It seems that I may have ruined my freshly powder coated wheels. I had it done in a Prismatic Powders Wet Charcoal with their Clear Vision clear. After about three days following the powder coating, I got the wheels installed and took my car to the local hand wash. (best of the terrible options in my local area). I don't have a place to wash my car as I live in a apartment complex in Jersey City, NJ. I've done washes at this place many many times before with decent results. Whatever they used for the tire shine seemed to have slung all over the wheels and now, I cannot get them off. It seems almost etched into the wheels. Nothing reduces them. Soap/water, De greaser, Bug and tar remover, wheel cleaner, and even WD40. It reduced a little bit with a wax and rubbing compound done by hand. It seems like it would take forever for all the wheels. Do you guys have any ideas before I swallow the hard pill and get them re powder coated?
Or go back to the car wash and try and blame them, which probably won’t work… Last resort and them what kind of crap do they use and then tell them to give you some so you could at least have even coverage. I’m kidding, but not really.
Question for the experienced pros out there: If they are clear coated, couldn't you treat them like any other clear coated surface?
If so, I would use a MILD finishing polish, not a rubbing compound.
Would they bake the wheels to cure the clear coat? On a freshly painted car they tell you not to do anything for 30 days in order for it to be fully cured. In this instance if the wheels aren't baked I wonder if the nasty stuff has now been absorbed into the partially cured clearcoat.
The clearcoat that is on a powder coated wheel is just another application of a clear powder coat, it is not the same as clearcoat paint. There are certain polishes made for this.
OP, you can always to a RW or WW (see Mr. Bow Tie, I do endorse these types of washes...not directed at you OP). Also you could get the new version of the Worx hydroshot to clean the tires/wheels/wells out as well, if there's a will, there's a way️
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OP, you can always to a RW or WW (see Mr. Bow Tie, I do endorse these types of washes...not directed at you OP). Also you could get the new version of the Worx hydroshot to clean the tires/wheels/wells out as well, if there's a will, there's a way️
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How’s that going to fix the stains on his wheels though?
How’s that going to fix the stains on his wheels though?
It's not but he said he takes it to this wash because he can't wash his car because of apartment living. Had he known about RW and WW this wouldn't had happened
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It's not but he said he takes it to this wash because he can't wash his car because of apartment living. Had he known about RW and WW this wouldn't had happened
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I didn’t even consider that a pressing issue… That’s a blip compared to the stains on his freshly painted wheels. He’ll figure that part out easy, simply don’t go back to that car wash. Anything but back there. Lol.
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