Black Velvet tyre treatment

Browning tyre sidewalls and a greasy dressing that slings onto the paint. Black Velvet is a water-based polymer with no solvents, silicone or VOC.

The car is washed, the paint is clean, and it still looks unfinished. The tyre sidewalls are grey and brown. A glossy spray off the shelf lights them up wet for a while, but after the first drive you'll find it slung across the sills and behind the wheels, and within two weeks the rubber is grey again.

The browning isn't dirt. Rubber contains a protective additive that slowly migrates from the depth to the surface, where it browns on contact with air. Heat and driving speed that up. A dressing built on solvent and silicone leaches that additive out of the rubber and leaves a tacky film on the sidewall that binds dust. The rubber then browns faster. Our article on why tyres brown explains it in detail.

FEYNLAB® Black Velvet is for you if you want the sidewalls black between washes too, and it bothers you that within two weeks it looks like before again. If it's enough for you that the sidewalls are clean and matte black straight after a wash, a hand exterior wash is all you need. If you'd rather not renew the treatment and want peace from your tyres for the whole season, reach for ceramic tyre protection.

What you'll see on the rubber

Black Velvet is a water-based tyre treatment. Once dry, it holds where it was applied instead of slinging off as you drive. The surface isn't tacky and doesn't pick up dust the way a classic dressing does. The gloss is satin, not wet — anyone looking for a wet, glassy shine won't find it here.

How long it lasts

It's a treatment that — unlike ceramic protection — wears down gradually and needs regular renewal. We'll work out the exact interval for you based on how you drive the car, and recommend tying it to maintenance wash for a protected car.