This may not be the best place for this discussion, but given that is about Wheel & Tire Cleaner vs Tire Cleaner and their effect on a body part, I'm starting here.
I'm going to start with a picture of the Running Boards right after I coated them with Ceramic Spray Coating, September 2nd 2019. I thought they looked fantastic and I received multiple compliments about then and I cleaned the running boards just like the rest of the body, which one exception. The rubber step pads always had Tire Cleaner applied to them and it would keep them nice and black and looking good. I would apply the Tire Cleaner about once a month and never had any issue.
Before you continue reading, this is not a blame the product thread - it was operator error and I was the operator, nobody to blame buy myself. Think of it this way, you get to learn from my mistake so you don't have to repeat or try it yourself.
Today I was washing the truck and as I have been doing for the last six months for so, I used Wheel and Tire Cleaner on the wheels and tires. Love the product, it works great, my tires and wheels look great and is a one step process. Now for the bonehead move that I did - instead of going back to the detail cart as grabbing the Tire Cleaner, I hid the running boards with the Wheel and Tire cleaner. I figured it couldn't do any harm, so I went ahead and cleaned them and rinsed them off, nothing dried and they looked fine. I went ahead and washed the truck as normal and when it was all done, the boards now look like the second picture.
Again, this was entirely my fault since the product is not designed for running boards. For everyone else, let my mistake be a lesson about making sure you grab the right product before putting it on the vehicle.
The running boards are powder coated and they will clean up with the Swirl Killer and a little effort, then I'll prep them and recoat them. What I need to decide is whether or not to go ahead and do the entire truck again. I know the tonneau cover needs to be redone, but to be honest I never expected the coating to last a year on the tonneau cover, so I'm very impressed with that.
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This may not be the best place for this discussion, but given that is about Wheel & Tire Cleaner vs Tire Cleaner and their effect on a body part, I'm starting here.
I'm going to start with a picture of the Running Boards right after I coated them with Ceramic Spray Coating, September 2nd 2019. I thought they looked fantastic and I received multiple compliments about then and I cleaned the running boards just like the rest of the body, which one exception. The rubber step pads always had Tire Cleaner applied to them and it would keep them nice and black and looking good. I would apply the Tire Cleaner about once a month and never had any issue.
Before you continue reading, this is not a blame the product thread - it was operator error and I was the operator, nobody to blame buy myself. Think of it this way, you get to learn from my mistake so you don't have to repeat or try it yourself.
Today I was washing the truck and as I have been doing for the last six months for so, I used Wheel and Tire Cleaner on the wheels and tires. Love the product, it works great, my tires and wheels look great and is a one step process. Now for the bonehead move that I did - instead of going back to the detail cart as grabbing the Tire Cleaner, I hid the running boards with the Wheel and Tire cleaner. I figured it couldn't do any harm, so I went ahead and cleaned them and rinsed them off, nothing dried and they looked fine. I went ahead and washed the truck as normal and when it was all done, the boards now look like the second picture.
Again, this was entirely my fault since the product is not designed for running boards. For everyone else, let my mistake be a lesson about making sure you grab the right product before putting it on the vehicle.
The running boards are powder coated and they will clean up with the Swirl Killer and a little effort, then I'll prep them and recoat them. What I need to decide is whether or not to go ahead and do the entire truck again. I know the tonneau cover needs to be redone, but to be honest I never expected the coating to last a year on the tonneau cover, so I'm very impressed with that.
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