How to clean your wheels?

[MyPocketRocket]

Look at these wheels! Took me longer than washing the whole car just to clean these 4 wheels. Please detailing professionals help me pimp my ride!!...What is the best and fast way to clean these wheels?

[OctaneGuy]

Take a look at this last weekend at Meguiar's---two new tools were used to get these wheels looking like they are--the brushes are super soft:


BEFORE (3 weeks of brake dust from EBC Greenstuff pads)


WASHING




FINISHED A FEW MINUTES LATER


Picture of Brush used:
http://meguiarsonline.com/gallery/da...lFaceBrush.jpg

Other Tool Used which looks like a large pipe cleaner--fits in the tighest places and is even bendable to form right angles to get in tight spots.

Originally Posted by MyPocketRocket

Look at these wheels! Took me longer than washing the whole car just to clean these 4 wheels. Please detailing professionals help me pimp my ride!!...What is the best and fast way to clean these wheels?

[MyPocketRocket]

I think that pipe cleaner brush would work best! Thanks Octane!

[BradB]

I do all my wheel cleaning with foam bottle brushes. ($2 an WalMart, K-Mart, grocery stores, etc.) Super-safe on painted and clearcoated wheels. Gets anywhere even "behind" the spokes because of it's shape.

BTW...the car looks great!!!! Fantastic picture.

[MyPocketRocket]

BradB,

Thanks! I was waiting for Flik Wasp Anthracite for a long time and they would not have them in stock until end of January. I just could not wait that long so I went with these silver wheels...I though I could miss a couple of spots on the Anthracite, but for these silver wheels..no..no

[CustomAV]

Hey pocket rocket... just let a few weeks of dust build up and you will have those anthracite wheels you always wanted!

[MyPocketRocket]

That's so true! You got to see my wheels now....not silver and not Anthracite...kind of muddy silver....look killer thou!

[cafemoc]

The pipe cleaner look brush is actually new product called "Safety Tip Wheel Spoke Brush" from Meguiar's.


http://meguiars.com/newproducts05/ac...cfm?SKU=X-1160

[mataku]

I think the best thing you can do is wax your wheels!!! Helps everything slide off easier and the cleaning process usually goes by quicker.

[nukefission]

Originally Posted by BradB

I do all my wheel cleaning with foam bottle brushes. ($2 an WalMart, K-Mart, grocery stores, etc.) Super-safe on painted and clearcoated wheels. Gets anywhere even "behind" the spokes because of it's shape.

This is a great idea. Why didn't I think of that?

[sndwave]

So what is the best thing to spray my wheels with that will cut the brake dust and make cleaning easier?

[holdenontoit]

Originally Posted by cafemoc

The pipe cleaner look brush is actually new product called "Safety Tip Wheel Spoke Brush" from Meguiar's.


http://meguiars.com/newproducts05/ac...cfm?SKU=X-1160

one word of caution about this style brush:The bristles are wound around a metal core ,and at the very tip this core is quite exposed.I scratched the bejeezus out of one of my wheels with this ONCE I haven't used it again since.

[BradB]

Originally Posted by holdenontoit

one word of caution about this style brush:The bristles are wound around a metal core ,and at the very tip this core is quite exposed.I scratched the bejeezus out of one of my wheels with this ONCE I haven't used it again since.

That's one reason I shy away from most brushes!

[BradB]

Originally Posted by mataku

I think the best thing you can do is wax your wheels!!! Helps everything slide off easier and the cleaning process usually goes by quicker.

Absolutely! Wax them with a polymer based heat resistant wax inside and out every few months. I use either Zaino or Klasse with great results.

[smurf]

I wax my wheels when I wax my car. I received the advice from a friend. It does make the cleaning go quicker.