Tires/Wheel Cleaners

[azacura]

Good afternoon,

First of all I have to say that I have learned on these past several days reading other posts, watching videos and from your replies to my previous posts. Thank you for that. So I'm getting my list ready for my first purchase and I just would like to get a feel for what your recommend for tire & wheel cleaners. Basically should I purchase the speed master brushes or wheel woolie brushes? What tire & wheel cleaner, dressing, & protectant do you recommend?

By the way I've decided to purchase the Griot's polisher, 5" vented backing plate, not sure yet if I'll go with the LC pads or Griot's. I have not placed my order yet because I'm still working my supplies list.

Thank you.

[GEM65]

Having own both wheel woolie & speed master, i like the later because it's just easier to work with. Get the small size too.

For tire i recommend:
Meguiars super degreaser or Optimum power clean

For wheels i would look into:
Meguiars wheel brightener or
you may want to coat the wheels for easier maintenance with just soap & water.

Dressing i've had good result with :
Carpro perl
Meguiars hyper dressing
Chemical guy VRP
All can be use on wheel well too ^^



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[Desertnate]

Brush: I'm a fan of the Speedmaster. It can get a little messy, but I love the way it works and it has significantly reduced my wheel cleaning time.

Wheel/Tire Cleaner: Griots Wheel Cleaner (the green kind) is my current favorite. It's gentle, yet still cleans really well.

Dressing: I've been using Duragloss 253 with success, but I'm ready to try something else.

[FUNX650]

•P21S, or S100, Wheel Cleaners:
-for cleaning both tires and wheels.

•Tire-specific brush:
-TUF SHINE’s tire brush

•Wheel-specific brushes:
-(the choices are many)
Search

•Tire Protectant:
-Optimum Opti-Bond
-Meguiar’s M39/40


Bob

[The Guz]

Are you looking into getting large gallons right away or small bottles to start and see if you like them first?

[Klasse Act]

The wheel brushes really depend on your wheel style but the IMO the speed master basically covers them all! Now as far as wheel cleaners go I guess it depends on the car you have. German cars and ones with more aggressive pads will need something stronger unless you do regular, weekly washes. In this case, I would like to suggest Chemical Guys sticky citrus or diablo. These 2 are concentrated and can make alot of product, very cost effective. Meguiars now has an all wheel cleaner that changes color, a hot new product from a great brand. Now as far as tire cleaner, well, I'm a big fan of Bleache-White because its available OTC but there's a couple solid products here for sure, Duragloss has an underrated product for sure.

Tire dressing, simple...303 Tire Balm, available here soon but available online. I would also like to pass along the Griot's Black Shine, a product that has seem to fly under the radar for whatever reason! I guarantee it, FWIW, LOL.


Welcome to the forum

[howardm4]

TufShine & brush for the tires. Nothing compares.
Dressing:
303 Balm. << It gives a really deep but subtle glow
GTech. T1
Opti Bond

[MarkD51]

Carpro PERL is a very nice Tire Dressing, looks beautiful, safe, but it doesn't last too long, especially on a daily driver, and in rain.
I'd say for Dressings, Optmum Opti-Bond Gel is a superior product IMO.

As for all purpose cleaners, that can be as simple as LA's Totally Awesome APC from somewhere like Dollar Tree for $1/qt. Sure there's better products here, but tough to beat the economy of LA's. Westley's Bleech White ain't bad either, not like it once used to be, but good if you have raised white letters or white walls.

[UncleDavy]

For tires and wheels I use Meguiars D143 diluted 4:1. It's non acid based and it starts working as soon as it contacts the tire. I scrub with a tire brush and rinse. For a dressing I have been getting into the Blackfire Tire Gel. Any type of water based non slinging dressing should work well.

[lane5515]

I own both the Wheel Woolies & Speed Master brush. I normally use the WW's but the Speed Master comes out for tight areas when cleaning the barrels if needed.

Tire Cleaner - Shine Supply Wise Guy diluted 1:2.5. I've tried a lot of cleaners and this is the best I've used.
Tire Brush - Tuf Shine brush
Tire Dressing - Opti-Bond 1:1.

Wheel Cleaner - take the time to thoroughly clean your wheels and then coat with GTechniq C5 or DLUX and then cleaning will be a breeze with just soap and water.
If you don't coat - GG, Sonax Full Effect or McKee's 37 Foaming Wheel Cleaner work good. McKee's 37 wheel cleaner is probably the worst smelling product I've ever used but does a good job cleaning.