Hi all. A detailer used some kind of thick black crap on my tires to make them shine. It was coming off all over the sides of the car so I cleaned as much of the stuff off of the tires as I could. But I noticed the other day that it's also all over the inside of the wheel wells. I can take my fingernail and scrape it off. Does anyone have a suggestion as to what to use to clean this up?

 

Power washer?

 

If it's just road tar kerosene is safer and will take
it off ,brush it on let it sit awhile

 

I had considered using gasoline. I used it to remove tar on the chrome of my cars back in the day when they had chrome bumpers. But I know how volatile gasoline is and remembered how you can actually ignite it using it that way. It seems like a tarry kind of stuff but I don't know.

 

Bug and tar remover.

 

I think I would use the idiot that put the gunk on the tires to clean it up.

 

Ditto this suggestion! Hose it off real good once the cleaning is done. Product does kind of smell.

Another option is Dawn dish washing detergent. Cleans up just about anything I've ever used it on. Remember the commercials showing ducklings covered in crude oil from spills in the Gulf being cleaned up using Dawn.

 

Time for a new detailer. Or DYI with Black Magic Tire Wet Spray after you clean up the mess he made. It's clear but let it dry before driving.

 

Nice!

 

Good idea! I never ever think of that but you're right. It might just work.

 

Use a tire brush like below so you can scrub the wheel well liner with the Dawn detergent or whatever you decide to use.

 

Thanks! I have a small brush similar to that but I might get a bigger one.

 

Hey Mikey (sorry, couldn't help myself, you know, the commercial where Mikey will eat anything?...), just how big are your wheels? LOL...


.

 

Yes, I remember that commercial. My wheels are the standard size.