cleaning allow wheels

sydlipton1

I purchased a little runaround,Daewoo matiz,for my wife.The alloys are blackened and will not come off with scrubbing.I dont want an award winning finish,just a way of smartening them up for little expense.?

Any ideas?

Regards

Martin:)

pitkin2020

sydlipton1 wrote: »

I purchased a little runaround,Daewoo matiz,for my wife.The alloys are blackened and will not come off with scrubbing.I dont want an award winning finish,just a way of smartening them up for little expense.?

Any ideas?

Regards

Martin:)

try alloy wheel cleaner from halfords or the like would be the first idea.

Hammyman

+1. I got some from local car shop. Spray on, rub with brush and rinse off.

cyclonebri1

Try Autoglym ally wheel cleaner. If that fails give up or get them refinished.

Tigerspain

The stuff you need is called wonder wheels, It comes from halfords and comes with a brush, Its fairly expensive (£10 or so) but providing it's just caked dirt not damage it will 100% remove it!!!

NeverAgain_2

Wonder Wheels is a strong cleaner, so should be just the job to bring your wheels back to where you want them.

Once that's done, and you've used up the Wonder Wheels, you should be able to keep the wheels the way you want them with one of the cheaper cleaners.

JQ.

Another vote for Wonder Wheels here - it's amazing stuff. However, it is quite strong so I wouldn't be using it every week, so possibly get the smallest possible bottle you can. B&Q have recently started selling car cleaning stuff and seem to undercut Halfords on price, so might be worth a visit there.

cyclonebri1

sydlipton1 wrote: »

I purchased a little runaround,Daewoo matiz,for my wife.The alloys are blackened and will not come off with scrubbing.I dont want an award winning finish,just a way of smartening them up for little expense.?

Any ideas?

Regards

Martin:)

2nd thought is as I said earlier. You say the crap won't come off with scrubbing?, seems to indicate that it's black oxide UNDER the laquer, ie, the finish has started to break up.

For a runabout leave it, or do a cheap DIY refinish, or spend £150 and get a showroom set of wheels, (on a runaround):o,

Lorian

Stardrops in hot water and a microfibre cloth.

Dont use the cloth on the paintwork ever again after using on the wheels.

When done "run it round the block" to get any residue off the pads and discs if you have them.

dazzadub

get a scrubbing brush and some neat washing up liquid, or powerful truck soap.

then get dirty and scrub

DIYPhil

Take a look at www.polishedbliss.co.uk. Excellant site for car cleaning advice and products.