| Author | Message | ||
     Greg (Gparrish) Senior Member Username: Gparrish Post Number: 1169 Registered: 04-2002 |
Any clue how to get a winters worth of brake dust off of alloy rims? Steel rims are not in the budget right now so I need to try to get these clean. Any advice on products that might remove baked on brake dust completely would be great. Thanks, Greg | ||
| Eugene (Eugene) New Member Username: Eugene Post Number: 17 Registered: 02-2003 |
Try some citrus degreaser (P21S Total Auto Wash) at full strength. Another option is to go with a dedicated wheel cleaner. For a winter's worth of brake dust, try Eagle One A2Z wheel cleaner or P21S Gel wheel cleaner. (I'll probably be flamed for this, but I actually enjoy cleaning my cars.) -ema | ||
| Chris Sears (Sears) New Member Username: Sears Post Number: 1 Registered: 02-2003 |
I would reccommend the P21S Gel wheel cleaner, not to be confused with the P21S liquid wheel cleaner, as the Gel is made specifically for your application of baked on brake dust. If that won't get it off, nothing will. (I used to detail the hell out of cars, pre-Rover). Chris | ||
| Christopher Dynak (Adtoolco) Member Username: Adtoolco Post Number: 145 Registered: 08-2002 |
I was about to to use the dreaded steel bristles. The horror!!!! | ||
| Dean Brown (Deanbrown3d) Senior Member Username: Deanbrown3d Post Number: 592 Registered: 02-2002 |
There are a bunch of wheel cleaners in the shops. The ones with fluoride in them actually eat away at the brake dust, and the more fluoride the stronger they are. But you must be careful on alloys not to leave it on too long, as it can attack the metallic paint. And rinse off well all through the caliper region if you spray the stuff around. It can get into the pistons and roughen up the surfaces. Dean | ||
| Greg (Gparrish) Senior Member Username: Gparrish Post Number: 1171 Registered: 04-2002 |
Thanks for all the tips. I'll go look for one of these products to give a try. Thanks again, Greg |
