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Title: Cleaning wheels
Post by: rst123 on 25 December 2015, 19:24

Brake dust on wheels, tried lots of things but some just won't come off. Did a few track days in my car which made it bad.
Any advice?
Cheers,
RST

Title: Re: Cleaning wheels
Post by: Booth11 on 25 December 2015, 20:32

Quote from: rst123 on 25 December 2015, 19:24

Brake dust on wheels, tried lots of things but some just won't come off. Did a few track days in my car which made it bad.
Any advice?
Cheers,
RST

What have you tried?  Sounds like you need to do a proper decontamination stage on them. In this order preferably, or you could try one or all of these.  A full decon would be all 3 steps.

1. Iron remover - such as Iron X which should bring the brake dust off.  If there's a lot you might need to de-iron it a couple of times. 

2. Bug/Tar remover - such as Tardis

3. Clay the wheels

Try the iron remover first to see how much that removes and then if required move onto the other stages.

Title: Re: Cleaning wheels
Post by: Wo-Wo on 26 December 2015, 09:09

This......

Personally I use a fall out remover every week, but that's mainly because current bmw's are renowned for heavy bake dust and that combined with a 600 mile a week commute makes it a nightmare!

It's really important that once you've done your decon that you then seal the wheels, you'll be surprised how much of a difference this will make in future.

Title: Re: Cleaning wheels
Post by: dubber36 on 26 December 2015, 10:10

After 5 weeks without a wash, I found time to clean the red Golf on Thursday. I gave the wheels a spray with Muck Off as that's all I had to hand. 5 mins to soak, powerwashed them off and they looked as good as new. (except for the bits that I missed that I didn't notice until I moved the car)

Title: Re: Cleaning wheels
Post by: Booth11 on 26 December 2015, 14:05

Quote from: dubber36 on 26 December 2015, 10:10

After 5 weeks without a wash, I found time to clean the red Golf on Thursday. I gave the wheels a spray with Muck Off as that's all I had to hand. 5 mins to soak, powerwashed them off and they looked as good as new. (except for the bits that I missed that I didn't notice until I moved the car)

Hallelujah!  You've cleaned your car. Was that it's Christmas present.  :laugh:

Title: Re: Cleaning wheels
Post by: dubber36 on 26 December 2015, 16:08

Quote from: Booth11 on 26 December 2015, 14:05

Hallelujah!  You've cleaned your car. Was that it's Christmas present.  :laugh:

I only cleaned the Golf because I was board. I'm always board at Christmas.

Title: Re: Cleaning wheels
Post by: Booth11 on 26 December 2015, 16:50

Quote from: dubber36 on 26 December 2015, 16:08

Quote from: Booth11 on 26 December 2015, 14:05

Hallelujah!  You've cleaned your car. Was that it's Christmas present.  :laugh:

I only cleaned the Golf because I was board. I'm always board at Christmas.

Or bored even ;-)

Christmas is boring. Once you're past childhood, it's crap. All it is, is a loa of work feeding and catering to everyone else's whims.  Bah! Humbug.

Title: Re: Cleaning wheels
Post by: dubber36 on 26 December 2015, 17:59

Or load even  :grin:

Title: Re: Cleaning wheels
Post by: Booth11 on 26 December 2015, 18:26

Quote from: dubber36 on 26 December 2015, 17:59

Or load even  :grin:

 d  :tongue:  Not quite as humorous as your misspelling though.  :grin: