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Sweex;3264694 Then future washes will just need a car shampoo and wash mitt as long as you wash regularly (once a week or every two)[/QUOTE said:
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Best wheel cleaning product
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Best wheel cleaning product
I buy astonish alloy wheel cleaner for £1 at all good pound shops
I wouldn't say its the 'best' but it is the best value and very good at what it does and doesn't contain acid, its basically as good a most of the big brand names wheel cleaners
I wouldn't say its the 'best' but it is the best value and very good at what it does and doesn't contain acid, its basically as good a most of the big brand names wheel cleaners
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When I cleaned them last weekend they turned out pretty good (picture in my last post) all I did was use a wash mit type thing haha I didn't have time to polish them or anything so they're pretty filthy already *cry*
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when i cleaned my wheels i used
Rinse off worst
Autoglyms Body shampoo with a noodle microfibre mit
Rinse
Iron X
Wait + Agitate
Rinse
Tar Remover
Wait
Rinse
Dry
Seal
DONE
i took my wheels off the car, so i could get it clean as possible
Ziggy
Rinse off worst
Autoglyms Body shampoo with a noodle microfibre mit
Rinse
Iron X
Wait + Agitate
Rinse
Tar Remover
Wait
Rinse
Dry
Seal
DONE
i took my wheels off the car, so i could get it clean as possible
Ziggy
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All wheel cleaner containing acid, will ruin the tread on your wheelbolts as well...
( as it is very difficult to rinse it off when it gets there ...)
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Not all do peter
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Right, most containing acid will though.
I NEVER use acid on my cars....!!
( well, the battery contains it....)
I NEVER use acid on my cars....!!
( well, the battery contains it....)
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Don't know what's available on the other side of the north sea peter but over here off the top if my head...
Autoglym custom wheel cleaner,
Muck off wheel cleaner,
Valet pro Bilburry (spl)
Car pro iron x
Bilt hamber's krosol / wheel cleaner name escapes me at the moment..
Wonder wheels hot wheels... (new)
To the best of my knowlege are all acid free
Autoglym custom wheel cleaner,
Muck off wheel cleaner,
Valet pro Bilburry (spl)
Car pro iron x
Bilt hamber's krosol / wheel cleaner name escapes me at the moment..
Wonder wheels hot wheels... (new)
To the best of my knowlege are all acid free
In regards to wheel cleaners they do not ALL contain acid. Instead what the acid free ones contain is highly alkali.
Personally I would avoid ANY of the Autoglym ones on the pre-face if using the Material Safety Data Sheets ("MSDS") can reveal a lot about whether you want to really put it on your wheels.
In this scenario it boots a lot of products out the window owing to them being either HIGHLY acidic or the opposite and just as bad alkali (Bilberry - hence why I have stopped using it).
In regards to constant use I would use shampoo and some buckets following a through rinse with a pressure washer.
Simple steps:
Pressure wash wheel and arch and get all the crud out.
Shampoo in wheel bucket and brushes, get it as clean as possible
Rinse
Tar remover
Wipe down with MF cloth
Rinse
Fallout remover such as Iron X (incidentally there are some of them that are like this in Halfords ICE wheel cleaner is one NOTE: I have not looked at the MSDS though).
Wipe down with another MF cloth
Rinse
Clay if necessary unlikely in my experience
Polish if you are like that
If using sealants or coating products then IPA wipedown the wheel and use your product of choice.
From there simply use shampoo if bad then consider following the above.
I am not saying these products do not have their place but in a majority avoiding or limiting there use to once or twice for seriously seriously in need wheels then maybe okay but I am yet to find any of the above failing.
Ultimately my advice for ANY product now is viewing the MSDS for any manufacturer of car care not for just cleaning purposes but your health for example some of the latest coatings with ever higher levels Si02 are not nice at all and potential for serious health consequences.
Personally I would avoid ANY of the Autoglym ones on the pre-face if using the Material Safety Data Sheets ("MSDS") can reveal a lot about whether you want to really put it on your wheels.
In this scenario it boots a lot of products out the window owing to them being either HIGHLY acidic or the opposite and just as bad alkali (Bilberry - hence why I have stopped using it).
In regards to constant use I would use shampoo and some buckets following a through rinse with a pressure washer.
Simple steps:
Pressure wash wheel and arch and get all the crud out.
Shampoo in wheel bucket and brushes, get it as clean as possible
Rinse
Tar remover
Wipe down with MF cloth
Rinse
Fallout remover such as Iron X (incidentally there are some of them that are like this in Halfords ICE wheel cleaner is one NOTE: I have not looked at the MSDS though).
Wipe down with another MF cloth
Rinse
Clay if necessary unlikely in my experience
Polish if you are like that
If using sealants or coating products then IPA wipedown the wheel and use your product of choice.
From there simply use shampoo if bad then consider following the above.
I am not saying these products do not have their place but in a majority avoiding or limiting there use to once or twice for seriously seriously in need wheels then maybe okay but I am yet to find any of the above failing.
Ultimately my advice for ANY product now is viewing the MSDS for any manufacturer of car care not for just cleaning purposes but your health for example some of the latest coatings with ever higher levels Si02 are not nice at all and potential for serious health consequences.
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To the best of my knowlege are all acid free
If they are acid free, they're as effective as household dishwashing detergent...!
i used big D oven & grill cleaner:devil: it says avoid contact with painted surfaces, but it hasn't done any thing bad yet. left it on for 2 minutes and then washed off with soapy water. wheels are not on the car and have no tyres on.
Dont see sodium hydroxide in many dish soaps
likewise some wheel cleaners are PH neutral but contain special adatives to dissolve bonded iron contamination such as Ammonium Sulfanylacetate which has a PH of around 7 (and also makes iron-x smell as bad as it does)
Sodium Hydroxide dave
http://www.qcatering.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/444015_Big_D_Oven_&_Grill_Cleaner.pdf
just the same as many acid free wheel cleaners again if too strong it can do damage been alkali, Bulk buy it either Autoglyms trade version of custom wheel cleaner (number 18)
http://www.elitecarcare.co.uk/autoglym-no-18-acid-free-wheel-cleaner-5l.php
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this was 60p
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A leading German car magazine ( Autobild) did a test some time ago.
Almost all wheelcleaners did attack more or less the wheelbolt/nut tread.( and all the non coated wheelparts as well)
If it didn't, it was ineffective at all.
If the (effective) cleaners containing acid (!) were not rinsed of within a short period of time, the clearcoat started to become dull, they discovered. too.
Since than, I stay away from all of them.
Almost all wheelcleaners did attack more or less the wheelbolt/nut tread.( and all the non coated wheelparts as well)
If it didn't, it was ineffective at all.
If the (effective) cleaners containing acid (!) were not rinsed of within a short period of time, the clearcoat started to become dull, they discovered. too.
Since than, I stay away from all of them.
Bilberry is by far the best VFM bought from Amazon. You can dilute it with water. One 1L bottle has lasted me over a year, only ever use it when the wheels are particularly dirty and with a pressure washer as per the advert. No scrubbing required just a quick shampoo after to remove any left behind stains.
mrs dave is going to kick your behind when she wants to clean the oven.....
