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05-28-2008, 03:57 PM
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raised white letter cleaner
i have bf goodrich's on my C10 with the raised white letters. what products do you guys use to clean the letters? i have used westley's blech wite in the past with good results but cant find the stuff anymore. does anyone know where you can get this stuff? i have tried my local walmart with no luck. thanks.
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05-28-2008, 03:58 PM
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Re: raised white letter cleaner
SOS pad is all i used to clean mine. have for years
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05-28-2008, 04:28 PM
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Re: raised white letter cleaner
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05-28-2008, 08:36 PM
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Hittin E-Z Street on Mud Tires
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Location: Greenville, SC
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Re: raised white letter cleaner
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 I'm almost out... I use it on my silverado/s-10/c-10... guess I like white lettered tires 
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05-28-2008, 08:42 PM
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Location: Asheville, N.C
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Re: raised white letter cleaner
Eagle 1 all wheel and tire cleaner. Works great.
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05-28-2008, 05:20 PM
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Location: Alton, New Hampshire
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Re: raised white letter cleaner
I use Eimann Fabrik Tire Cleaner from Properautocare.com, although there may be other sources for it too. The results are great! Here's the link http://classic-motoring.stores.yahoo.net/eifaticl.html
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05-28-2008, 05:24 PM
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Location: Marietta, Georgia
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Re: raised white letter cleaner
Ive always used bleach white (except on aluminum wheels)
A tennis ball works great with some soapy water
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05-28-2008, 05:36 PM
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Re: raised white letter cleaner
Simple Green and a stiff bristle brush works good to.
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05-28-2008, 05:41 PM
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Re: raised white letter cleaner
I've used raised white letter paint after cleaning with good results. it's available at most auto parts stores.
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05-28-2008, 08:08 PM
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Re: raised white letter cleaner
I use comet cleaner and a stiff tire brush.
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05-28-2008, 09:39 PM
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Licensed to Thrill!
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Re: raised white letter cleaner
Blackwalls.
(Sorry, couldn't resist). DLB |
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05-28-2008, 09:43 PM
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Location: Las Vegas, NV
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Re: raised white letter cleaner
Bleche-white for me with a stiff plastic brush, I usually wipe it on with a rag and cover the wheel with a clean towel to keep the stuff off the aluminum.
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05-28-2008, 10:22 PM
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Re: raised white letter cleaner
Eagle One Tire and Wheel Cleaner works awesome IMO.
Bleche-White was what I used for YEARS,and my Dad used it for YEARS and YEARS before that. That stuff will choke you to death especially if the wind blows it back at you. |
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05-29-2008, 12:24 AM
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Re: raised white letter cleaner
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That is sooo true, that's what I use. My dad used it too for years, so I guess I grew up with it...  He used it on his convertable top and white walls....... When he was done..... KA-CHOW! (you won't get that if you haven't seen cars)
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05-28-2008, 11:56 PM
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Re: raised white letter cleaner
409, simple green, spray nine, super clean.... they all work awesome, and clean more than just tires too.
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05-29-2008, 02:47 AM
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Re: raised white letter cleaner
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05-29-2008, 12:28 AM
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Re: raised white letter cleaner
Era and a brush works well.
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05-29-2008, 01:54 AM
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Re: raised white letter cleaner
I've used Fantastic Multi-purpose household cleaner, since I was a teenager stealing my Momma's bottle of it. (which is more tens of years ago than I care to count).
I think it's the same stuff as Westley's Bleach-White, just a lot cheaper. Looks & smells the same, & as stated above it's a "breath-taking experience" if you get a good lung full of it on a windy day. Squirt it on your tire sidewalls & the tire black walls just run brown crud off of them, & the white letters or whitewalls sparkle white. Almost scrub-free, unless you've curb scuffed it. I carry a bottle of it in the back of my Grand Cherokee & squirt the tire sidewalls with it even before I do a quickie drive thru wash. Amazing stuff. |
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05-29-2008, 02:27 AM
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Old School, New Style
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Monroeville, Ohio
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Re: raised white letter cleaner
Man if Wally is not selling that bleach white stuff anymore I'm going to buy what they have left. I was there yesterday and I know they had plenty. I use only that and am always happy with the outcome.
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05-29-2008, 10:43 PM
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Location: Fairdale, Kentucky
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Re: raised white letter cleaner
I'll throw my hat in this ring.... I have detailed cars for a few years, you can buy all of that stuff for your raised white letters, however, if you buy a gallon of the purple degreaser from home depot or Lowes use about 2 oz in a spray bottle fill the rest with water use this on your white letters it will save you tons of cash and won't hurt your tires. it removes all the brake dust as well. A gallon should last you for a LOOOONG time.
Here is a bonus tip " if you have problems getting wax off or your black plastic/vinyl trim use AVONS Skin so soft on a rag it will wipe right off" I know our trucks don't have this type of trim on them but thought I would give you this tip as well... |
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05-29-2008, 11:12 PM
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Re: raised white letter cleaner
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05-29-2008, 11:00 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Franklinton NC
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Re: raised white letter cleaner
Comet or ajax and a scrub brush
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05-29-2008, 11:24 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Fairdale, Kentucky
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Re: raised white letter cleaner
I know when I was told about this I belly laughed... there is no way that this would ever work to get the wax out of that trim..... UNTIL I tried it...
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05-30-2008, 12:52 AM
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Location: Grande Prairie, Alberta
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Re: raised white letter cleaner
SOS pads for the white letters, with Simoniz Tire Cleaner for the rest.
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05-30-2008, 12:54 AM
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Location: over yonder
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Re: raised white letter cleaner
Comet and a tire brush works great ... as good as Wesley's.
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