Cleaning whitewalls

**shellfish** · 28th September 2016, 18:47

Any tips on what to use to keep the whitewalls clean?
Mine are covered with road grime, hot soapy water doesn't help...

Shellfish

**AllanB** · 28th September 2016, 19:02

Originally Posted by shellfish

Any tips on what to use to keep the whitewalls clean?
Mine are covered with road grime, hot soapy water doesn't help...

Shellfish

Sperm is white.

Your Supermarket will stock a product called Desolvit or Mitre 10 https://www.mitre10.co.nz/shop/searc...ed=Entire+site

Great stuff for removing stubborn stains and works well on road grime. Probably sperm stains as well. Plus it smells nice.

**Madness** · 28th September 2016, 19:04

Originally Posted by AllanB

Sperm is white. Plus it smells nice.

Once a Honda owner, always a Honda owner.

**ellipsis** · 28th September 2016, 19:09

...they are on top of the constructors champs this year, against all practicable odds...we do draw some extreme riders to uphold the Marque...

**BMWGSER** · 28th September 2016, 19:49

Years ago when My car had white letters on the tires , I used a little jif with scrubbing brush, they would come up like new.

**mossy1200** · 28th September 2016, 19:50

Originally Posted by BMWGSER

Years ago when My car had white letters on the tires , I used a little jif with scrubbing brush, they would come up like new.

+1 or white toothpaste

**awayatc** · 28th September 2016, 20:22

Jiff with some steelwool

**neels** · 28th September 2016, 20:26

Sugar soap has worked in the past to get rid of greasy crap on things, may work on tyres.

Or just paint them black, and never have to clean them again.

**AllanB** · 28th September 2016, 20:52

Originally Posted by Madness

Once a Honda owner, always a Honda owner.

Oops - I mean Desolvit smells nice!

**shellfish** · 5th October 2016, 05:36

Thanks all for their suggestions.
I came up with an answer that worked really well - hand cleaner!

I had a container of that gritty white goo in the tool shed and it shifted the greasy build-up easily, i used a nail brush to apply and then soapy water. Best results through applying to a dry tyre, not wet.
Came up like new!

Cheap solution as well, i think the container was about $10 - i figure that if its safe for use on your hands, its probably not going to damage the tyre.

Shellfish