Tire Shine Compounds

travelnutz wrote:
Many years ago there was a product made called Ru-glide that was a non-petroleum non-silicone based rubber lubricant. Lots of hotrod dudes used it to make their tires shine and also as a lube to help mounting tire beads. Never used to see cracked tires using it.

I asked the tire store I deal with about Ru-Glyde recently and nobody, including the store manager had ever heard of it. As you said, all tire stores used to use it when mounting tires, but I guess it is now history at least in Discount Tire store, as it is still available and the recommenced product by many sources.