[Healeys] Tire Black

[Bob Spidell]

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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