Everytime I go up and visit relatives oop north, like, I take my car for a proper wash at a real car washing place (ie: not an automatic machine) and my alloy wheels always come out looking like new. Yet, I've tried those sprays and loads of elbow grease but never to much avail. I think they use some kind of machine or pressure washe thing.. anyone know what the boyz in the trade use? Preferably some nice machine that takes all the hard work out of it and doesn't cost too much...
Bigus
Hard graft by illegal immigrants who haven't mastered the UK work ethic or principle of minimum wage yet.
You can probly buy a couple on Ebay.
Wonder Wheels, its the best, but is like an acid so use it sparingly, if you do it once every 6 months you should be ok.
Remember your wheels are painted and laquered so wax them just like you do with the bodywork, and clean them every week with a good soft brush and some detergent, like turtle wax extreme.
In the garage we use some toxic s**te that burns your nose/eyes/throat if you walk within 5m of anyone using it. Its dangerous an i don't like it. I use a sponge
auto car washes use those rotating brushes, which are completely ineffective on my wheels.. have you ever tried a regular multi-purpose pressure washer like you get from Argos? I seem to always end up with lots of lumps of tar which is difficult to shift with cleaner fluid & a sponge, but then I don't wax them which may be a good idea ;)
i use a pressure jet wash thing and a alloy brush on mine then some alloy wheel stuff i got from the local car place, don't usually bother in winter with it though as they stay clean for 5mins.
Decent powder coated wheels seem to come clean very easily, although they are on my Dad's car and probably never get a tonne of red hot brake dust dumped on them all at once.
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My father in-law swears by diluted old battery acid. Says it's the best thing ever, never tried it myself!
Will
The stuff that comes with the Autoglym pack works really well!
It really is that simple, and they come up looking brand new and all sparkly. It's actually a mild acid, and it simply disolves away everything but the wheels ! It's excellent stuff.
I had some of that with my previous wheels.. well, previous before the ones that I've just taken off.. wasn't all that impressed as it's ability on tar blobs.. don't think it's suitable for chrome either, which is what I want it for since I'm going to attempt to flog them.
Bigus
Never had to remove tar blobs, but you should be using WD40 for that.
It's not. It would f*ck them. Totally.
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