Cleaning white letter tires

Tried a new way of cleaning the white letters and it worked better than expected. All I did was go over the white letters a few times with a magic eraser and then rinse the tire with water. Took me 20 minutes to do all 4. My wife told me I should try it to see if it would work and we both are happy with the result.

Great idea! I'm gonna try that right now!


It does work well. I still need to get some bleach white, as my letters are still a little yellow.

Great idea! I'm gonna try that right now!


It does work well. I still need to get some bleach white, as my letters are still a little yellow.

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You can definitely tell a difference.

Looks good!

I good luck using WD-40. Cleans it right up.

I good luck using WD-40. Cleans it right up.

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I will have to try that trick next time.

Nice. I have good luck cleaning tires with purple power / castrol super clean. It makes tires clean and black.. the brown literally oozes off after spraying them.

White letters are important to me...they "lift" the whole appearance of the car as far as I am concerned.

I typically have the best luck with Bleach-White and a wire tire brush, but stubborn stains come very clean with powdered Comet cleaner and fresh steel wool pad. Little bit of work, but its worth it to me.

I used the Bleach White, and I have used the Mr eraser, both methods work with great results.

And I totally agree with Kit, the white letter wheels make the car look much better.

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White letters are important to me...they "lift" the whole appearance of the car as far as I am concerned.

I typically have the best luck with Bleach-White and a wire tire brush, but stubborn stains come very clean with powdered Comet cleaner and fresh steel wool pad. Little bit of work, but its worth it to me.

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I used the Bleach White, and I have used the Mr eraser, both methods work with great results.

And I totally agree with Kit, the white letter wheels make the car look much better.

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Ray

I read in a Coker tire article that Bleach-White eats away at the white compound in the tire and you should never use it. They suggested Simple Green. The amount of time I have to drive my car in the summer they dry rot before I have had any problems.

Old school way of cleaning them is with some Comet scouring powder and a stiff bristled brush. Works fantastic IMO and no funky chemicals.

I've torn up many a scotch brite pad, SOS pad, etc cleaning white letters. One barely lasts all four wheels. And the chemicals are nasty. Don't get Bleche White on your bare aluminum wheels or it will etch the polished finish.

I haven't tried the Bleche Wite since the formula change. I haven't heard good things from the few people that I know that have tried the new formula. Anyone have any feedback?