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05-03-2006, 09:24 AM
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RE: white walls
Help is available! I had the same prolem after I bought my 97 Heritage......and also found Westleys to be useless. You've got to get Magic Eraser made by Mr Clean. These are soft cleaning pads with the cleaner already in the pad. You can get them supermarkets or WalMart . They are amazing and brought my whitewalss to almost new condition and they look awesome.
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05-05-2006, 02:56 AM
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RE: white walls
I've used this method for years -- though it is, arguably, controversial. I use paint thinner applied to a rag in a spot about the size of a dime. Then I scrub the white wall part of the side wall only, then wash off the thinner and apply a light coating of tire treatment to that part of the whitewall to protect it and make it easier to clean next time.
Obviously, the chemicals in paint thinner will dry out rubber, but if you don't leave it sit on the tires, you treat them afterward, and you are riding often enough to avoid having your tires rot off, you don't need to worry about this method. But don't get either of these two applications on the tread portion of the tire. It could get really slick when you go around your first corner!
Check it out -- and good luck.
Obviously, the chemicals in paint thinner will dry out rubber, but if you don't leave it sit on the tires, you treat them afterward, and you are riding often enough to avoid having your tires rot off, you don't need to worry about this method. But don't get either of these two applications on the tread portion of the tire. It could get really slick when you go around your first corner!
Check it out -- and good luck.
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RE: white walls
i also use brake cleaner, same method, it works great!
ORIGINAL: tphillips
I've used this method for years -- though it is, arguably, controversial. I use paint thinner applied to a rag in a spot about the size of a dime. Then I scrub the white wall part of the side wall only, then wash off the thinner and apply a light coating of tire treatment to that part of the whitewall to protect it and make it easier to clean next time.
Obviously, the chemicals in paint thinner will dry out rubber, but if you don't leave it sit on the tires, you treat them afterward, and you are riding often enough to avoid having your tires rot off, you don't need to worry about this method. But don't get either of these two applications on the tread portion of the tire. It could get really slick when you go around your first corner!
Check it out -- and good luck.
I've used this method for years -- though it is, arguably, controversial. I use paint thinner applied to a rag in a spot about the size of a dime. Then I scrub the white wall part of the side wall only, then wash off the thinner and apply a light coating of tire treatment to that part of the whitewall to protect it and make it easier to clean next time.
Obviously, the chemicals in paint thinner will dry out rubber, but if you don't leave it sit on the tires, you treat them afterward, and you are riding often enough to avoid having your tires rot off, you don't need to worry about this method. But don't get either of these two applications on the tread portion of the tire. It could get really slick when you go around your first corner!
Check it out -- and good luck.