Cleaning painted alloys?

[Chris n nic]

I want to see if I can get shut of the baked on brake dust but I'm not sure what to use. The wheels are painted so I'm not sure about the usual wonder wheels as it would c**k the paint on the body work up so I would imagine also the wheels

Any ideas?

Cheers

Chris

 

[kic]

dilute the wonder wheels with water??, fairy power spray?? or brake cleaner??

 

[-J-]

http://www.valetpro.co.uk/Products/Cleaners/Bilberry+Safe+wheel+Cleaner

great stuff IMO

 

[guysy]

Auto glym custom wheel cleaner is quite mild compared to AG Clean wheels.

Might be worth a try.

 

[Chris n nic]

Cheers for the ideas guys...I'll have a gander and see what works....most of the regular stuff seems to warn against using on painted wheels but this stuff sounds ok

P21S PowerGel

Chris

 

[Rich]

What do you mean painted alloys ? All alloys from the factory are painted in Basecoat and Lacquer just like your bodywork

 

[Chris n nic]

I had my alloys resprayed in a BMW black colour and it wasn't powdercoating so I assume they are pretty much the same as bodywork hence my worry about them getting damaged

Cheers

Chris

 

[Rich]

Any wheel cleaners will be fine, most factory finished wheels are wet painted just like the bodywork. Hence they always look so much better than Powdercoated refurbs.

 

[Chris n nic]

cheers fella

chris

 

[Rich]

My choice of attack would be Autoglym Engine and Machine cleaner, acid free so fairly paint friendly. Will not dull the finish like acid based products.

I used some of the trade version almost neat today on the GTi and it still left paintwork looking glossy and the dirt ran off.