Do tire shine products cause dry rot?

[flnycus]

I've been reading and hearing different things and am wondering if anyone can clear this up. Some people have said that silicone based tire shine products actually dry out the rubber and can make the tire dry rot quicker. i use black magic tire wet foam ALOT and was wondering...Thoughts?

 

[YOTALUVR]

personally I dont think so. Ive been using tire shine for over 3 years and I think it helped out from my dry rot situation. I always use an oil based shiner for my tires:cheers:

 

[Koz]

Good Silicone - Water based silicone dressings, usually a milky-white liquid, (Polydimethylsiloxane - PDS) that doesn’t contain petroleum distillate; silicone oils, waxes, or solvents that can harm rubber and/or vinyl over time. Water-based dressings use a combination of natural oils and polymers to offer a non-greasy, satin finish. Some of these products also contain ultra violet radiation (UVR) blocking agents to help keep tires from cracking, fading and hardening. Most, if not all water-based dressings are environmentally friendly / biodegradable, whereas solvent-based silicone is not.

Bad Silicone - Solvent/Petroleum based silicone dressings, usually a clear greasy liquid, (Dimethal - DMS) that contain petroleum solvents as a cleaning agent, they remove the elasticity from vinyl, rubber and paint; causing them to evaporate out of the substrate, leaving behind a dry inflexible surface. Most high gloss products are based upon DMS silicone oil, the difference between water and solvent based is in the carrier system used. Solvent based products use a hydrocarbon silicone to suspend the product. When you apply it, the solvent evaporates leaving the dressing's active ingredients (Silicone oil) behind; solvent-based silicone is not biodegradable.

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Koz

 

[Lineman]

I don't use any tire shine products. Use to but hated it when they threw their oils onto the side of my paint.

Use Westley's bleach white and simple green on tires and they look nice and black.

 

[JoeDirte]

i use brake fluid. lasts a heck of a lot longer and is cheap!

 

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Trolllol... Put it on your paint...

 

[JoeDirte]

umm not trolling?

I don't dump it on. Pour it in a spray bottle, apply and then wipe with a rag. Family has done it for years.

 

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K, sry that was lil harsh. I treat brake fluid around my car like corrosive stuff that it is to water based paint. One drop in wrong spot would ruin my day.

 

[flnycus]

thanks guys. The stuff i use now is black magic tire wet foam, i cant seem to find the ingredients online (ive run out of cans so cant look at that either). Koz im guessing that's a bad silicone spray?

ill try what you suggested looks interesting.

 

[Koz]

Do not use brake fluid! It WILL stain the paint.

Koz