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  1. 20th November 2009, 10:34 AM #1
    AndrewM
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    Help me clean my wheels!

    Does anyone know how to get these rust specs off the wheels? Guy at the dealer says it is pad dust and disc dust that has rusted, which seems to make sense as it is a rust brown when you scratch it off with a finger nail. It is very hard and well attached. I have tried detergent and spray on "wheel cleaner" but no go and the only way that works is to scratch it off with a fingernail, but is v slow and wore my fingers out. SWMBO won't help.
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  2. 20th November 2009, 10:51 AM #2
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    Somewhere I think I had heard vinegar in some water worked.
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  3. 20th November 2009, 11:18 AM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by Phoenix View Post
    Somewhere I think I had heard vinegar in some water worked.

    Also try "CLR"
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  4. 20th November 2009, 02:02 PM #4
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    After you get them clean wax them.
    Stops stuff sticking to the wheels.
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  5. 20th November 2009, 02:06 PM #5
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    Coca Cola...leave it on for 10mins then hose it off.

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  6. 20th November 2009, 02:46 PM #6
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    CLR

    any thing acid, but thats risky and needs time

    just use jif, then wax ( as already mentioned)

    and CLEAN THEM MORE OFTEN
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  7. 21st November 2009, 05:09 AM #7
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  8. 21st November 2009, 08:37 AM #8
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    Oven cleaner works well.
    Anything caustic is a matter of timing if you leave it on too long it will eat into the clear coat though.
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  9. 23rd November 2009, 07:20 PM #9
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    I noticed that after several hundred k of gravell road the mags had a nice shine to them, not a speck of black brake dust to be seen, so problem solved, stay off the blacktop

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