Malco Aqua Bead Water Based Dressing for Tires, Rubber and Plastic, 1 Gal.

Been detailing vehicles for decades. Hard to find a quality tire dressing that last more than a day or two. This does. Consistency is a bit thinner than say a common salad dressing, goes on easy, leaves a dark black shine. Good for rubber and plastic matts and exterior parts as well.

Put a great shine in my engine compartment. Makes plastic shine. Everything shine!! I sprayed the engine compartment even on the inner fender and some of it sprayed on the outer finder. I just wiped it off and no damage to the paint.. Everything is shiny. You mix the dressing 3 to 1 ratio. I even sprayed the hybrid electrical parts without any damage. Will buy again. The whole engine compartment looks brand new!!

Works great on cars

Works as it says it does, leaves a nice shine. Not sure how long it will last but looks good now. Now after using for awhile I am very happy with.the product It leaves a nice light shine not that real shiny, phony look

Good product. First of all, you should dilute this product as recommended. I did a 2:1 dilution with distilled water and quite honestly you could probably go with a 3:1 or maybe a 4 or 5:1 depending on how much "Shine" you want. The product is very thick, about the consistency of interior house paint. So a 2:1 dilution in a spray bottle is pushing it a bit, hence why I recommend a 3:1 at a minimum. I first tried it on my daughters car tires, and I have to say I was quite impressed. It applies very easily around the tire with just a few strokes of a brush (I use a fine bristle high end paint brush (widths depending on tire size)) to apply my tire dressings. It glides on almost like you're brushing on WD40. Even though it's water based and not oil based. It's "Slickery".. I let it soak for a bit then I went back and did a wipe down of the tire, with a dry microfiber cloth, to remove any excess. It seems to "Soak" into the tire pretty well, and it doesn't retain any kind of greasy or oily type look. Makes the rubber look wet and clean, but not greasy like a basted turkey.. Since it's a water based solution I wanted to let it dry and then test the "Fling Off" effect. And to my satisfaction, after a few hours, it didn't fling off like most silicone or tire dressings do. So I was pleased on that front. It's like it uses the water to distribute the product, then the water dries off and it leaves a thin layer. Almost like a layer of paraffin.. You can touch it and it's not greasy, and it's not like an exterior "Coating" like a paint, it definitely soaks into the tire. After a couple days I wanted to test the longevity factor. I drove the car through the usual exterior only type wash at a high end car wash. This car wash DOES touch the car, and the tires get a good blasting as well as some rotating tumblers that do touch the wheels and tires. I was pretty pleased with what I saw afterwards. The Tires still looked good, and did lose "Some" of the products affects but they still looked reasonably dressed and fresh.. Based on what I saw you could probably get 2 to 3 washes out of an application before you'd want to reapply it. It dawned on me this product would also be a good undercoating type product (where you spray your fender wells to make them look clean). I would recommend you dilute the product to 5:1 to achieve that affect. That would give you the clean look but not too shiny. It would liven up the plastic but not to excess. Also, this product should NOT be used on anything you'd be stepping on (with your feet) as it is very slippery, as silicone/dimethicone can be. I would not recommend it on things like a truck step rails, tuck bed liners, pedals and so forth.. If you have a sealer on your concrete driveway I'd also recommend you put a towel down and wrap it around the bottom of your tire to avoid getting it on the sealed concrete, it could become very slippery. It temporarily stained my concrete, but being water based it vapored off and left very little discoloration. Some of the recommendations for this product are for interior applications, but IMO, for me, I won't use it for that as I don't like shiny applications on the interior of the car. I also only use interior treatments that contain good UV protectants. Due to that I would much rather use Chemical Guys' "Innerclean" or KLASSE VR2 with a second wipe down to level set it. All in all I would say this is a great product and I will happily use it for a select few applications.

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I do car detailing on the side and was looking for a product that gave more of a matte shine than a gloss and that did not sling on tires. I tried this and the gallon goes a long way because of the dilution rate. I use 11 ounces of the product mixed with 21 ounces of water. It is thick (think paint) and needs to be shaken before you spray it on. It gives tires a matte finish but also works well on dulled mats and if one wanted you could do wheel wells or engines. You get a bit higher gloss if you do not wipe it down but I would give 15-20 minutes prior to driving. If you look a very shiny, high gloss shine then i would look for another product.

Very generous sizing! I mainly use this on my 2010 Honda Civic for tires and detailing the rubber and interior as it needs love! I followed the directions for diluting and it was easy to apply on tires. I particularly liked that there was not an offensive smell it's great. I am sensitive to odors so have to be careful. My son buys and resells vehicles and is constantly fixing them up. He was excited to get a nice sized trim/tire shine to help with upgrading those vehicles in need. This size is a great value as you dilute 3/1 and it will last forever. After you dilute, remember to shake before spraying as it does separate which is normal. Malco rocks! Thank you for allowing me to test a product for you it was a great experience and I will continue using Aqua Bead!