Cleaning metal filings from track car?

[len_beach]

I've been grinding and drilling spot welds from my interior for weeks.

Now I'm done there are loads of patches around the doors and boot where metal shards have sat on the paint and started to rust.

The car hasn't had a good clean for ages either. I don't want to spend a mint and I'm not hugely bothered about the kindest product for the paint.

​I'd like something that will strip all of the filings and brake dust that's not hugely expensive. IronX looks good but expensive by the look. Thoughts?

 

[Gally]

Iron x mate. Discount code in the sticky section of this section.

i4detailing or CarPro themselves. No contest in my opinion. It blows the others out the way.

 

[JD]

I would tend to agree with Kev, and say IronX as a dedicated iron remover.

However, having tried the Wonder Wheels Hot Wheels product over the weekend (a new-ish formula that turns red when it reacts with ingrained brake dust, not the brick acid wheel cleaner we all know and hate), I'd be tempted to try that. More based on you saying you're not that fussed/it's a track car.

The stuff is available in Tesco's petrol stations for £1.73 per 500ml bottle. I bought four in the event it's as good as DW says. Have a read;

http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=223658

http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=225510&highlight=iron_x+v+hotwheels

http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=227529&highlight=hotwheel+v+bilberry

***I AM NOT SAYING THIS IS 100% SAFE FOR YOUR PAINT*** however, it is pH neutral, like IronX.

 

[Clart]

Is still available at that price?

 

[JD]

It is in some Tescos. Weekend just gone was the first time I thought to check my local Tesco fuel station, having done a shop and not found it (large Tescos). Hence buying four bottles of it to last me. Depends how desperate you are for it. for a 10 mins search through a thread (can't find the link but just type in tesco wonder wheels into DW's search bar and it'll bring up a long thread) and you'll find where it's stocked.

I'd say I'd post some out, but thinking about popping it on eBay to make a profit

 

[Gally]

I've been reading about that JD, I understand it changes colour even with no iron involved also.

 

[Don]

The colour change is only for dirt according to the packaging. Just to show you where the crap is so you can agitate/pressure wash it away.

 

[JD]

I've been reading about that JD, I understand it changes colour even with no iron involved also.

Can you send me some links, Kev? I thought I'd covered them all on DW but not seen that one. TBH, might have glazed over it.

The colour change is only for dirt according to the packaging. Just to show you where the crap is so you can agitate/pressure wash it away.

Cheers Don, but keen to see experience of it as well as most packaging/instructions are useless! Not poopooing your point, but if it does what most on DW claim (touchless wash) it's ideal for my wheels, living in London with only access to forecourt pressure washers.

 

[len_beach]

Cheers Guys. I'll have a crack with Wonder Wheels first then IronX if required.

 

[JD]

Cheers Guys. I'll have a crack with Wonder Wheels first then IronX if required.

Make sure it is the purple spray bottle, not a box with a brush.

 

[Yellow Dave]

Autosmart? do a fallout remover pretty cheap but 5litre tins. Doesn't change colour with the reaction with metal fallout but reports seem to be good none the less.

 

[Don]

Autosmart? do a fallout remover pretty cheap but 5litre tins. Doesn't change colour with the reaction with metal fallout but reports seem to be good none the less.

500ml http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Autosmart...ssories_Car_Care_Cleaning&hash=item1e711ba68e

1 Litre http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Autosmart...ssories_Car_Care_Cleaning&hash=item27c717113c

5 Litres http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AUTOSMART...595&pid=100005&prg=1048&rk=2&sd=130746656398&

 

[MG cup]

Fairly liquid spray, I'm forgetting its full name but Fred has recomended it a few times now for removing proper brake dust from wheels that iron-x won't touch.

 

[Keith185]

Fairly liquid spray, I'm forgetting its full name but Fred has recomended it a few times now for removing proper brake dust from wheels that iron-x won't touch.

​Fairy Power Spray?

 

[Don]

​Fairy Power Spray?

That's the one!
http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&rc..._CRBo8cewNtqW4ZFeZ0tR9Ig&ust=1366193422412516