a little paint thinner on a rag, scrubbed the spot with it, then went back to using the Brillo over it again until it was clean.

The worst part was when I had to make paper towel diapers to put over them so they didn't get blemished during transport. The all-white tires were the biggest bitch to deal with.

Anyway... Brillo, hose, done!

 

simple green

 

Once you get your tires nice and white, coat them with "Mop & Glow". Somebody on the HAMB turned me on to this trick, and it works like a champ. Pour mop and glow onto a sponge, and coat the tire, and repeat the process to make sure that it has been completely covered. Once the stuff dries, it keeps the whites real white, and if they get dirty, you just wipe them off with a damp rag, or a regular soap and water wash.

I did this once a year to my tires, I would clean them real good in the spring, and put a fresh coat on them... it would last a long time.

It sounds goofy, but it really works good.

 

Castle Hi=Tech chemicals in Rochester New York makes this stuff called
222 Red. smells great.won't hurt anything it gets on, and is strong enough
to remove window tint. Does killer job on whitewalls. Sold this years ago, still
have a rep come to our shop. At about $8 a gallon you won't find better.
(brillo never hurts tho)

 

If you really want to get them clean use a pressure washer, gets into the surface real well.

 

This is what I do also.
You can just spray it on blackwalls and rinse it off after about 30 seconds.
You would be amazed at the brownish/black color of shit that runs off.
This after the tires already look clean.
After this they are so clean, they almost look chalky. Then they take armorall very well.

 

I have been using Purple Power, scotchbrite. When I'm done it looks great. A couple weeks later the white walls look cracked. What can I put on to protect the tire after it's been cleaned? I've read Mop & Glo somewhere.

 

Several guys mentioning a "really stiff brush" but in the '50s when we had those really wide whites the auto parts stores sold brass brushes for doing the white walls. Some parts stores still do. If they don't your hardware store does for your barbecue grille. The brass is surprisingly mild just like you can use brass on glass. It won't hurt chrome rims or painted rims either unless you are a gorilla. Anyway that is my secret: Simple Green and a BRASS BRUSH.

 

I use a Scotchbrite pad and diluted dish soap (dawn). Get's 'em lookin' like new.

 

for really stained and feelthy white walls that nothing else touches, lacquer thinner works well. i wouldn't use it for normal cleaning.

 

I have twelve bottles of this. It is citrus based and they claim is not nearly as harmful to your tires as the bleach white. This shit is still pretty potent stuff though.
It worked well the one time I actually got to clean my tires.

 

+1 this really works good

 

Don't buy Coker whitewalls.

 

I've used laquer/paint thinner and a clean rag, seemed to work pretty good for me.

 

Mostly I use bleach white, but Comet and a scrub brush or else SOS

 

ditto