A simple question here; how do you treat your wheels? Please vote in the poll, and in the thread let us know what products you use.
Cleaning and waxing wheels
- Thread starter Mako
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Oh hell.
Option 2 in the poll should be, "I use the same shampoo that I use on my car, but I use a wax"
Could some kindly mod please correct this?
Option 2 in the poll should be, "I use the same shampoo that I use on my car, but I use a wax"
Could some kindly mod please correct this?
I use whatever car shampoo I'm using at the time, plus whatever polish/wax is going on the bodywork.
Same here Turtle-wax Zipwax on the car and the wheels. Did use some halfrauds brakedust inhibitor before annd got good results
Good ol' Turtle. Personally I go for the Halford Gallon variety. I *think* the most recent stuff used on the wheels was Turtles Soft-Paste Wax stuff.
I use one of these fellas (& a sponge) for the actual mucking out of rims, together with the ocassional "remove wheel & clean reverse properly" method.
I use one of these fellas (& a sponge) for the actual mucking out of rims, together with the ocassional "remove wheel & clean reverse properly" method.
Meguiars NXT shampoo (as used for the car) and then once dry I polish the rims with Meguiars All Metal Polysh.
I've got a full pot of this stuff but never used it yet, i still use the basic car wash/wax and just wipe them over.
Thank you, chap.
Personally I use Auto-Glym wheel cleaner and one of those nifty brushes from zarquon's post above. I've been using a Meguiars wheel wax recently, but to be honest it doesn't do much to repel the brake dust - they just look shiny for a couple of days.
Personally I use Auto-Glym wheel cleaner and one of those nifty brushes from zarquon's post above. I've been using a Meguiars wheel wax recently, but to be honest it doesn't do much to repel the brake dust - they just look shiny for a couple of days.
Good ain't they?
I *also* use one of these types, but it's got fairly soft bristles, *& a tootbrush for those irritating fiddly bits
Very much so, yes.
The one I have isn't exactly the same, but it's similar. The flexible wound-metal core means that you can't apply too much pressure when cleaning.
And I confess to using an old toothbrush for some bits. Not only clean, but minty-fresh.
The one I have isn't exactly the same, but it's similar. The flexible wound-metal core means that you can't apply too much pressure when cleaning.
And I confess to using an old toothbrush for some bits. Not only clean, but minty-fresh.
Aye, I'm not sure that mine's exactly the same as that one I linked either. I find that although you can't scrub away like a loon with it, it does get everything gone - especially around the backs of the spokes. Toothbrush is pretty exclusive to the bolt-in valves, & corners of the centre caps (being OEM)