Reconsiderations for cleaning my new (old) alloy wheels.

Hi all.

My boss, knowing that there are loads of local companies short of drivers has decided to try make me happy. Eminoxes so i can finally hear the v8, shiny bits, and some more quids are doing their job, he's also just shoved some rather unloved alloy wheels on my truck and it looks a lot happier. Thing is, they need some love. I've watched the online videos and i dont have time/access to the tools to spend an hour a wheel making them all shiny and polished, at least not right now.

So can anyone recommend me a product for getting my wheels somewhere near shiny, at least until i have time to apply some elbow grease and do them properly?

I'm thinking buying some wheel acid and brushing it on neat or near neat before steam cleaning it off, having a good scrub then re-applying. Something like this... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/500ML-STRONG-ALLOY-WHEEL...


Your thoughts?

Thanks

Nick

The wheel cleaner you've linked to will make your alloys really dull as it's acid. It'll clean the crud off them but leave them dull and maybe stained. I used some stuff like that on my old wheels and regretted it.
I'm afraid it's elbow grease and time that will bring them back, try wire wool first, then Autosol . I used this method , then used Lucas metal polish on mine, it brought them up a treat and was very easy tans quite quick to use and keep on top of.

If you polish alloy wheels, you'll need to re-polish them every day to keep them nice. As for the road salt in winter...........ahhhhhhhhh. Best way is have them powder coated. Have a chrome finish, they'll kook pretty good, and won't be a pain to keep clean.

thanks guys. i got some aerosol stuff from halfords just after posting this, trying to shift the thick stuff inch by inch until i get a better solution. thanks for all the suggestions. they have been taken on bored.

update on this. after realising im never going to spend the time keeping a mirror finish on them, i decided to throw a load of acid at them, thinking the comprimise of bright, but matt looking wheels is better than mucky filthy ones. ive no idea what i used, all i know is that i got it from a local coal merchant who uses it to clean stuff and a mutual aquaintance who deals in trucks told me to get it from him. it was decanted into a clear 2 litre container before i saw it.

bloody hell its good stuff! fizzed and bubbled up the tarmac when i spilt it. and now i have very clean wheels, a knackered brush, a well used steam cleaner and a very healthy respect for acid. - i'd always wondered what the fuss was with those acid attacks you hear of in the news, i've got battery acid on me loads of times with no bother. now i understand. nasty stuff!