Who else doesn't use tire dressings?

[berniedd]

I'm a lazy minimalist. Don't wash my car nor the tires. Don't care how dirty they look so long as i get from point A to B safely and no mechanical breakdown along the way. When it rains I get joy, my car now looks as clean as all the other cars on the road.

 

[Dieselanddogs]

I wish I knew what was on the tires when I picked up my truck. Just the right amount of shine to make them look clean, but not wet. And the dirt/dust etc. would not stick to it.

 

[PF52]

I occasionally use a non-glossy foamy spray on my tires.... I forget the brand but I always recognize the label when I'm at the store. Makes the tire look new again (assuming I've cleaned the dirt off it first).

 

[Duckless]

Everyone keeps mentioning the matte dressings that aren't slinging off.. what do you guys use/recommend?

 

[eljefino]

One early winter I emptied a big pot of greasy water out back. Had booked some meat and didn't want to plug the pipes or put grease in the septic.
(Out back being the woods, have a few acres)

I swear every dog in the area kept visiting that spot till it thawed out and the rains came.

My idiot dog would decide at 0300 to need to pee but instead end up over there... super fun yelling at the dog while standing in the dooryard in my undies when it's -20* and I just want to go back to sleep.
Had half a mind to say oh well, I'm going in.

Around here when you have a stump you don't want, you drill holes in its top side and dribble bacon fat down in there. The skunks will come shred the stump for you! Nature at work.

 

[Turbo Actual]

Try to find tire dressings that you can dilute down. It’ll knock down the shine, and you’ll have less product on the tire for less chances of sling. Almost anything will sling if it’s not dry obviously. I’ve been using Detail Co’s dressing, diluted 4:1. Not super glossy, matte sheen. No sling pretty good.

 

[Shel_B]

We use it all the time its needed. Just go slow and wipe it off asap and it comes out clean and no residue. Patience is a virtue.

Please explain why "its needed."

 

[kballowe]

.... thread drift.... what's everyone using to clean those tires ?

 

[vavavroom]

.... thread drift.... what's everyone using to clean those tires ?

I clean my tires pretty much like I clean my shoe soles. Dirty tires get the hose and a scrubbing if needed. i don't drive show cars or limos.

 

[Tempest1]

I had Mckees 37 original tire coating on a set of tires prior and it lasted for several months. I've still got a bottle and have been meaning to get it on my new(er) tires... but you need to get the tire really clean.

 

[paulo57509]

When I would hand wash, I don't put anything on the tires. Just wet the tire and scrub brush, shake some Comet on the brush and scrub followed by a through rinse. When I'm lazy (which is most of the time), as the last step, I just dunk an old sponge in the car wash bucket and rub it over the tire and rinse.

Lately, it's what ever gets sprayed on at the Mister car wash. At least it doesn't look like Armor-All and doesn't get thrown all down the side of the car.

 

[normal username]

A light coat of water based dressing >>>

I dislike ashy looking tires. Blech, makes each wash look incomplete IMO.

 

[Gene K]

I don't like anything that makes the tires look like they were dipped in floor wax.

I use Bleche - Wite. It gets rid of the bloom and makes them look new again.

 

[brandon9715]

Mister Car Wash has the tire dressing when you subscribe to their platinum wash pass. I subscribe during the colder months so I can keep salt off my truck. That means I only have tire dressing in the winter. I believe theirs is water-based, so no harm to the rubber.

 

[proffittmarke]

I dress my tires but I don't use tire dressing. On my commercial trucks I use Mop n' glo and on my passenger cars I use VRP.

Vehicle looks dirty with untreated rubber. I'm not gonna wash something to have it look dirty, waste of time.

 

[proffittmarke]

Try to find tire dressings that you can dilute down. It’ll knock down the shine, and you’ll have less product on the tire for less chances of sling. Almost anything will sling if it’s not dry obviously. I’ve been using Detail Co’s dressing, diluted 4:1. Not super glossy, matte sheen. No sling pretty good.

I need to get me some of that. I have a black metallic truck and every time I wash it, there are 100 black spots on each side of my truck from the tire dressing. It gets put on free at the car wash I go to. Before I retired and washed it by hand every week, I tried every brand you could get on the shelf at Walmart and auto parts stores. Every single, one of them slung crap all over the body of my truck.

 

[Gus_Mahn]

I generally don’t. If I do, it’s not on Michellin’s. As much as I love them, they’ve always seemed very sidewall crack prone and tire shine seems to accelerate the cracking. If I do anything it’s two coats of 303 and then wipe it off.

 

[Rust_Belt_Pete]

I dress my boots not my tires.

 

[DV0993]

What do people use to protect from UV?

 

[normal username]

What do people use to protect from UV?

Almost all tire dressings available today -- solvent based or not, protect tires from UV these days.