[obLu]

Sorry guys, did a search and didn't find much.

Anybody find that Michelin tires brown up a lot with tire dressings? And are there dressings that do better with Michelin rubber than others?

I'm on my first set of Michelins in a long time, and mequiars endurance is leaving them very brown. I've been using endurance for years now, but on Bridgestone tires, and never had any browning problems.

I know it's gotta be from the type of rubber or the compound, but don't know what I should switch to in that case.

[NFS13]

Originally Posted by obLu

Sorry guys, did a search and didn't find much.

Anybody find that Michelin tires brown up a lot with tire dressings? And are there dressings that do better with Michelin rubber than others?

I'm on my first set of Michelins in a long time, and mequiars endurance is leaving them very brown. I've been using endurance for years now, but on Bridgestone tires, and never had any browning problems.

I know it's gotta be from the type of rubber or the compound, but don't know what I should switch to in that case.

Stupid question but how often have you stripped the tire clean before you applied the dressing? I discovered that most browning can be caused by repeated layers of dressing over time. If you wash the tire with the same shampoo that you use on the car, it will not lift dirt & dust from most dressing, meaning you are putting dressing over dirty dressing.

[obLu]

Yup, that's what I've been doing. Never had the problem with bridgestones though.

What's a good product to strip it off to test? I'm in the pacnw, most times the rain + freeway strips any kind of dressing off the tires so I've never bothered with it.

[BK]

FWIW, I use car wash suds and a tire brush to scrub the rubber sidewalls each time I wash. The dressing definitely doesn't stick around after a good scrubbing. I don't have Michelins, but I have no problems with tire dressing turning brown on my summer tires (Bridgestone) or winter tires (Dunlop). I use Zaino tire dressing.

[NFS13]

Originally Posted by obLu

Yup, that's what I've been doing. Never had the problem with bridgestones though.

What's a good product to strip it off to test? I'm in the pacnw, most times the rain + freeway strips any kind of dressing off the tires so I've never bothered with it.

Dawn or any grease cutting detergent used with a brush should work. Do the michelins have more grooved patterned markings on the sidewall over the bridgestones? I noticed with my Falkens that the sidewalls have a lot of thin grooved markings that hold dressing where a tire brush is a must to get them clean.

[obLu]

Nope, completely smooth.

I thought I remembered reading at one time that some rubbers don't like water based dressings, and some don't react well with silicon based dressings? And that you had to match up rubber to dressing to keep it from going brown?