Cleaning White Wall

[Tom F.]

I read the post a few weeks back regarding getting yellow out of white walls.
I'm probably dating myself, but back in the sixty's there was a product that was a paste that did a great job. Can anyone remember the name of the product?

[Steven B.]

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Tom, I can't recall the product name now but Mobil sold one like it under the Mobil name. I used both a couple of times and then mixed baking soda and toothpaste with similiar results, then went the easy route with Wesley's.

Steve

[Tom F.]

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Steve, Thanks for your input, I'm sure that the product manufacturer is long gone. You just don't see too many wide white walls running on the road these days.

[Alexander C.]

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I used the Westley's Bleche White on my new tires for the first time last week. It worked great but the water running off was pretty milky white. I hope that was only because it was the first time

[John F.]

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Always rinse real good and wipe dry.

[Donald O.]

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I used to use a SOS pad from my Mom's kitchen back in the day.
Now I use Westley's Bleche White and scrub it with a Scotch-Brite pad on a plastic handle, like the kind for scrubbing a BBQ grill.

[Edward S.]

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In the early sixties I bought my first & only convertable a 57 olds 98, upon buying the car I had a new white top - at the same time I was working for a auto parts dist.. One of the product lines we stocked was Swaco WW cleaner available in a liquid or paste. I always wanted that top as clean as I could get it and at the same time I did not want to stain my paint - so I started to use Swaco Paste to do the top, started to just spray light coat of water on the top plus a heavy coat of water on the car in case some got on the car. I would put the paste on the top, use a soft brush and do the entire top at one time and then wash the whole thing off. The product did a great job on the top and my tires. I left the job, sold the car and could not find Swaco anymore. It was a light green paste, don't know if that's the product you are talking about.

[Wayne G.]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkcm3rh60p0

You gotta love UTUBE!

[Tom F.]

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Edward Styczynski came up with the name of the white wall cleaner that I was trying to remember, SWACO. It was a great product and probably manufactured somewhere in the Northeast at the time. I had a "61" Impala with wide white walls and the paste did the very best job of getting them white. I did check the Internet, but could not come up with anything.

Ed, thanks for coming up with the name.

[Wayne G.]

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Simple Green and a good nylon soft brush... does not yellow, does not dry them out, may require a little more effort.

Swaco I think that was made by another company a few years ago, I think Gaurdsman Products...

Coker Tire makes a Wide White cleaner... supposed to not harm them...

I think the Bleach is what yellows them over time? But Wesleys has been around forever... I have seen the old schoold tricks Gas, K1 and others from time to time, Brillo, SOS, 409, Fantastik, WINDEX, bulk engine degrease and a steam cleaner... Guess it one of those things that works best for ya. I don't think todays whitewalls are made like years past, are the retro repros just as good?, the new ones seem to scratch easier and dry out faster if one uses a good old whitewall brass bruss and cleaner.

[Tom F.]

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Thanks Wayne, Will give it a try.

Tom