How ya' Clean Raised White Letters?..

[Brock Samson]

  I've been using Bleachwhite and steel wool, but it's a major PITA and I'd like to know if anyone has a better idea/s... 

[Wakko]

Bleche White works great, but I use a wirebrush, not steel wool.  The wirebrush I use was in the car cleaning section specifically for that purpose and I can clean my white letters in literally minutes. 

[bluesfool]

BlecheWhite and a firm toothbrush

[4forty]

I use a  powerwasher, a Sears or something like that, works great without bleachwhite

[plum500]

SOS pads work quite well.

[OldGuy]

Comet cleanser and a stiff nylon brush.

[triple_green]

use full strength dawn dishsoap and scrub it with a stiff nylon bristle brush.
Let it sit for 10 minutes and then bush as you wash it off. This will not chew up the white letters like some of the other suggestiions here.

3X

[SeattleCharger]

   Wesley's bleachwhite, and the wire brush from the auto section in Schuck's.   Wet the tire, spray on the stuff, you don't have to wait long, then as you wire brush them, you may want to keep wetting them with water and/or the Wesley's bleachwhite to lubricate the wire brush and lettering, then rinse well.    So basically what Whakko said.

[Charger_Fan]

I can't believe you guys use wire brushes.

use full strength dawn dishsoap and scrub it with a stiff nylon bristle brush.

Although, I've always used Tide...it doesn't foam up as much as dish soap. You just have to make sure you rinse & scrub it off, or it will leave residue...Tide has a little bleach in it.

My method;
1)Wet tire & brush
2)Sprinkle Tide on brush & scrub away...wet a little more if it get's dry.
3)Squirt off brush, then squirt off tire while lightly scrubbing excess soap off tire.
4)Admire all the dirt washing down the gutter towards the neighbor's house.

[Khyron]

Dish soap and a brush, never did me wrong

[bull]

Soap and water and a brush with stiff bristles works good.

[andy74]

i got the yellow mopar wheel and tire cleaner from my dealership-stuff works great,and you only need to scrub if they are really dirty,other wise,wet em,spray ,wait 2 or 3 minutes and then hose off!costs about 6 bucks a bottle

[Charger_Fan]

i got the yellow mopar wheel and tire cleaner from my dealership-stuff works great,and you only need to scrub if they are really dirty,other wise,wet em,spray ,wait 2 or 3 minutes and then hose off!costs about 6 bucks a bottle

Looks like the ones in your sig pic could use a little of that.

[andy74]

 :iagree:it was dirty that day,but my wife had to take my pic,before i cleaned the car up,and the baby wouldnt scrub the wheels!

[MoparYoungGun]

Bleche White works great, but I use a wirebrush, not steel wool.   The wirebrush I use was in the car cleaning section specifically for that purpose and I can clean my white letters in literally minutes.  

[SeattleCharger]

Bleche White works great, but I use a wirebrush, not steel wool.   The wirebrush I use was in the car cleaning section specifically for that purpose and I can clean my white letters in literally minutes.  

[moparguy01]

i use that wileys or wesley's bleachrite, cant remember exactly what it is, spray it on, by the time you get 1 side sprayed, go back and scrub with a stiff nylon brush. then rinse it off right away, and repeat on the other side

the only thing is it seems to kinda make the black of the tires look dry, so when im done with that i pour some clean motor oil on a rag, wipe it on trying to avoid the letters, then buff it out with a clean rag after that. It gives it that matte shine. and stays clean for quite some time.

but i just hate that glossy tire shine crap.

[SeattleCharger]

   I always wondered about using motor or tranny oil on the tires, that shiny tire stuff is expensive.     
 
        On an old oxidized car you can rub tranny oil all over the car with a rag and make it look way better,   actually works, no joke.     When it gets a little dusty, just rub the dust off with a rag, still good.     

[4forty]

[SeattleCharger]

  I always wondered about using motor or tranny oil on the tires, that shiny tire stuff is expensive.     
 
        On an old oxidized car you can rub tranny oil all over the car with a rag and make it look way better,   actually works, no joke.     When it gets a little dusty, just rub the dust off with a rag, still good.     

hehe, ya, I'm talking about an old beater car, a couple/few cars I had in college, this mechanic at a shop showed my to rub tranny oil in the very oxidized paint as a quick trick, instead of rubbing out the paint, which I would just do now, but it did actually make a huge difference, and the slightly oily/clear surface looked alright, it put the oil back in the oxidized paint, so to speak, and made it look shiny/waxed looking, didn't last past a number of days though, just wash the car with soap and water eventually, pretty much disappears, not messy like you would think,

[Charged]

Tried it all and Ive concluded on Wesley's "BleachWhite" followed with a wire brush.

However, it appears that lately its been impossible to locate a new wirebrush in my town, so Ive had to settle for a netted dish scrubbing sponge. It works, but takes more elbow grease that the wire brush.

Charged

[bull]

I use a   powerwasher, a Sears or something like that, works great without bleachwhite

I tried a power washer on my dad's whitewall tires and it didn't even touch them. The only thing that was different when I was done was that the tires were wet.

[dart3404]

simple green and a scrub brush...
Non-toxic and biodegradable... Works well on just about everything...

http://consumer.simplegreen.com/cons_prod_pro.php

[triple_green]

wirebrushes work well, but over the long run, they will chew up the surface of the whiteletters.

[derailed]

simple green and a scrub brush...
Non-toxic and biodegradable... Works well on just about everything...

http://consumer.simplegreen.com/cons_prod_pro.php

[1973_WP29P]

Pinkstuf is all I've ever used.   I even have a customer (a mechanic) that washes his work coveralls with it.   My wife uses it to get stains out of the kids clothes.

http://www.pinkstuf.com/home.php


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[Steve P.]

Comet cleanser and a stiff nylon brush.

Me too...........

[Duey]

simple green and a scrub brush...
Non-toxic and biodegradable... Works well on just about everything...

http://consumer.simplegreen.com/cons_prod_pro.php

Jen, folks need to be careful with SimpleGreen around aluminum (wheels)...it corrodes non-coated aluminum and can get into the tiniest cracks in laquered mag wheels and pit.  While SimpleGreen might not do damage if rinsed shortly after application, if it sits somewhere (like between the rim and the tire bead) it can corrode.  Being involved in aviation, I'm weary of things that corrode or weaken the metal my machine is made of...even SimpleGreen notes the issue. (maybe it's not such a biggie on cars...just not on my helo!  )

http://consumer.simplegreen.com/cons_faqs.php#A
http://www.chinook-helicopter.com/maintenance/issues/cleaners/cleaners.html

Cheers,
Duey

[hydroforce]

i've always used bleechwite w/ a brush

[sean68charger]

wd40, spray it on and wipe it off straight away, works a treat.