New white walls look dirty and won't clean up

[Marcdeb]

This may be an issue with the brand of my tires, but my new white walls have gone brownish. they were installed on the car one year ago. The car is still being assembled so it's not been on the road yet and is stored in a garage. The white walls have turned very dirty looking and I have not had any luck getting them white again. I even tried some white wall cleaner with a brush and no luck.

They've not had any exposure to sun.
The brand is Vigour Galaxy R1.

Any suggestions?
Any one else buy this brand have similar issues?
Thanks
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[AirHead1966]

I would try mr clean magic eraser.

[scottyrocks]

When I was a kid I learned from my Dad to get whitewalls clean with steel wool soap pads. I used that method as recently as a year ago (car has been sold) on my '73 Mustang's raised white letter tires. Works a charm.
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[Typ3nut]

Soft Scrub w/bleach, use a brush & as mentioned a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser should work.

I have also used Simple Green All Wheel and Tire Cleaner with success.

Once you get them clean, make sure you use a tire dressing to protect them. I use Meguiar's endurance tire shine.

[Marcdeb]

[Peerson]

I have always used Bleche-White with a brass whitewall scrub brush. Since, at least, 1974. Keeps them sparkling white.

[74 Thing]

Post a photo.

Magic eraser is an abrasive.

I used to use the Belche White but they changed their formula years ago.

It is probably tire blooming and you need to get a good cleaner and use it multiple times to get the browish color off.

Go to Autogeek.net and look at the quality tire cleaners.

This is a great cleaner at a great price
https://www.autogeek.net/duragloss-whitewall-tire-cleaner.html#

I use it with a foaming spray head and a really stiff brush. It will still take multiple applications per tire to get the brown blooming off.

[Erik G]

it's the tires themselves I hate to say. this happened with some white walls I gotand no matter what you do, they will turn brown

there is a product that is supposed to work for this specific problem where it's turning brown from the inside. you have to take the wheels off the car, put them in the sun, use this stuff a couple times... for me it works temporarily. the guy tells me do it and leave the wheels like upside while they cool off overnight with this stuff on it, and it will draw out all that black crap that you're getting. He says mine are some of the worst, they were burned when they were made



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[W1K1]

[Marcdeb]

[W1K1]

it's just the foam , no cleaning agent
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[Marcdeb]

[OTTO 1303]

BLECHE-WITE works for me every time
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