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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: Mikester on 11 February 2008, 16:05
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Friend thought it was cool to put some alloy wheel cleaner on ONE of my front wheels (it was a girl) and now its basically welded all the brake dust to the wheel in patches, today (good 2 weeks later) i go to clean the car and notice this. SO i start with a sponge, no luck, then a scourer sponge, no luck, then a full on wire brush, and it wont move. Is it f**ked???
cheers
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Naah, use more alloy wheel cleaner on it, leave it for a minute then scrub and rinse should be fine,
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smack da b!tch up n send her back to the kitchen.......WOMEN, KNOW YOUR LIMITS !!! :grin:
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yeah give it another clean...unless its wonder wheels as that eats anything it seems to come in contact with (including its own bottle!!).... if its burnt the lacquer its time to rub down and repaint and time to kick her tits in!! :wink:
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from the fact that your nut covers are white i'd say that you'd been using wonder wheels already??? :rolleyes:
move over to something like meguairs hot rims which does the job of lifting dirt without wrecking your wheels... and no wire brushes!
you can get hot rims in halfrauds too
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i tried the meguires, and like alot of their range i thought it was over rated and over priced, for wheels their really is only 1 and thats wonder wheels, use it correctly and it does the right job
the rim will clean up fine i would think, as said before give it another clean
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wonder wheels is very acidic and damages lacquer - it will eat into any damage in the lacquer that there is - i learnt the hard way from constant use of the stuff
it IS stronger and cheaper but I would avoid continued use.... hot rims you can use all the time
both should be able to shift that lot anyway :smiley:
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wonder wheels is very acidic and damages lacquer - it will eat into any damage in the lacquer that there is - i learnt the hard way from constant use of the stuff
it IS stronger and cheaper but I would avoid continued use.... hot rims you can use all the time
both should be able to shift that lot anyway :smiley:
thing is tho....should only ever have to do them once a year at most if you wash your wheels once a week.... so for me at least wonder wheels is the only thing id ever use, lasts years does 1 bottle..
and the not as strong stuff is a waste of time for badly soiled wheels, you would be their forever trying to clean your rims hahaha :laugh:
wonder wheels does say on it, dont use on cracked lacquer...as u say it is acid based, good stuff :cool:
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get the dremel on em :smiley:
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wonder wheels is very acidic and damages lacquer - it will eat into any damage in the lacquer that there is - i learnt the hard way from constant use of the stuff
it IS stronger and cheaper but I would avoid continued use.... hot rims you can use all the time
both should be able to shift that lot anyway :smiley:
thing is tho....should only ever have to do them once a year at most if you wash your wheels once a week.... so for me at least wonder wheels is the only thing id ever use, lasts years does 1 bottle..
and the not as strong stuff is a waste of time for badly soiled wheels, you would be their forever trying to clean your rims hahaha :laugh:
wonder wheels does say on it, dont use on cracked lacquer...as u say it is acid based, good stuff :cool:
ah haa... but people use it weekly (like i once did) because it imparts such a strong clean... and then after a year their alloys are fcuked! i found the megs was more kinder to use on a regular basis
to give megs it's due it ain't too shabby...
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well using it weekly will deffo kill any rim hahahahah
i only use it in extreme cases tbh, i keep my rims clean so i hardly need to use it, and my other cars wheels are speacial finish so i use nothing on them what so ever....
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So using some more alloy cleaner will get it off? Off to halfords tomo it is!
Cheers guys.
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what was used originally? was it left on the wheel for long?
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what was used originally? was it left on the wheel for long?
She was cleaning her car, i dont know what she put on it, and it was put on 2 weeks ago! I only noticed today when i cleaned my car.....
I tried to scrub it off and well, it wasnt budging....... :sad:
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you mean she didn't wash it off??!! :laugh:
get yourself some decent alloy wheel cleaner and it should come back... if you get wonder wheels thought don't use it if your lacquer is fcuked and don't use it often
i found with the megs it is more of the tortoise and the hare approach... something you can use otfen without damage
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you mean she didn't wash it off??!! :laugh:
get yourself some decent alloy wheel cleaner and it should come back... if you get wonder wheels thought don't use it if your lacquer is fcuked and don't use it often
i found with the megs it is more of the tortoise and the hare approach... something you can use otfen without damage
Thats the problem, i think it was sprayed on (way to much) and kinda wiped about a bit, as its grouped all the dust into patches, and other parts of the wheel are spotless shiny!!! Looks so awful its unreal, as the rest of my car is polished shiny :cry:
Might just buy some new alloys! lol.