Camman
08-12-2010, 10:50 PM
Hey everyone, other than my introductory post, this is my first with a specific question in mind... I did a search on here but couldn't find a real definitive answer, and as I'm new to detailing, I figured I'd ask the question before messing up my wheels on my new car.... :)
I purchase some of the Mothers "All Wheel & Tire Cleaner" (Mothers Wheel Mist All Wheel Cleaner cleans & maintains coated, painted, polished and anodized wheels without pitting the coating or corroding the (http://www.autogeek.net/mo05924.html)) and the bottle of course says safe for all "OEM Wheels", but I've seen reviews online saying that this cleaner "ruins your clearcoat" on the wheels. Now, I try to take online reviews with some skepticism because there were a lot of positive reviews but I just wanted to know if anybody had used this wheel cleaner and if there is anything I should be concerned about, the bottle does say "Non-Acetic", but on Mothers site they have this warning:
WARNING: FOR USE ON FACTORY/OEM COATED WHEELS AND HUBCAPS ONLY. AVOID POLISHED OR ROUGHCAST ALUMINUM, BILLET OR ANODIZED WHEELS. DO NOT USE ON MOTORCYCLE WHEELS, CASINGS OR COMPONENTS.
Which I thought seemed strange to have a warning like this on something billed as an "All Wheel" cleaner. I have a 2010 Subaru Forester with factory alloy wheels, I assume they are clear coated because they have a gloss to them.
Just wanted to get some expert opinion before I put this stuff on my new wheels..
Thanks!
I purchase some of the Mothers "All Wheel & Tire Cleaner" (Mothers Wheel Mist All Wheel Cleaner cleans & maintains coated, painted, polished and anodized wheels without pitting the coating or corroding the (http://www.autogeek.net/mo05924.html)) and the bottle of course says safe for all "OEM Wheels", but I've seen reviews online saying that this cleaner "ruins your clearcoat" on the wheels. Now, I try to take online reviews with some skepticism because there were a lot of positive reviews but I just wanted to know if anybody had used this wheel cleaner and if there is anything I should be concerned about, the bottle does say "Non-Acetic", but on Mothers site they have this warning:
WARNING: FOR USE ON FACTORY/OEM COATED WHEELS AND HUBCAPS ONLY. AVOID POLISHED OR ROUGHCAST ALUMINUM, BILLET OR ANODIZED WHEELS. DO NOT USE ON MOTORCYCLE WHEELS, CASINGS OR COMPONENTS.
Which I thought seemed strange to have a warning like this on something billed as an "All Wheel" cleaner. I have a 2010 Subaru Forester with factory alloy wheels, I assume they are clear coated because they have a gloss to them.
Just wanted to get some expert opinion before I put this stuff on my new wheels..
Thanks!