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Old 07-21-2016, 04:20 AM   #1
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WARNING: Use at your own risks

So there, I was having a fight with mate/colleague Andy here RE how much I've screwed up my tires over the last 10+ years I've been using this WD40 tire rejuvenating technique and we pretty much got to the bottom of the story by calling his favorite car detailing professional to check.

Pro answer: "you are crazy to use WD40, you'll need to scrub all day long compared to commercial tire dressing kit available everywhere". You apply it and it will eat up your rubber in no time, no scrubbing required! They are all petroleum distillates based concentrates anyway and does just that, eat rubber.

As-in worst than WD40, which also has petroleum distillates lolll

So my guess is WD40 is definitely not better, but cheaper, and its only advantage is it doesn't have added "petroleum based oil" that commercial tire dressing kit normally comes with. These shinny oil additives are not natural essential oils I promise you that (nine8six promise). I don't even need to check lolllll

Shinny Oils, the stuff that grab every little dust and solidify them onto your tire

ps. brake and wheel heavy duty solvents are actually not solvents (apparently), they are acidic based products. Scary stuff when you think about it
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Old 07-21-2016, 04:48 AM   #2
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On good clean wheels, the brake dust don't stick much.

I've polished mine with a very soft polishing compound, and they are very easy to clean with dish soap and hot water.
Ditto. Clean wheels and dust removed every couple/few weeks with some soap and water and no problems. If you leave it on for months it will stain and etch the wheel clear coat and then the only way to get it off is with some kind of caustic stuff which removes more wheel coating.
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Old 07-20-2016, 09:14 AM   #3
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Had the wheels off the car and used a light cut compound followed by a polish and a sealer (Rejex). They clean up pretty easily with car wash bucket soap (after washing body) and a good wheel brush now. If needed, a few spritzes of Griot's Garage wheel cleaner works well too. For the tires, I use GG rubber cleaner and finish with Pinnacle tire black.

But I do agree Fred's tires look the balls using the hot water and WD-40. Not sure why this works. Water Displacement?

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Old 07-20-2016, 09:53 AM   #4
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Paint your wheels black and/or switch to ceramic pads. No more dust
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