Excellent points.
The Black Magic Matte Finish I used says only 'contains surfactants' on the
ingredients label (surfactant=='SURFace ACtive AgeNT'; i.e. soap). I believe
petroleum-based ingredients would have been listed. The product is clear, not
colored (may still discolor concrete though, didn't try it ;) BTW, it's about
$10/pint, not per quart as I wrote earlier.
The tires in question are on my 2008 Mustang (date code 4507). They've faded
some and were stained by brake dust washed off during washing. Ordinarily I
wouldn't care what the tires looked like, but they looked like sh*t on that
brand new car. The tires aren't very sticky, I'll replace them with
performance
summer tires when they wear out--I'm working on it ;)--but they have a wear
factor of 400.
If the stuff damages the tire I won't lose too much sleep; I don't think
anything it does to the surface rubber is going to affect the integrity of the
tire.
bs
GUY DAY wrote:
> Couple of things from my viewpoint...
>
> I'm going to throw a spanner in the works and suggest that any tyre
> where the pigment has leached out is too decayed to be used safely. For
> a car not being driven it's fine, put whatever you want on it.
>
> If you use a tyre wall cleaner that takes away an outer part of the tyre
> material and stains concrete it won't be doing the tyre much good in the
> long run so that would be a big no-no.
>
> Any tyre cleaner containing oil based solvents will degrade the tyre
> even though it may leave a pretty finish in the short term.
>
> If I'm driving then I don't want to be thinking that the only four
> things that keep my car going in the direction I want it to go is being
> chemically degraded as I drive along.
>
> Guy R Day
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