Which wheel cleaner on nasty wheels? Your goto

**AeroCleanse** · 05-01-2013, 04:05 PM

I was about to order Brown Royal but decided against it due to the smell reported by other detailers, so I opted for some P21s wheel gel, should be here soon. I also have Wolf's Brake Duster which is also a deionizer.

**dc52nv** · 05-01-2013, 04:44 PM

Poorboy's Spray & Rinse

**Memphis_Blue** · 05-01-2013, 07:59 PM

+1 for Poorboys.

**Evan.J** · 05-01-2013, 08:45 PM

Megs Wheel Brightener

**swanicyouth** · 05-01-2013, 08:51 PM

I use Meg's OTC Chome Wheel Cleaner (acid) on bad rotor hats and barrels. Its very strong and was just on sale for $5 a bottle at Pep Boys.

Don't let OTC fool you. Its very strong. Here is a before and after of what it can do.

Just don't let it dry on your wheels.

**SANTA3013** · 05-01-2013, 09:43 PM

Brown Royal is my go to. Recently rotated the tires on my '99 CV with factory alloy wheels and Michelin tires. I did a side by side using BR and Sonax. I've been using BR for a year now but I had some Sonax I had not used so I thought why not.

The BR did a better job IMHO and as someone else said it is more economical. I don't know what the problem is with the smell. Give me a break, it's a chemical cleaner just like a lot of other products we use.

**KillaCam** · 05-01-2013, 10:16 PM

Does brown royal really work on baked on brake dust? Especially in the barrel of the wheel? The videos of it on YouTube look promising.

**wanabe detailer** · 05-01-2013, 10:19 PM

Originally Posted by c8n

Bought and used the Meguiars Hot Rims this past weekend and I was impressed.

**Gurge** · 05-01-2013, 10:40 PM

I use brown royal pretty often. Seems like I'm in the minority though as I feel sonax FE does a better job on nasty ones. I keep both on hand so maybe I should do a direct comparison on a test car.

On occassion I'll use IronX or Trix as well but only if I have to.

While on this subject of wheel cleaners I found Wolfs decon gel was a bit of a let down

**maximus20895** · 05-01-2013, 10:49 PM

Originally Posted by KillaCam

Does brown royal really work on baked on brake dust? Especially in the barrel of the wheel? The videos of it on YouTube look promising.

I think it does. I had about 6 years of brake dust inside the barrel and I used Brown Royal at a dilution of 1:4 which is not that strong and it still worked well. I bet at 1:3 or 1:2 is pretty strong.