cleaning cream bicycle tires

[paul]

has anyone found a good solution to cleaning cream colored bicycle tires? all tips and hints would be apreciated

 

[Bikeguy Joe]

Comet or Ajax works great on white walls. Have you tried either of those?

 

[paul]

yes. so far dish soap works the best, curious what others have tried. going to be putting the bike in a show in a few weeks.

 

[forrestsmith]

Hello Paul

I have used Wesley's Bleach White with good results, made for cleaning whitewall tires, not sure if you can find it in your area. I also you use
Soft Scrub with bleach with very good results, thats the kitchen and barthroom cleaner.

Forrest

 

[Bikeguy Joe]

Forgot about the awesome soft scrub.

 

[paul]

thanks forest. i have seen wesley's at the store and will give it a go

 

[azbill]

I had luck using a 'magic eraser' scrub pad when I was running whitewalls

 

[Special Ed]

I agree with Bill,those Magic Erasers work well for minor touchups

 

[bairdco]

carb cleaner works great. spray it on a rag first, then wipe down your tires. it gets rid of those snake tracks your chain makes.

 

[dimentio]

I use toothpaste or SOS pads whenever I had them to clean my old beach cruiser whitewall tires. looks great

 

[Dan]

I have great luck with go-jo or any of the shop kind of hand wash stuff.

 

[CTripps]

I have a set that I just cleaned up, they were pretty grungy. I started off with a fully charged 'scumbuster' with a green scrub pad on it, hot water and dish soap, and finished with a magic eraser. They cleaned up pretty well.

 

[Allen_Wrench]

Anybody tried equal parts vinegar & dawn dish soap? It works great for renewing wiper blades after they get really filthy. I put it on a rag and scrub them back and forth a few times. You could rinse it off after, but I usually just run my washers. I know some cleaners containing oils can actually harm rubber. And I have white tires, but I haven't yet tried the vinegar/dawn on them yet.

I have a little one, so we have lots of baby wipes kicking around. I've been using them for touch ups, but I really need to knuckle down and scrub mine.

 

[bairdco]

i'm tellin' ya. carb cleaner. takes a coupla minutes. no scrubbing, no exotic formulas, just wipe it on and wipe it off...