White Crap on New Pirellis...

If it's the white glue on the tread, go for a nice long drive, it'll be gone. If it is on the sidewall that Westley's Bleche-White tire cleaner will get just about anything off a tire.

 

you must have gotten the soft compounds.

 

I would use a tire black product on them. Just spray them down with the one you like and they will be black again.

 

Yeah I've bought Pirellis in the past and had the same sort of white residue on the tires. I had to scrub them very hard several times over with a brass brush and lots of westley's bleachwite to get that crud off. It was a pain....

 

The white stuff is the release agent for the mold. Pain in the arse to get out which probably why they leave it for you to do.

 

Thanks Alberto, I too wondered what that stuff was!

 

I'd be wearing rubber gloves to clean that. Wierdest fetish I've ever heard of

 

hahahahha

 

You don't ever want to use any product that contains bleach (not sure whether Westley's does or does not contain actual bleach?) on a tire --- it degrades the rubber.

For mould release, wipe / lightly scrub it away with WD-40 (yes, that's right --- I said "WD-40"). It is a great solvent and will not harm your tires' rubber compound. Afterwards, wash the WD residue off with warm, soapy water --- otherwise, the greasy residue will look bad and act as a dust magnet making your tires look dirty.

 

albino dogs?

 

MIKE ---

Don't be afraid to be "generous" with the WD. It will dissolve the goop much better if you slather it on, and let it soak a bit --- (20) minutes ought to do it.

...been there, done that... Have fun

 

Mike, call a pprsche dealership and see if they can suggest something. My P-zero's are new, mounted at a Porsche dealership. When it was taking awhile, I asked the what the hold up was. They said they had to remove the white stuff on them. And, they did, black as can be when it came out of the service dept. I don't know what they use, but, 997's come w/ Pzeros, and they go thru them fast. So, most porsche dealerships should have a handle on it.

Good luck. Enjoy the drive

 

The greasy whitish stuff that has the consistency of yogurt is the lubricant that is used when mounting the tires. The waxy stuff on the sidewalls of the tires themselves is the mold release agent used in the manufacturing process. It needs to be removed with a solvent and a brush. All new tires have this and they have to be cleaned. If you don't, any tire dressing you use will be splotchy b/c it cannot absorb into the rubber.

Matt

 

The winter Pirellis I bought from Tire Rack came with this same white, sticky goo. Tire Rack said it was a wax which leached out of the tire on mould release and the solution was to scrub them with Coca Cola (!!!). The Coke wash didn't work worth a damn (surprise, surprise) so I told Tire Rack unless they could do better, I wouldn't buy from them, or Pirelli, in future.

They could offer no solution, so the next set of tires (Viking, from Norway) I bought locally. They're great!

 

I just used rubbing alcohol and a scrub brush the squeaking noise was annoying but it worked

 

Griots Garage has a rubber prep solution that works well for removing the white residue. I usually saturate the sidewall with a sponge, then wipe off with a cloth. Sometimes a second application is needed but it doesn't require hard scrubbing.