Removing baked on brake dust

[mf44]

Can anyone advise a good way to remove baked on brake dust from the back of alloys. I've taken mine off the car to clean & have tried Autosmart wheel cleaner & P21 powergel but there's still brake dust on them that won't budge. I would like to get them spotless!

[Dan J]

tar and glue remover will help things along if your rims arent extremely manky, if they're not crome you could consider using acid based wheel cleaner which has a bit more bite but use with caution!!!

get as much crap off as you can then get some medium to heavy compound and polish away

[mf44]

I don't know much about tar remover. Is it really aggressive stuff? Safe to use on alloys? I don't really want to use acidic cleaner if I can help it.

[Ryan86]

Acid based wheel cleaner is spot on but as mentioned use with caution.  It has fast and excellent results tho...

[mumbles]

t-cut!!!!!! ftw!!! did mine, then polished and waxed them, dust comes off no trouble now and they're oh so shiney!!

[dragonfly]

Try Autosmart Tardis.

[nogrille]

tar remover's vary in strength.  I've heard good things about tardis.  I've used Autoglym tar remover in the passed and it's not worked that well.  I had to clay bar the affected areas, then polish, then seal.  Got there in the end but it took ages

[Guy]

tardis is great... but i don't find that it works wonders on brake dust, i only usually use it on wheels to remove any remaining tar spots after using smartwheels

[waxamomo]

Maybe try a strong mix of Meguiar's Wheel Brightener, just make sure you rinse the wheel afterwards.

[mf44]

What about Meguiars Hot Rims?