{"id":2170,"date":"2010-06-15T19:36:17","date_gmt":"2010-06-15T23:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/?p=2170"},"modified":"2010-06-15T19:36:17","modified_gmt":"2010-06-15T23:36:17","slug":"ask-a-pro-a-non-sling-tire-dressing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/ask-a-pro-a-non-sling-tire-dressing\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask-A-Pro: A Non-Sling Tire Dressing?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear Sirs:<\/p>\n

I am currently using a DP Tire Gloss on my car tires.\u00a0 It has a great shine and last for a long time, but as I drive, I notice that some of the gel is shooting on the side of my car and looks like oil discoloration.\u00a0 Of course, it wipes off, but I would like to use something that gave me a great shine, lasts long and does not splatter on the car.\u00a0\u00a0 I never drive the car immediately after my applying the gel-\u00a0 it is usually a day or 2 and it still does this.\u00a0 Also, I do not apply liberally-\u00a0 Just once over with a paint brush.<\/p>\n

What do you suggest?<\/p>\n

Thanks<\/p>\n

Dr. Brian Sherwood<\/p>\n

PS–Of course- my car is black and shows everything!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Dr. Sherwood, I know your woes!<\/p>\n

I have found that even water-based gel’s like you have sling quite a bit.\u00a0 The answer: stay away from gels!\u00a0 Like you said, even if you are letting the gel “cure” on the tire for hours, even days, at a time, it will still sling!<\/p>\n

I would stick with a water-based spray tire dressing much like Optimum Tire Shine.<\/a> Pair this tire dressing with an applicator pad such as the Lake Country Tire Dressing Applicator <\/a>to help spread the tire dressing on evenly and thinly.<\/p>\n

Use about 1-2 sprays per tire on the applicator pad, apply it to the tire, let it dry for about 30 minutes or so, and then buff with a throw-away microfiber or terry cloth to keep the sling down to zero.<\/p>\n

I hope this helps a bit in the conquest towards shiny, sling free tires!<\/p>\n

If you have any comments or questions, please feel free to answer below<\/p>\n

Thanks,<\/p>\n

Aaron Baumann<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Looking for a way to prevent tire dressing from slinging all over your freshly detailed car? Aaron Baumann provides some advice for an Ask A Pro reader…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[63,43,45],"tags":[367,366,365,231,364],"class_list":{"0":"post-2170","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-general-detailing","7":"category-rims-and-tires","8":"category-tire-care","9":"tag-ask-a-pro","10":"tag-lake-country-tire-dressing-applicator","11":"tag-optimum-tire-shine","12":"tag-tire-dressing","13":"tag-tire-dressing-with-no-sling"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1kPO7-z0","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2170"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2175,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2170\/revisions\/2175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}