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RcAutoDetailing
07-01-2011, 01:47 PM
What do you do when there is brake dust and grease that doesn't come off? What is a good product to use for the rims?
embolism
07-01-2011, 02:03 PM
Meg's wheel brightener is probably the strongest thing out there but you have to take precautions when using it.
Garry Dean
07-01-2011, 02:10 PM
Meg's wheel brightener is probably the strongest thing out there but you have to take precautions when using it.

:iagree:
Jons6.7
07-01-2011, 02:50 PM
What have you tried that did not work?
RcAutoDetailing
07-01-2011, 03:05 PM
I've never done rims this bad, so before they make an appointment I want to know what to do.
RcAutoDetailing
07-01-2011, 03:06 PM
What kind of precautions are we talking?
Garry Dean
07-01-2011, 03:40 PM
What kind of precautions are we talking?

Wear gloves. Don't use on bare aluminium.
embolism
07-01-2011, 03:44 PM
it's acid so don't get any on your skin. If you're going to agitate, then wear long sleeves and try not to get splattered
S2K
07-01-2011, 04:57 PM
I just tried to clean mine up. I used Sonax Full Effect and it did really good against the brake dust but didn't hardly touch what looked like little specks of road tar so I got some Turtle Wax Bug and Tar Remover (sorry guys but I needed something quick) and it did really well on the tar. They were pretty bad:
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/500/medium/102_0231.jpg

After a lot of scrubbing they looked like they were stained and I never did get them completely clean.
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/500/medium/102_0279.jpg

But the Sonax works really well on brake dust and I've been reading real good things about the Griots HD Wheel Cleaner too.