just wondered what you guy's used on your whitewall tire's to keep them looking nice and bright !!

use this stuff called Westleys whitewall cleaner....you can get it at any walmart etc...

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Brillo or SOS pads. They are made for scrubbing pots and pans, are loaded with soap and a box will cost you a buck or two. I've been using SOS pads since 1962 when I first helped my dad with his cars.

I saw a bottle of that westleys out at my uncles house , I'll try that , I tryed soap even dish soap but it won't cut it ? and the sos pads sounds good too ,

Anybody else have problems with the raised white letters on our BF Goodrich TA's turning brown?,..and difficult to whiten?

you can actually sand them..yes with sant paper like 320 or so and wet sand them.......

Another home remedy would be to use Comet or Ajax cleanser or similar product with a still bristle brush. They have a little bit of bleaching agent in them and will clean up a white wall pretty well. The Westley's product mentioned earlier works well also.

Use caution with bleche white it works but is hard to keep off paint and wheels and can damage both. The SOS and Brillo pads are steel-wool and can also damage wheels and paint, you just don't have to worry about overspray and dripping.

I have not seen a tire, whitewall or white lettering come cleaner than the household pads can get them with...

The only thing that really works is lacquer thinner on a small piece of paper towel, do each raised letter one by one. Change paper after every letter. Really works great and fast-no scubbing just wipe off. Have not tried it on whitewalls, but should work.

I use Bleche White, but as mentioned earlier, it can really damage some wheels. Alloy wheels anyway, I've had no trouble with chrome wheels though.

use the westleys white wall tire cleaner. it's important to let it sit for a while but not dry out. clean with piece of steel wool and hot soap and water and those raised white letters will be as white as the driven snow. don't ever paint them!

I have used a wire brush with brass bristles that is designed to clean my outdoor grill grates. With some strong soap it works well.

My new BFGoodrich TAs white letters turned brown also, but haven't cleaned them yet but I usually use a piece of Cement from a Broken Concrete Block to scrub the white part of the Tire it works great better then sandpaper or steel wool been using that method for over forty years. Bleech White or Castro super clean worked great but be careful around wheels and paint

I use a white letter paint stick. That's what it's for!

That Bleche White stuff also drys out the tires over time.

I'm with Dennis, bar none, SOS pads work the best. it takes a little elbow grease sometimes, but they have never failed me, and I've seen some nasty letters come clean. White walls are definately easier than letters, too.
Learned that trick from my dad as well, DJD, but a little after '62 ;)

I use a tire machine on my whitewalls, they look better on the back of the rim!!!

Just pick ip a hand full of wet dirt and rub it over your tires while washing them. Rinse them off and the tire and white wall will both look like new. It's free and works great. Seriously, give it a try next time you wash your car..Johnny

Guys, here's what I do. I use Westley's Bleche-White and I have recommended it before and people don't get the same results that I do. But I think it really makes a difference on the process in how you use it.

Use it on absolutely dry tires. I do my whiteletters before I wash anything else on the car. Spray the Bleche-White on dry tires and then put some water on your scrub brush (use as little water as possible, I spray water on my brush, thing "sling" the excess off). Use the brush on the tires and only add water to the brush, not the tires. Then when the tires are clean, spray the residue off of them. Clean your brush out with water, and proceed onto the next tire.

Try it, it works.

Nothing. I have never owned a white wall tire, although my father (who is 86) buys them all the time. I'll pass on the hot cleaning tips to him ASAP.

Well, the 86 year old dad is cool, but...