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Offline Mr Blue

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Re: Vegetable oil as tyre shine
« Reply #10 on: 11 June 2011, 00:56 »
Autosmart rubber and plastic dressing.

apply with a paintbrush and leave it on over night. so far the tyres have been nice and black for about 2 months unouched
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Offline s-l-i-x

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Re: Vegetable oil as tyre shine
« Reply #11 on: 11 June 2011, 04:11 »
Autosmart rubber and plastic dressing.

apply with a paintbrush and leave it on over night. so far the tyres have been nice and black for about 2 months unouched

From where and how much?

Offline Mr Blue

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Re: Vegetable oil as tyre shine
« Reply #12 on: 11 June 2011, 07:44 »
Try ebay or one of the autosmart vans that visit local hand wash place. Get a tub of it. approx £20 :smiley:
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Offline S4twiggy

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Re: Vegetable oil as tyre shine
« Reply #13 on: 11 June 2011, 10:45 »
a tyre shine should last you atleast 6mnths if your just using it for your own car. how many times do you shine your tyres then?
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Re: Vegetable oil as tyre shine
« Reply #14 on: 11 June 2011, 18:13 »
a tyre shine should last you atleast 6mnths if your just using it for your own car. how many times do you shine your tyres then?

Well the spray on foam stuff lasts about 10 days max, so might give the gel stuff a go..

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Re: Vegetable oil as tyre shine
« Reply #15 on: 11 June 2011, 18:29 »
just ordered some of that autosmart stuff see how it goes.. i like with autosmart you can buy 5l of each  :smiley:
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