Getting Brown tires Black..How..?

[solaris=amazing]

My 225 60 R16's are a bitch to keep shining, usually i'll spray the entire wheel/tire with greased lightning orange blast degreaser, then hose it off. Spray foam armor all on..wait 10 min's, then apply the liquid shine using a foam applicator-over the already shined tire. That give the best shine i've ever seen.

Anyway, i'm sick of all that crap. How do i get my tires back to factory black..?

Even if i brush clean my tires using degreaser, car soap, they dry and are a slight brown color-which is ugly. The tires are a good 3 years old, about 60% worn..goodyears..

Maybe they can't become black again..?

[BullShifter]

I wash my car every week and get tons of brown out of my tires. The ground is dirty and your tires pick it up, no way to stop it unless you don't drive the car.

The best way I find to clean tires is with good old Wesley's Tire Bleach or white wall cleaner.

Clean the tires first, it's best to apply the cleaner to the tires while they are still dry.

This is what I do
1. Spray sidewall with cleaner and let sit for a min or two
2. Spray a scrub brush with water then scrub the tire
3. Rinse the tire, then clean the wheels, followed by cleaning the wheel wells. Then i worry about the rest of the car.

[Markgase2000]

Originally Posted by solaris=amazing

My 225 60 R16's are a bitch to keep shining, usually i'll spray the entire wheel/tire with greased lightning orange blast degreaser, then hose it off. Spray foam armor all on..wait 10 min's, then apply the liquid shine using a foam applicator-over the already shined tire. That give the best shine i've ever seen.

Anyway, i'm sick of all that crap. How do i get my tires back to factory black..?

Even if i brush clean my tires using degreaser, car soap, they dry and are a slight brown color-which is ugly. The tires are a good 3 years old, about 60% worn..goodyears..

Maybe they can't become black again..?

Use the scrub brush on the rubber and a wash mitt on the alloys. Most tire cleaners work great using the method jackassi was kind enough to example for us. If you want the alloys clean use a wash mitt instead of a brush this is a more intimate way to clean rims and when you rinse them they should have no trouble shining.

[BullShifter]

Keep seperate wash mitts if cleaning wheels with one, also a second bucket won't hurt. Seems any time I use something on the wheels then dip into soap the soap completly dies, therefore your paint will scratch because the soap acts as a lubricant.

[Entity_101]

i just wash and scrub my tyres when i wash the entire car at the beginning, then its totally simple, to restore the black i use... tyre black... and to make it not flat i use a 2 dollar can of tyre shine, works perfectly all the time although i suppose a more expensive tyre dressing would give that ultra wet look finish that id like.

[Markgase2000]

Originally Posted by solaris=amazing

My 225 60 R16's are a bitch to keep shining, usually i'll spray the entire wheel/tire with greased lightning orange blast degreaser, then hose it off. Spray foam armor all on..wait 10 min's, then apply the liquid shine using a foam applicator-over the already shined tire. That give the best shine i've ever seen.

Anyway, i'm sick of all that crap. How do i get my tires back to factory black..?

Even if i brush clean my tires using degreaser, car soap, they dry and are a slight brown color-which is ugly. The tires are a good 3 years old, about 60% worn..goodyears..

Maybe they can't become black again..?

They can , I use a degreaser and scrub brush combo. Use a wire barbecue brush. Spray the tires and scrub and respray and scrub untill it lifts out all the silicones and road grime. Rinse them with a little extra rinse time spray very close to the rubber always keeping the spray moving so you dont puch water through the rubber. The more you do this the blacker and more natural they will look. This method also makes whitewalls look brand new and vibrant. If this doesnt work right away do all the steps over again eventually it will all come off. Main cleaning agent here is "ELBOW GREASE" and you cant buy it in stores. Let me know how it turns out.

[Markgase2000]

Originally Posted by Entity_101

i just wash and scrub my tyres when i wash the entire car at the beginning, then its totally simple, to restore the black i use... tyre black... and to make it not flat i use a 2 dollar can of tyre shine, works perfectly all the time although i suppose a more expensive tyre dressing would give that ultra wet look finish that id like.

I like this method , flat and natural looks far better than shiny and fake also stays clean longer. For shiney use the same tire dressing excessively sprayed on and do not wipe the excess off except for the rims. Let it dry naturally it should add a gloss unless the tire dressing isnt a glossy type in the first place. If it shines it a little it can shine it alot.

[Anthony Orosco]

Originally Posted by solaris=amazing

My 225 60 R16's are a bitch to keep shining, usually i'll spray the entire wheel/tire with greased lightning orange blast degreaser, then hose it off. Spray foam armor all on..wait 10 min's, then apply the liquid shine using a foam applicator-over the already shined tire. That give the best shine i've ever seen.

Anyway, i'm sick of all that crap. How do i get my tires back to factory black..?

Even if i brush clean my tires using degreaser, car soap, they dry and are a slight brown color-which is ugly. The tires are a good 3 years old, about 60% worn..goodyears..

Maybe they can't become black again..?

You may need new tires. You may have stripped out the protective waxes and ploymers within the tires with your cleaning chemicals and use of dressings, add to that the age and miles you have put on them in 3 years.

Don't use harsh cleaners on your tires, don't use greasy dressings which may actually be breaking down the tires (petroleum distillates, heavy silicones), these are usually a blue color or clear and have a wild fruity smell to mask the solvents. Many dressings have solvents in them, as well as silicones, but there are good ones and bad ones. The good ones are more expensive but well worth it. Look for a water-based dressing.

Anthony

[Markgase2000]

Water Based Vinyl Dressings may break down quick but they work well without ruining your tires in the long run. Silicones cause alot of problems in body/detailing shops that alot of people arent aware of.

[RickwithaTbird]

I used this stuff called turtle wax tire wax. It was insanely beautiful on my tires. It came with an app. pad, and you squeeze the wax out onto the pad and smooth it out all on the tires. It has wild cherry smell to it, you could smell my car from 20 feet away and it smelled great lol. Well, my tires were about as shiny as my car was after about 5 or 6 coats of wax on the paint. And since I just mentioned it, when I wax my car, I spray it with a water bottle and wipe it with a paper towel between each coat of wax. It really really really x 10, makes a huge difference in the shine. The thing about that tire wax, was that after 2-3 days it was back to normal looking again. But my car was never so beautiful as it was the day I finished waxing the paint and tires. I just had to go drive around for a couple hours after that to show off my beautiful car with the reflections of all the city lights around... Cant wait till I have a car to do that to again. My tires were brown like you were saying solaris, but I scrubbed them and scrubbed them and scrubbed them until it came off. I used orange spray, I used simple green, and I used DIAL soap. I think the dial did the biggest help, and after that I waxed them.