Originally Posted by Guff (Post 225060)

I use the liquid spray kind and have a specific rag for rubbing it into the tire. I make sure not to get it on the rim or body, and after rubbing it down, there's no drips. Tires stay shiny for a long enough time and nothing else is harmed!

Originally Posted by skoodge (Post 225105)

By rubbing it in you mean like with hard pressure as if you were polishing something? And do you spray onto the rag or just onto the tire?

Originally Posted by Guff (Post 225111)

Spray onto tire and then a light rubdown so that there are no liquid drops left. Should be a real shiny tire after that!

Originally Posted by Premier Shine- DK (Post 225347)

Pro tip/trick- use a heat gun on the low setting- warm the sidewall of the tire, apply dressing- generally a light second coat is needed- heating the tire allows the dressing to penetrate deeper.
- Dan

Originally Posted by Chenslee (Post 225385)

Originally Posted by Draco-REX (Post 225419)

Tire sprays are stupid. I don't know why they make them or why people like them. You always get overspray. So if you do it after washing the car, you get tire shine on your clean paint and rims, but if you do it before washing you wash away the shine.

I prefer the kind that uses an applicator. My current favorite is Black Magic Tire Wax. A really good shine and no sling. I just started using it, so I don't have durability experience yet, but I was happy with the previous product from Black Magic.

Originally Posted by SioXie101 (Post 227623)

You should also consider that some old tire shine gel or spray turns brownish after constant reapplication, that's why i usually use the Stoner brand as it doesnt turn into that brownish tar like substance after months of reuse.
Also its advisable to clean your tires every once in a while with a tire brush and a tire cleaner, For that i use the Meguiars foaming tire cleaner.

im a fan of these subtle clean looking tires, not the oversprayed wet look ones....

Originally Posted by viper_driver (Post 227721)

this is the stuff.

http://tufshine.com/products/

It's extremely expensive and doesn't seem it could possibly be worth the cost until you buy and use it. I sort of wanted it for years before finally buying some last Christmas for myself. It's just outstanding. Takes a while to put on the first time, but that's it as I haven't put it on again on any of my cars (going on 6 months now). It makes your tires just about like paint, don't even leave your fingers dirty when you touch them. There's nothing there to sling off and you just wash the tires like you wash the paint. The shine is adjustable for however shiny you desire. Google this stuff and you'll find tons of praise--it's all deserved and I totally recommend it. If you think it's too expensive, it totally is. Just don't even wash your car at all and enjoy the drive if you can and consider yourself lucky that you don't care about cleaning your car, it's a disease!

Originally Posted by n2oinferno (Post 227795)

That brown you see is the natural process of the tire aging, not tire shine getting old. Tires contain antiozonant and the brown is blooming, or the antiozonant coming to the surface and reacting with the air. Or course the silicone can brown as well, so I suppose that you're right if someone's been using a silicone-based product...

Anyway, I used to use some Eagle One stuff that came in a tiny bottle and applied with a tire swipe. Worked great, didn't sling. I haven't seen it in a while, so I have some Meguiar's Endurance tire gel. Still use the tire applicators though. I love 'em, and it makes it easy to not apply too much which in turn results in slinging it everywhere.



Haha, when you said extremely expensive I was thinking hundreds of dollars.. and in my head going "dammit, I already spent too much on detailing stuff already.."

Originally Posted by viper_driver (Post 227721)

this is the stuff.

http://tufshine.com/products/

It's extremely expensive and doesn't seem it could possibly be worth the cost until you buy and use it. I sort of wanted it for years before finally buying some last Christmas for myself. It's just outstanding. Takes a while to put on the first time, but that's it as I haven't put it on again on any of my cars (going on 6 months now). It makes your tires just about like paint, don't even leave your fingers dirty when you touch them. There's nothing there to sling off and you just wash the tires like you wash the paint. The shine is adjustable for however shiny you desire. Google this stuff and you'll find tons of praise--it's all deserved and I totally recommend it. If you think it's too expensive, it totally is. Just don't even wash your car at all and enjoy the drive if you can and consider yourself lucky that you don't care about cleaning your car, it's a disease!