tire shine = hair gel?

[tomtoc]

i just bought some real tire shine the other day instead of just using the spray armor-all crap. first of all, wow - looks great.

but...i swear the stuff is just hair gel. it looks like, smells like it. i think it's a $9 bottle of the stuff i can get at target for $1.50. anyone ever tried it?

 

[TexasNomad]

i just bought some real tire shine the other day instead of just using the spray armor-all crap. first of all, wow - looks great.

but...i swear the stuff is just hair gel. it looks like, smells like it. i think it's a $9 bottle of the stuff i can get at target for $1.50. anyone ever tried it?

Hmm you know come to think about I think you right...
Check the ingredients...

 

[tomtoc]

no ingredients on the tire shine. i bought
Meguiars High Gloss Hot Shine - not sure if anyone can find out what that (or similar) is made of

hair gel is - water, copolymer, tirethanolamine, carbomer, etc.....

 

[TexasNomad]

Hmm Not even their MSDS has any thing about whats in it..
Heck try some hair gel one some soft rubber and see what happens.

 

[tomtoc]

Hmm Not even their MSDS has any thing about whats in it..
Heck try some hair gel one some soft rubber and see what happens.

my wife needs new tires and i'm thinking before i ditch them in a few weeks i'm going to throw some hair gel on there and see if it works about the same.

 

[surewhynot]

I can hear it now.

Sorry honey, I didn't mean to use all your hair gel, but my tires needed shined.

 

[TexasNomad]

I've done dumber things with my g/f's stuff.....

 

[tomtoc]

someone on yahoo answers suggested using hair gel. doesn't mean that the're serious, or correct - just interesting

Sorry honey, I didn't mean to use all your hair gel

slight possibility that the hair get is/was mine:thatwasgay:

 

[m78]

Ever see the movie "Coming to America" with Eddie Murphy ?
The hair gel ("fro-glo" or something) in that movie sounds like what your looking for.

 

[LEB Ben]

Well if it is just hair gel...then us guys should have a never ending supply of Tire shine...ever seen "Something About Mary"


But seriously, I have no clue...I've never used the gel style tire shine. I always use the Meguiar's Hot Shine or NXT in an aerosol can.

 

[tomtoc]

I always use the Meguiar's Hot Shine

thats the stuff i bought, but it looks like they have a gel and a spray (like windex)

 

[SuperCab]

Well if it is just hair gel...then us guys should have a never ending supply of Tire shine...ever seen "Something About Mary"


But seriously, I have no clue...I've never used the gel style tire shine. I always use the Meguiar's Hot Shine or NXT in an aerosol can.

Hey Ben - Nice to see you!

 

[LEB Ben]

Hey Ben - Nice to see you!

It's good to be posting again...just been super busy. BTW...I did the tech writeup so do with it as you need.

 

[Old Ford Blue]

The Hot shine is the only way to go, and actually, unless your tires stay really clean(I live on a dirt road ) the Hot Shine foam is even better. It'll actually clean your tires, and it sticks better to.


Gabe

 

[TexasNomad]

Foam Eh! I'm going to have to try that

 

[Old Ford Blue]

lmao, yea Tex, its the only way to go

 

[F 150Cobra]

anyone tried it yet?

 

[Black150]

I've tried the foam, works great. But i prefer dressing tires with an applicator to avoid overspray. Plus there's more user control.