Anyone ever use Meguiars #40 on tires?

[jsgntulok]

I have been using Megs #40 to dress tires for over three years. It is easy to use and makes the tires look great. It does not build up on the tires like some dressings do and does not sling. Longevity is not the greatest but that does not concern me. The tires stay looking great until a heavy rain.

[SR99]

I tried the #40 a few days ago. I like it. Just the right matte finish. I only did one coat on clean tires.

Also tried something new in applying it. A grout sponge.
Pick one up for 2 bucks at your local home center. They're about 6" x 8" x 2" thick. Take a serrated knife and cut it into 3 or 4 pieces. Take one and store the remaining pieces for later.

Don't know why I never thought of it before. Grout sponges are very rugged and clean up easily. They're used to scrub abrasive grout after all.
Try it you'll like it. Worst case you're out 2 bucks, or use the sponge in the kitchen.

[Meticulous-Detail]

Just an FYI Megs Water Based Dressing is a nice product too. You can adjust the shine and sheen by diluting it with water. I like to use it bc you can tailor it to the customers desire, it comes in a gallon, is cheap and it last a long time on the interior and decent on the exterior. Smells great too. If you have a neglected interior that is dried out it will bring it back to life at 3 to 1 ratio and will last a few months.

[Mike.Phillips@Autogeek]

I've used M40 for years, it leaves a natural sheen, not a high shine.

It's water based so it's easy to remove so you can replace an old application with a fresh application. The point being, solvent based dressings last longer but are also messier to remove to renew that fresh dressed tire look. For this reason I like a water based tire dressing, so I can remove it.


I also used it for years on the high back bucket seats in my Sanger Drag Boat. I had these seats custom made by a shop in Oregon and they looked as good the day I sold the boat as the day I installed them.

Never ever seen another drag boat with seats like mine...








The product has been around for 30 plus years...

[Hammondc]

SICK boat.

[mikep288]

Originally Posted by Mike.Phillips@Autogeek

Never ever seen another drag boat with seats like mine...

I'm more than sure the same could have been said about it's finish as well!

[Mike.Phillips@Autogeek]

Originally Posted by mikep288

I'm more than sure the same could have been said about it's finish as well!

The very first how-to class I ever taught for Meguiar's I used my boat as my demo [car] and demonstrated wetsanding and how to use a rotary buffer to buff out paint plus tips and techniques for working by hand.

The Porter Cable had not yet been introduced as a paint polisher yet, this was circa 1987 or 1988...

I was either 27 or 28 in this photo. That's my Boxer Crab Bait and this was before I had the custom high back bucket seats made.




The black stripe around the hull was Black Imron, the hull was factory Hugger Orange Gel-coat, so I could demonstrate how to work on both cars and boats using the paint and the gel-coat.

Worked out pretty good.