Removing baked on Brake dust???

[Tarmac_Terroris]

What's the best thing for getting brake dust off your alloys? I've tried wonder wheels and all that crap from car shops but it's useless.
It must be something to do with me being a little too heavy on the brakes but thats not gonna change.

Someone said road film remover slightly diluted and applied to wet wheels and lightly scrubbed should do the trick but where do you get it?

Anyone else got wonder cures?

 

[seb]

i use diluted hydrochloric acid.

 

[Tarmac_Terroris]

I thought about having a slah on the wheels after a night on the sambvca but thought it'd probably rot the tyres that cost me £600 two weeks ago

 

[RacerStu]

I did my wheels this wkend (Thanks Chris k)!!! First I washed them down to get all the mud and crap off them. Then I used AG Clean Wheels (used quite a bit), left that on for about 4minutes then I used an old toothbrush and scrubbed all the brake dust off using it (with the AG still on the wheels). Suprising how much came off. Then washed them down again and then rinsed them off with some water and job done. Pretty much all the brake dust came off!! Hope this helps

 

[Rich]

If Wonder Wheels is not touching it there is not many more stronger acid based wheel cleaers out there.

Maybe look into Meguiars Wheel Brightner and also try and see if claying will shift it.

 

[Tarmac_Terroris]

Claying??? Sounds like rimming, cottaging, plating etc etc

What's that all about?

 

[Rich]

Removes bonded on grime.

http://www.bettercarcare.com/articles.php?articleId=14

 

[CHRIS172CUP]

Claying??? Sounds like rimming, cottaging, plating etc etc

What's that all about?

lmfao, cottaging lol.

 

[172 Dave]

AG trade acidic based wheel cleaner - 5-7 times stronger than anything available in High St, bloody vicious though

 

[W5 CUP]

does clay really work on wheels as going to try it at the weekend..

 

[Fred@BTM]

Fairy Power Spray, i swear by it (seriously!)

 

[Rich]

does clay really work on wheels as going to try it at the weekend..

It removes bonded on debris off the wheels as it does on the bodywork yes.

 

[MrStabby]

^^^ vouch for thaat, does wonders!!!

Edit:

(Fair PowerSpray and claying)

 

[Gaz_]

Fairy Power Spray, i swear by it (seriously!)

this is the truth!!!, i tried it, there is nowt better for removing baked on brake dust, tried t on 3 or 4 sets off alloys and they come up mint!!! :approve: