Tire Browning - How do you fix/clean it?

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The Nittos on one of the trucks that sees a lot of sun are starting to get that brown dusty look. What works decently to clean that off?
 

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Been using it 20+ years. The formula was way better before black magic purchased it.

Will require a scrub brush to agitate
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Check this one out, Travis.
McKee's 37 Tire & Rubber Rejuvenator - 22 oz

How to use McKee's 37 Tire & Rubber Rejuvenator:
  1. Make sure your tires are cool to the touch.
  2. Wet your wheels, not tires, with water. This ensure any unwanted overspray is easy to remove.
  3. Spray a liberal amount of Tire & Rubber Rejuvenator onto a DRY tire and allow to dwell for 1-2 minutes.
  4. Scrub with a stiff-bristled brush, wetting the brush often.
  5. Thoroughly scrub until all the browning is removed.
  6. Tires are completely clean when white foam is produced as you scrub.
  7. Thoroughly rinse tires and wheels until all traces of the cleaner are removed.
  8. Allow tires to completely dry, then apply your favorite tire dressing.
 

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To get rid of the tire blooming you will need a tire cleaner/degreaser or an all purpose cleaner (APC). With an APC you will need to do a mix of product to water. Pending the level of grime it can vary from 1:4 to 1:10. For a dedicated tire cleaner I use Tuf & Shine tire cleaner (ready to go) and it works great. As far as an APC Gtechniq W5.

Edit: If you don't own a tire brush you should snag one to get a deeper clean. If you own something like a PC 7424xp you can get a brush attachment to make quick work of your tires.
Tuf Shine Tire Cleaner - 22 oz
Gtechniq W5 Citrus All Purpose Cleaner - 500 ml
 

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$33.00 for 22oz???

I see they sell concentrated as well

Check this one out, Travis.
McKee's 37 Tire & Rubber Rejuvenator - 22 oz

How to use McKee's 37 Tire & Rubber Rejuvenator:
  1. Make sure your tires are cool to the touch.
  2. Wet your wheels, not tires, with water. This ensure any unwanted overspray is easy to remove.
  3. Spray a liberal amount of Tire & Rubber Rejuvenator onto a DRY tire and allow to dwell for 1-2 minutes.
  4. Scrub with a stiff-bristled brush, wetting the brush often.
  5. Thoroughly scrub until all the browning is removed.
  6. Tires are completely clean when white foam is produced as you scrub.
  7. Thoroughly rinse tires and wheels until all traces of the cleaner are removed.
  8. Allow tires to completely dry, then apply your favorite tire dressing.





As I stated earlier, I think years ago the formula was like acid. lol But I've used this with 6 sets of True Forged wheels, Super Snake wheels and even my matte black XDs on my truck, 14 sets of factory wheels with no issues.
I mean I never ended up with a pile of metal blob in my driveway because it landed on a wheel :)
+1.

I've used it for +20 years as well. I have never, ever, had a problem with any damage to a wheel.
 
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I put raised white letter BF Goodrich tires on an old Pontiac a few years ago, and the letters yellowed almost immediately. I tried everything from soap, to SOS pads, to bleach, to Bleche-Wite, to even brake cleaner.

I can get them to whiten a little, but nothing like they were . . . and they yellow up again almost immediately, particularly after driving. I've ready that the tires themselves are seeping something from the backside that dulls the white, but I don't know. At this point, I'm about ready to buy glue-on letters.
 

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I'm with ya, man. I have some white walls that I can't get white and yellow/gold/brown up almost immediately. What to do?
I put raised white letter BF Goodrich tires on an old Pontiac a few years ago, and the letters yellowed almost immediately. I tried everything from soap, to SOS pads, to bleach, to Bleche-Wite, to even brake cleaner.

I can get them to whiten a little, but nothing like they were . . . and they yellow up again almost immediately, particularly after driving. I've ready that the tires themselves are seeping something from the backside that dulls the white, but I don't know. At this point, I'm about ready to buy glue-on letters.

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I put raised white letter BF Goodrich tires on an old Pontiac a few years ago, and the letters yellowed almost immediately. I tried everything from soap, to SOS pads, to bleach, to Bleche-Wite, to even brake cleaner.

I can get them to whiten a little, but nothing like they were . . . and they yellow up again almost immediately, particularly after driving. I've ready that the tires themselves are seeping something from the backside that dulls the white, but I don't know. At this point, I'm about ready to buy glue-on letters.

Lacquer thinner and scotch brite pads worked for me on my vintage BFG’s RWL

The browning seems to be kept at bay with water base tire shine and scrubbing a few times a year

This is on a rarely driver....YMMV
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I've had zero issues with the rubber turning brown on my G-70. Maybe that's in large part because I wash my car weekly. And, it never sees rain. My wife's, on the other hand, is our daily driver (including rain and winter). Her tires (same age as mine) do turn brown and I have to use my Adam's Tire & Rubber Cleaner (yes, Norton, I use the same product you use) and brush. It works pretty good, but her tires do not look anywhere as good as mine.
 

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I use Adam's Polishes Tire and Rubber cleaner. I have also used Tuff Shine tire cleaner. I use either one with the Tuff Shine brush.

It will clean them, remove any browning/blooming and make your tires look great, and it is safe for the rubber unlike some solvent based cleaners.
 

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I hate the browning as much as you guys. It is really nice to see all of these suggestions.

On a side note, I use to know a guy who frequented many local car shows I used to take my Mustang to and he swore by NEVER using any tire dressing. His tires were not shiny of course, but they were never brown. He even did this on his daily drivers. Never brown. My wife's mother never cleans her Tiguan and she got new tires last fall. They have been driven daily in rain, snow, etc. and they are not brown at all. Crazy. Of course people who treat there vehicles like s**t seem to have all the luck, so it may be a fluke.

I can never bring myself to not put some shine on there. I was going to try no dressing with the Ranger, but the dealer soaked them with dressing before I picked it up although I told them I would detail it myself. Whatever they used never seemed to want to come off, so I just kept shining them. My next set of all-terrains will see no dressing for as long as I can stand it (they will be BSW as well so no white letters to worry about). It will be an interesting experiment in self-control...
 

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