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Old Jun 12, 2012 | 09:55 AM
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Guys, I'd want to clean my tires that have white letters, but I dont want to remove the "white" on them, any suggestions or liquids to avoid?

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Old Jun 12, 2012 | 10:21 AM
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Soap and water works. Bleche White is also good.
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Westley's Bleche White and a soapy Brillo
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Old Jun 12, 2012 | 10:32 AM
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As I live in Europe, is it available here?
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SOS pads and warm water.....they'll sparkle.
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Bleche White, water, and a scrub brush. Spray on B/W...no water...and let soak for a couple of minutes. While still wet, use scrub brush on lettering, then blackwall portion of tires. Rinse off. Shoot BW onto wet tire, scrub all again and rinse. Let dry.

Then, wipe Nu-Vinyl or Meguiar's polymer protectant for plastics on the entire outside of the tire and let dry. It will look like a new tire.
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Gasoline......try it - you'll be surprised

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Gasoline (or other petroleum product) will damage the rubber, if you do this very much. But, it will clean the white lettering.
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Originally Posted by 7T1vette
Gasoline (or other petroleum product) will damage the rubber, if you do this very much. But, it will clean the white lettering.
Yes.....don't slop it all over....put some on a rag, wipe clean, then redress with a good tire dressing to put the moisture back in.....


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By the way, you wont rub the white off, it is moulded in to the tire not simply painted on the outside.

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SimpleGreen and a brush works for me!

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By the way, you wont rub the white off, it is moulded in to the tire not simply painted on the outside.

Dennis.
Thank you, that's a very interesting info!
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Guys thank you for the great tips! This weekend I have a meeting and saturday morning I will clean the tires, will keep you posted!
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