Stripping old tire shine?

Blue magic

 

Wow that's magical indeed lol. Wet look and holds up for a long time. I'm with ya though, I would prefer something I can remove and reapply. I use optimum tire coating and I have not found anything that easily removes it other than curb rash. The shine supply wise guy and some drill brushes will make.a dent with a lot of effort but nothing makes it even close to easy to strip it off.

 

Which Blue magic are you using? Seems they have an aerosol, spray, and wipe on version. Looks like distillates or silicone is the primary ingredient. Shouldn't be any reason why a tire cleaner wouldn't remove it.....I don't think...

 

It’s the can

 

Agreed. It's not a coating, which is usually the stuff that's hard to strip

 

I don't either. I use the self check-out registers.

 

who even does this, anybody but me
just one tire i had off to sandblast up and under there
thought i would try to clean up the inner wheel and things just got out of hand i guess

 

The BEST product i have ever used to clean wheels/tires is brake buster by P and S.

Extremely affordable and works fantastic. I use it at full strength but i can be diluted up to 5 to 1.

It is the only product ive used that strips tires of previous water or solvent based shines and removes the brown. Gets you back to base.

Its non-acidic and has an insanely high concentration of detergents. Also has an anti corrison component for wheels/brakes.. but thats secondary to how well it cleans.

Try it out and let me know what you think!

 

I have heard great things about the brake buster. P&S stuff is very hit or miss, beadmaker is probably the most popular P&S product and brake buster is #2. Alot of their stuff is below average. I have not tried the brake buster yet but it's on my list for wheels. My buddy has used the brake buster and like it and it's how I first heard about it. He also uses Shine Supply wise guy tire cleaner and said the brake buster doesn't even come close to the TIRE cleaning abilities of the wise guy. It's not good or safe for certain wheels though, so you need to be careful with it depending on what wheels you have.

 

Ive used wise guy and i agree it is an excellent product...BUT there is no thinking or checking required with brake buster. Its spray on, agitate and rinse. No residue and no downsides... and its cheap and non acid based!

 

Yeah thats the huge upside of the brake buster, it's safe on pretty much everything. You're right about the residue too. Wise Guy is powerful but using it definitely requires care and attention. I didn't even think to use it as a iron remover for surfaces other that wheels. Have you used it on painted surfaces? I like carpro ironx best so far, then carpro Trix iron and tar, I have tried gyeon iron, optimum ferrex, and Gtechiq W6 iron and fallout remover.
You just talked me into buying some P and S brake buster, so if you haven't tried it on paint, I'll be the test guy lol

 

Not sure P&S has anything to offer for paint, it doesn't have the iron removal agents in it. Think that would be the Meguair's product that you could use to clean wheels and also sub for iron x type products on the paint. Maybe you could use it to break down heavy soiling on paint.

I've only used brake buster a couple times in a foamer at the 1:5 ratio and it worked quite well on wheel, just ok on the tire that weren't too hammered. Haven't tested needing to reduce the dilution with a filthy tire yet. Like with paint, agitating with a brush does the real heavy lifting anyway. Another bonus is it doesn't gag you like some tire cleaners when they atomize from a sprayer.

At the price it's a worthy buy by the gallon particularly with a 25% discount.