Don M
11-02-2019, 05:26 PM
My Mother in Law has a 2010 Ford Edge. She only gets it washed once, MAYBE twice a year, by me. I have no problems correcting and restoring any other part of the car, except for the wheels. I think they are a type of a chromed plastic cap, bonded to a steel wheel. On to my issue. On the inside edges of the spokes, there is a brownish discoloration that no APC, no matter what strength applied will touch - except once, years ago when I used steel wool.
On my most recent detail of the car last month, I noticed the build up had gotten much worse. I tried every cleaner I had, with brushes, older microfibers etc, but nothing would touch it and to be honest, knowing I had a two-step correction, including a lot of ladder work to do the roof, I didn't want to spend at least an hour with each rim with questionable results.
On to my question. Is this the kind of gunk that iron removers were designed to tackle? I already figure that with the severity of the build up, there is most likely going to be multiple applications of iron remover combined with manual scrubbing with a stiff brush, IF it's iron remover I need.
What do you all think?
This is a picture of the car after the detail was complete. For obvious reasons, I didn't take any close ups of the wheels (they looked horrid), but you can see how many spokes I have to deal with and why I'm not overly enthusiastic about having to do a lot of heavy scrubbing with products that aren't going to work.
http://archive.meguiarsonline.com/forums/photopost/data/500/tn_Edge_31.jpg
On my most recent detail of the car last month, I noticed the build up had gotten much worse. I tried every cleaner I had, with brushes, older microfibers etc, but nothing would touch it and to be honest, knowing I had a two-step correction, including a lot of ladder work to do the roof, I didn't want to spend at least an hour with each rim with questionable results.
On to my question. Is this the kind of gunk that iron removers were designed to tackle? I already figure that with the severity of the build up, there is most likely going to be multiple applications of iron remover combined with manual scrubbing with a stiff brush, IF it's iron remover I need.
What do you all think?
This is a picture of the car after the detail was complete. For obvious reasons, I didn't take any close ups of the wheels (they looked horrid), but you can see how many spokes I have to deal with and why I'm not overly enthusiastic about having to do a lot of heavy scrubbing with products that aren't going to work.
http://archive.meguiarsonline.com/forums/photopost/data/500/tn_Edge_31.jpg