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Offline C3PO

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Advice please - little black marks on the alloys
« on: 28 February 2016, 08:42 »
So despite we trying to keep the wheels clean, over the winter the car had gone 9 weeks without a wash. Last weekend it got a good wash, but noticed little black marks on the alloys despite giving them two washes with Bilberry wheel cleaner, and the wheel woollies treatment. Would a product such as iron x do the trick?
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Re: Advice please - little black marks on the alloys
« Reply #1 on: 28 February 2016, 10:08 »
So despite we trying to keep the wheels clean, over the winter the car had gone 9 weeks without a wash. Last weekend it got a good wash, but noticed little black marks on the alloys despite giving them two washes with Bilberry wheel cleaner, and the wheel woollies treatment. Would a product such as iron x do the trick?

The little black dots sound like tar, but you will no doubt have plenty of brake dust as well.  Pretorias are a nightmare for brake dust.  So wheels, and the rest of the car will need a going over with both a tar remover such as Tardis, and an iron remover such as Iron X.  That should see you right.  :smiley:
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Re: Advice please - little black marks on the alloys
« Reply #2 on: 28 February 2016, 10:17 »
Cheers Rebecca I was hoping you would know with your vast experience of products and being the testing queen :whistle:

Will get some ordered and hopefully solve my annoyance.
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Re: Advice please - little black marks on the alloys
« Reply #3 on: 28 February 2016, 11:39 »
As Bec says, it's sounds like some fallout.

If a fallout remover doesn't shift it try claying them too. Then seal and wax.

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Re: Advice please - little black marks on the alloys
« Reply #4 on: 28 February 2016, 15:50 »
Thanks Neil, appreciated, will let you know how I get on.
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Re: Advice please - little black marks on the alloys
« Reply #5 on: 17 April 2016, 22:05 »
Finally a decent day to tackle the car, purchased some dodo juice iron ferrous fallout, and what a great job, first treated the wheels with Bilberry juice, the. Washed with wheel woollies, then after rinsing sprayed a small amount of dodo juice on and left for a few minutes, the rinsed. Wheels now back to new.

Definitely recommend.
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Re: Advice please - little black marks on the alloys
« Reply #6 on: 17 April 2016, 23:24 »
Finally a decent day to tackle the car, purchased some dodo juice iron ferrous fallout, and what a great job, first treated the wheels with Bilberry juice, the. Washed with wheel woollies, then after rinsing sprayed a small amount of dodo juice on and left for a few minutes, the rinsed. Wheels now back to new.

Definitely recommend.

Nice one C3PO.  Sounds like your wheels have really benefitted from a good decontamination.  :smiley:
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