Wheel cleaner for this?
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New to me car, just giving it a clean.
Gave the wheels a going over with some autoglym customer wheel cleaner I had around.
It cleaned the outside of the wheen pretty well but the inside it did nothing at all.
I have scrubbed at this with a brush and a rag with the wheel cleaner but it does not move even the marks near the valve stem don't come off.
Can anyone suggest a wheel cleaner that would get this off please?
Gave the wheels a going over with some autoglym customer wheel cleaner I had around.
It cleaned the outside of the wheen pretty well but the inside it did nothing at all.
I have scrubbed at this with a brush and a rag with the wheel cleaner but it does not move even the marks near the valve stem don't come off.
Can anyone suggest a wheel cleaner that would get this off please?
OK I got some of the Bilt & Hamber wheel cleaner. Very smelly stuff, follow the directions and gave the wheels a clean.
On the 2 rear wheels it did a pretty good job, on the passenger front it did OK removing most of the heavy deposits in the dish of the wheel.
On the drivers side it removed lots of the deposits but after 3 goes Including using a stiff brush it has not touched these and a few other marks ( shown in the pics) it had no effect at all even on the faint marks near the valve stem.
This is the 3rd application, pretty much nothing turned pink even when scrubbed.
After cleaning
Any more suggestions, I'm thinking of trying some T Cut I have.
This is a 70 plate car with 24000 miles on the clock so not old.
On the 2 rear wheels it did a pretty good job, on the passenger front it did OK removing most of the heavy deposits in the dish of the wheel.
On the drivers side it removed lots of the deposits but after 3 goes Including using a stiff brush it has not touched these and a few other marks ( shown in the pics) it had no effect at all even on the faint marks near the valve stem.
This is the 3rd application, pretty much nothing turned pink even when scrubbed.
After cleaning
Any more suggestions, I'm thinking of trying some T Cut I have.
This is a 70 plate car with 24000 miles on the clock so not old.
Not owned it from new, only had it a couple months.
Checked the face of the wheels and they looked OK, knew the wheels needed a clean but was not that bothered as, how hard is it to clean a wheel. It turns out it's pretty difficult.
Bilt hamber does not touch this at all, it cleaned most of the wheel really well but left these marks behind that just don't want to shift.
I may see if a local detailer will have a go, don't mind paying someone if they can do a better job than me.
I have not tried an acid based one as everything I read says don't use it on diamond cut wheels. I may get some and try applying it to just the dirty areas with a cloth so it doesn't come into contact with with the face.
Not sure how doable that is.
Checked the face of the wheels and they looked OK, knew the wheels needed a clean but was not that bothered as, how hard is it to clean a wheel. It turns out it's pretty difficult.
Bilt hamber does not touch this at all, it cleaned most of the wheel really well but left these marks behind that just don't want to shift.
I may see if a local detailer will have a go, don't mind paying someone if they can do a better job than me.
I have not tried an acid based one as everything I read says don't use it on diamond cut wheels. I may get some and try applying it to just the dirty areas with a cloth so it doesn't come into contact with with the face.
Not sure how doable that is.
BH autowheels is not an iron filing remover like BH Korrosol. I believe that's what is left on your wheels.
But you could also use Iron X which is the "original" product for that purpose.
Once a wheel is fully decontaminated (with Iron X for instance, and then with a tar remover like TARDIS) then if well sealed it shouldn't need more than a car shampoo, at least on the faces.
But you could also use Iron X which is the "original" product for that purpose.
Once a wheel is fully decontaminated (with Iron X for instance, and then with a tar remover like TARDIS) then if well sealed it shouldn't need more than a car shampoo, at least on the faces.
nickfrog said:
BH autowheels is not an iron filing remover like BH Korrosol. I believe that's what is left on your wheels.
The only difference between those 2 products is the cling time / viscosity. BH themselves said this on DW.https://www.detailingworld.co.uk/threads/auto-whee...
I’d try a clay bar or aggressive polish as others have suggested.
Edited by cslwannabe on Wednesday 12th April 21:23
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