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Offline rst123

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Cleaning wheels
« 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
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Offline Booth11

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Re: Cleaning wheels
« Reply #1 on: 25 December 2015, 20:32 »
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.
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Re: Cleaning wheels
« Reply #2 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.

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Re: Cleaning wheels
« Reply #3 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)
Red Mk6 gone replaced with a white Mk7 which has gone too. Green Mk2 here to stay.

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Re: Cleaning wheels
« Reply #4 on: 26 December 2015, 14:05 »
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:
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Re: Cleaning wheels
« Reply #5 on: 26 December 2015, 16:08 »
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.
Red Mk6 gone replaced with a white Mk7 which has gone too. Green Mk2 here to stay.

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Re: Cleaning wheels
« Reply #6 on: 26 December 2015, 16:50 »
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.
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Re: Cleaning wheels
« Reply #7 on: 26 December 2015, 17:59 »
Or load even  :grin:
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Re: Cleaning wheels
« Reply #8 on: 26 December 2015, 18:26 »
Or load even  :grin:

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