Labocosmetica Tyre Dressing & Applicator Bundle

Tyre Dressing & Applicator Kit

A good tyre gel and the right pad to put it on with. That second part is why most tyres look patchy.

Applying a dressing with a sponge or an open-cell pad means most of it soaks straight into the applicator and onto your fingers. You use twice as much, it goes on unevenly, and the excess slings onto the paint on the first drive.

NERO — SOLVENT-FREE TYRE GEL

A deep matte, factory-black finish rather than a wet-look gloss. Antistatic, so it holds dust less than a greasy dressing.

Solvent-free is the part that matters. Solvent-carried dressings sling readily onto paintwork, and over time they draw plasticisers out of the sidewall — which is what browns and cracks a tyre prematurely. This is a gel, so it stays where you put it.

THE NO-SOAK APPLICATORS

Five 5" round microfibre pads from The Rag Company with a liquid barrier built into the middle. Product stays on the working face instead of soaking through, so it goes onto the tyre rather than into the pad — less gel per tyre, cleaner hands, and an even finish.

Five means one per corner and a spare, or one per car across a few jobs. They wash and reuse.

WHAT'S IN THE KIT

• Labocosmetica Nero 500ml — solvent-free matte tyre dressing gel — $57.90
• The Rag Company Ultra No-Soak Round Applicators, 5 pack — $13.95

Bought separately: A$71.85. As a kit: A$64.95 — you save $6.90.

Dress a clean tyre. If the sidewall still has browning in it, decontaminate first — the Tyre Cleaning & Dressing Kit pairs Nero with Sidero and the Big EZ brush.