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Best tire dressing

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After trying many tire dressings over the years, my favorite the last few years has become Tuf Shine. It's a zero-sling dressing for tires that lasts for weeks/months, not days or just between washes. It does not come off if you're rather anal like me and dry your rims and tires after washing. I've never liked a super glossy look to my tires, but just a hint more than matte works for me -- sort of like "eggshell" if you're familiar with interior paint finishes. You begin with a brush and the "one time" Tire Cleaner that removes any old dressings and crud from the tires, let them fully dry, then you apply the Tire Clearcoat with a firm applicator sponge. Let the first layer of clearcoat dry to a fairly matte appearance, then apply additional layers of the clearcoat to get an increasingly eggshell/semi-gloss appearance with each one you apply. My new MS tires received 2 coats during it's first detailing regime the day after I took delivery, and every few weeks or months, I'll do a quick single touch-up coat to freshen up the look.

This photo was taken a few minutes after I applied the 2nd layer of clearcoat -- it's a bit more matte after it dried than this may at first appear.
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This looks very nice particularly with your paint color.
 
This looks very nice particularly with your paint color.

Thx. It worked well for me with my former Nebula Grey (medium-darkgrey metallic) Lexus as well. Loved some of the other products I've used over the past many years -- and I've used a bunch of them, but the sling from some got to me, as did they way the silicon in some products would rub off making a mess of my microfiber with my quick attempt at drying the tires after a wash, as well as the need to pretty much reapply the product every 2-3 washes. Detailing is such a personal thing, so I appreciate how different things "flick different people's BIC" (that analogy certainly dates me -- ah ha!). Fortunately, I no longer deal with any of those problems with this Tuf Shine product, and I can change the glossiness based on how many coats I apply. :smile: I'm sold (at least until something better comes along!)