Help cleaning tires

[Jburnisky]

So a buddy of mine put armor all outlast tire glaze on my tires. I never use armor all stuff. Now I cannot get this stuff off my tires. I've used tire cleaner, goo gone, purple power, scrubbed it with dawn dish soap, comet, and used a pressure washer and the film is still on my tires. I'm out of ideas for getting this stuff off

[chops1sc]

Tell your "friend" to keep his armor all to himself, lol! Have you tried an IPA solution? Simple green is also good for tires. I use it on my RC truck tires and it makes them sticky like new (a good thing for racing).

[Jburnisky]

No I haven't. But i figured goo gone would've gotten it off. But didn't even break it up on the sidewalls

[Team Adam's]

You need something with a pretty aggressive solvent. Try a bug & tar remover - just use with caution, avoid overspray onto the wheels of at all possible.

[AvsBest]

APC won't do the trick?

[Jburnisky]

All purpose cleaner won't even touch it. I will try the bug and tar remover. And specific brand you'd recommend?

[Team Adam's]

Tarminator by stoners is good and it's available most anywhere

[BrianT]

What about TSP? Try sodium phosphate.

[Jburnisky]

I gave the Tarminator a try and didn't do anything. After researching guys have said that armor all support said to use Tarminator or goo gone and I've used both and still didn't touch it. I guess I gotta live with it on my tires

[chops1sc]

Did you try the IPA or Simple Green? I think it would eventually wear off if all else fails. I have never had a dressing do that. And I have tried A LOT of dressings, lol! As a matter of fact, I still have almost all of the ones I have ever tried. I can't throw anything away even if it is useless, lol!

[Jburnisky]

Yes I have used simple green. I had some left over in the garage. Go buy some armor all outlast tire glaze and put it on your tires lol. I'd consider that stuff in the same class as spray paint!

[Team Adam's]

I gave the Tarminator a try and didn't do anything. After researching guys have said that armor all support said to use Tarminator or goo gone and I've used both and still didn't touch it. I guess I gotta live with it on my tires

How did you use it (Tarminator)?

 

It doesn't do well with a brush. You need to spray directly onto the tire, let it dwell, then scrub with a towel. The cheap bulk (junk) towels are ideal since they'll be ruined anyways.

[Jburnisky]

Yes I followed the directions on it. And rinsed it off after I was done

[Ricky Bobby]

Spray it onto a junk, dry, towel, and wipe the tires with it.  That will get the grime.  Rinsing off Tarminator does not work well at all as its solvent based.

[SSJ455]

I hate that crap!!  Though it does make the tires very shiny, which I like, it is very expensive and if you get it on the wheels it is a b---- to get off.  Have your friend get some good tire cleaner and a stiff brush and work that crap off the tire.  And tell him if he touches your car with anything like that you'll use construction adhesive to glue his tires to the pavement.

[Jburnisky]

I'm gonna take a Brillo pad to it. If that doesn't get it off I give up

[KADEVILLE]

what about nail polish remover? or nail polish remover mixed with alcohol...will a blast of steam loosen it up? I can't imagine having that stuff stuck on the tires

[Jburnisky]

Negative on alcohol and on the Brillo pad

[chops1sc]

Get new tires? J/K

[FrozenWS6]

You can try Whestley's (sp?) Bleach White. That has cleaned most anything off of my tires. Even road stripe paint.

[Ricky Bobby]

Did you use Tarminator the way I recommended?  Take a terry cloth towel, spray the towel well and scrub the tire with it.  You'll use about a can per tire, but it will work.  I've taken off true tire coatings with this method.

 

You can't spray it on the tires, and then rinse it off expecting it to work and brushing the tarminator won't work either.

[Jburnisky]

Yes I've tried the bleach white as well. It's good stuff for cleaning tires that don't have this junk on em

[Jburnisky]

Yes I had some left in the can I sprayed on a part of the tire let it sit and took a towel to it and nothing happened

[07stanggt]

Hit your local car wash and power wash it off

[Team Adam's]

Have a picture? I have a general understanding of the composition of this product and between all the things you've done it should be degraded at the very least.

 

We have tested and continue to test a tire coating in the background so I'm a bit skeptical its held up to all these steps - especially considering I have some of the exact product which was applied and removed in comparison testing.

[Ricky Bobby]

^Agreed.  I think OP needs to hit the weights so he can scrub harder LOL