Tires & Sun
I heard recently that the major tire manufactures, ie Michelin, Goodyear etc have since around 2010 added some compound to the rubber that eliminates the need to cover the tires, or add something like...
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I used to work for Michelin but I wasn't a chemist. Rubber is naturally white and carbon is added to the rubber mix for UV protection or that is what we were told. It also makes the tire black. We used a solvent to break down rubber during tire construction so I know anything with solvent in it is not good on rubber. Most tire dressings have solvent in it that will deteriorate the rubber over time. Michelin started out building bicycle tires and all the old pictures show bicycles with white tires.
