Good ways to clean tyre

kevindinho · Post by **kevindinho** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 7:36 pm

Hey people!

What are some good ways/products to get grease and crap off your tyre? Think i flung some lube and shit on it. I don't have any drifting experience on a motorcycle so i thought ill clean it and make sure i'm safe hehe.

Cheers
Kev

Post by **robracer** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 7:38 pm

Kev just get some CT18 truckwash & give em a scrub every now & then

Post by **Wattie** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 7:41 pm

jest ride onthem carefully.

kevindinho · Post by **kevindinho** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 7:56 pm

will normal car wash liquid do rob?

Post by **Wattie** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 8:12 pm

it wont make them slippery, it hoses off

mike-s · Post by **mike-s** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 8:04 am

CT-18 is certainly the goods, at least for plastics. Never really tried using them on tyres. Though if talking fairings i have found some of the kitten stuff incredibly good on the body if you overdo it on the concentration a bit.

I've used the citrus based stuff to get rid of road/brake grime from the rims. You can get it from golo and bunnings and it does a bang up job of cleaning road grime off the rims. Perhaps that followed by ct18?

Post by **robracer** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 8:08 am

kevindinho wrote:will normal car wash liquid do rob?

Kev you would have to keep it at a fairly strong ratio..... if you have one use a spray bottle

IsleofNinja · Post by **IsleofNinja** » Tue Dec 15, 2009 12:42 am

Wattie wrote:jest ride onthem carefully.

^^^ who are you and what have you done with Wattie ???????

Brakeclean/Acetone/thinners perfect kero ok and long as you let it dry completely first or may be a tad greasy

Post by **robracer** » Tue Dec 15, 2009 5:11 am

IsleofNinja wrote:Acetone/thinners perfect

Near the painted rim, could be disastrous

Gazza · Post by **Gazza** » Tue Dec 15, 2009 3:52 pm

bug and tar remover gets chain lube off anything , tyres , fairings etc.

its good shit

newzthou · Post by **newzthou** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 1:49 pm

wipe the tyre down with a rag soaked in fuel, the road will take care of the rest.

IsleofNinja · Post by **IsleofNinja** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 9:49 pm

robracer wrote:
IsleofNinja wrote:Acetone/thinners perfect
Near the painted rim, could be disastrous

Since when have you relied on the sidewall being clean for corner grip??

Post by **robracer** » Thu Dec 17, 2009 4:26 am

Well the treaded part of the tyre wont be dirty

IsleofNinja · Post by **IsleofNinja** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 1:44 am

Now your showing off dude

Nice pic

Slow and wobbly · Post by **Slow and wobbly** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 4:49 pm

CT18 is on the caustic side so don't put it near aluminium. Caustic substances dissolve the Bauxite in aluminium and alloys, even annodized surfaces. Annodizing will not protect from caustic degredation because anodizing is nothing more than a controlled form alluminium oxidization that is color dyed. Raw black ABS plastic dislikes it also.
Use Dishwashing liquid its PH neutral will remove most things - bugs, oil etc and wont damage anything.

Have a closer look at a 10+ year old truck next time your at the lights and see what truckwash does to paint and bodywork.

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