<VV> What's a good cleaner for white wall tires?

[Marc Sheridan]

Russ,

My cool bicycle has red rims and wide whites. When I had some kind of stain
on my tires, I tried everything you did, without success, then I happened to
notice a can of Brakleen brake cleaner on the shelf. It worked! Your results
may vary from mine, but it is worth a try.

Marc Sheridan
Electra Rat Rod with wide whites
Waverly OH

On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 4:55 AM, Russ Moorhouse <corvair65 at verizon.net>
wrote:

> My 3 year old whitewalls on my Corvair have turned an off-white/tan, even
> though the car is kept in a garage 99% of the time and never taken out in
> the rain.  I've tried all the old ways I cleaned my tires back in the 60,
> powdered cleansers, brillo soap pads, Westley's WW cleaner and one or two
> other tire type cleaners I had around and nothing has helped.  Any one
> have
> any suggestions?  Is this a overall problem with the newer tires?  I don't
> recall the older tires doing this.
>
>
> Russ Moorhouse
> '65 Corsa coupe 140 HP
> Kent Island, MD
>
>