Tires turning brown

[Jayfro]

You were already provided a lot of good suggestions for tire cleaners in your other thread HERE where you also talked about "browning tires" (granted it was for a different reason). Doesn't matter though, a browning tire is a browning tire.

My recommendation from your other thread still stands: Turtle Wax Hyper Foam Wheel and Tire Cleaner. Buy it from AG or run to your local Walmart or AP store and buy a bottle right now and give it a shot for yourself. Clean the tires multiple times until foam is white. Then you'll know its clean.

This is some good chit!!! I wouldn’t use for a maintenance wash but on extremely dirty tires or prepping them for a coating it’s hard to go wrong…and it prices very reasonable too.

JF


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[PA DETAILER]

Agree on the Turtle Wax Hyper Foam Wheel and tire cleaner is it. Great prep for a deep cleaning. Used this Sunday before applying their spray tire coating. Mothers back to black tire cleaner is also another good product.

Mothers Back to Black Tire Cleaner (autogeek.net)

[joebruin77]

I have used 2 other tire cleaning products with very good results and recommend them: 1) Mckees 37 Tire and Rubber Rejuvenator 2) Meguire's Non-Acid Wheel and Tire Cleaner.
Because the Meguire's is a concentrate, a one gallon jug has lasted me at least a couple years and is a really great value.

I find that the most critical step to get rid of browning is to spray the wet tire with the cleaner, agitate it with a tire brush, rinse it off, and then repeat this step until the tire cleaner stops turning brown during the agitation with the brush. I usually find 3 times is the charm, but once in a while I will have to repeat a 4th time.

[Rsurfer]

I find that the most critical step to get rid of browning is to spray the wet tire with the cleaner, agitate it with a tire brush, rinse it off, and then repeat this step until the tire cleaner stops turning brown during the agitation with the brush. I usually find 3 times is the charm, but once in a while I will have to repeat a 4th time.

How often do you do a deep cleaning? What do you do in between?

[Luket]

You were already provided a lot of good suggestions for tire cleaners in your other thread HERE where you also talked about "browning tires" (granted it was for a different reason). Doesn't matter though, a browning tire is a browning tire.

My recommendation from your other thread still stands: Turtle Wax Hyper Foam Wheel and Tire Cleaner. Buy it from AG or run to your local Walmart or AP store and buy a bottle right now and give it a shot for yourself. Clean the tires multiple times until foam is white. Then you'll know its clean.

You are exactly correct! I will try extremely hard in the future to not post repeat questions.

[Calendyr]

Most dedicated tire products will do a good job. You just need to use a stick bristle brush to agitate and rinse. A second application will let you know if all the browning is gone.

Once the tires are clean, use a tire coating to have long term protection. Tires will turn brown when the protection is gone and the rubber is exposed to air. If you use a water based product, you have to re-apply pretty much every week. If you go with a silicone based dressing, it lasts longer, maybe a month or two. Coatings will give you months of protection, between 6 to 12 months depending how the tires are washed and how exposed to the elements the car is.

[opie]

If you use a water based product, you have to re-apply pretty much every week. If you go with a silicone based dressing, it lasts longer, maybe a month or two.

I will get a week or twoout of megs m40.

Be aware if you use a silicone based tire product, it will promote faster dry rotting of the tire.

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[PouncingPanzer]

I started to notice this on my tires when I first started using dedicated pre-washes. I have to apply trim and tire dressings more frequently these days. I use a dedicated tire cleaner(Tuf Shine) only periodically, say once every six washes or so. In between there they get hit with the pre-washes obviously and OPC at only 1:10 and I use a Tuf Shine tire brush. My tires would probably be brown and splotchy too if I didn't keep up with the 303 monthly. As I have said elsewhere I plan to use a more durable dressing once out of the 303.

[PouncingPanzer]

I have used 2 other tire cleaning products with very good results and recommend them: 1) Mckees 37 Tire and Rubber Rejuvenator 2) Meguire's Non-Acid Wheel and Tire Cleaner.
Because the Meguire's is a concentrate, a one gallon jug has lasted me at least a couple years and is a really great value.

I find that the most critical step to get rid of browning is to spray the wet tire with the cleaner, agitate it with a tire brush, rinse it off, and then repeat this step until the tire cleaner stops turning brown during the agitation with the brush. I usually find 3 times is the charm, but once in a while I will have to repeat a 4th time.

I kept my gallon of M143 around for a couple years, maybe three even, and noticed it started to change color and get darker and darker. I used other products and I just lost sight of it. I tossed it. Contacted Megs later on about other products I had laying around inquiring as to their shelf life and I was told most of their products last five years roughly. I guess I could've tried to use it still...

[MichaelAutogeek]

Try using Tuff Shine Tire cleaner to get the browning out. It may take a few applications. Are these new tires? If so, run them for a month before cleaning.

Tuff Shine Tire Cleaner is great as it also removes any previously applied gels or dressings. Another good tip is to do multiple passes on each tire. If I am cleaning a tire by hand, I'll scrub/rinse at least 3 times until the suds from scrubbing are all white. Machine Scrubbing I usually need two passes to get the tires deep cleaned. Once they fully dry I typically put a tire sealant on, which gives me 2-3 weeks of a nice look before it begins to fade.