kmb1966 wrote:
I recently had 6 new tires mounted on my motorhome. The shop had alot of white ash/dust all over and it got all over my new tires, so I came home and tried to wash it off. I tried some soap and it didn't clean it off very well, so without 'thinking', I grabbed my Husky electric 1500 psi pressure washer, and washed the tires. Now, I didn't put it on the stream/bead or anything like that, but I did have it on the fan spray mode, and admittedly sprayed it around and around to get this dirt/ash off of the new tires. Now, I'm hearing that wasn't such a great idea. Now I'm concerned if I somehow ruined my tires. Does anyone use a small electric pressure washer? Did I ruin these new tires?
If you caused damage, it would be visible as a pebbly texture in the sidewall. - and it isn't so much that you caused damage as much as the appearance isn't as good as it was.
Next time, just avoid using the pressure washer closely held and pointed at less than a 45 degree angle to the tires. That would tend to peel off the outermost part of the rubber.
