How to clean your alloy wheels for peanuts.

[Wacky Racer]

Fed up with your lovely shiny alloys continually being ruined by covered in horrible filthy oily brake dust, especially the front ones?

1) Get an empty spray bottle....Windowlene, Flash etc.

2) Fill with ordinary white spirit...…(£1 from Poundland)

3) Spray all over a small section of your wheel at a time, wiping off after a few seconds before the white spirit dries

4) Hose off, and clean your wheels with soapy water as normal and rinse off with clean water.

In the past, I have tried all the usual branded products, Auto Glym, Wonder Wheels etc, at great expense, with mixed results, but nothing beats white spirit for cutting through grime and is 100% safe providing everything is rinsed off thoroughly.

Try it and report back.

[Funkstar De Luxe]

Is this safe for the finish?

[Alpinestars]

Used to use it on my GSXR. White wheels and chain oil made for a right mess. G101 is also pretty good and does a similar job safely.

Also spray with a spray sealant, gyeon wet coat, optimum opti-seal etc, rinse and dry. Keeps them cleaner between washes.

[Wacky Racer]

Funkstar De Luxe said:

Is this safe for the finish?

I've been using it for twenty odd years, on all types of wheels including some fairly expensive ones, never had a problem.

Just make sure you rinse everything off properly with clean water afterwards including the tyres.

[55palfers]

Probably a good idea not to smoke too.

[Andy 308GTB]

55palfers said:

Probably a good idea not to smoke too.

Or choose a lower tar brand.

[Mr2Mike]

Wacky Racer said:

I've been using it for twenty odd years, on all types of wheels including some fairly expensive ones, never had a problem.

Just make sure you rinse everything off properly with clean water afterwards including the tyres.

White spirit isn't water soluble.

[227bhp]

Mr2Mike said:

Wacky Racer said:

I've been using it for twenty odd years, on all types of wheels including some fairly expensive ones, never had a problem.

Just make sure you rinse everything off properly with clean water afterwards including the tyres.

White spirit isn't water soluble.

And you've misquoted him so you can have a snipe.

Wacky Racer said:

and clean your wheels with soapy water as normal and rinse off with clean water.

[227bhp]

Funkstar De Luxe said:

Is this safe for the finish?

White spirit is like WD40 in a way, you can wipe it all over the place and it's pretty much undamaging to any hard surface on a car. It's quite mild and a little oily. You'd do more damage with acid or automotive paint thinners which are much more aggressive.

[Wacky Racer]

Before



After





Conclusion?

Why waste your money with this airy fairy aerosol rubbish at ten quid, spend the difference in the pub.

[Mr2Mike]

227bhp said:

Mr2Mike said:

Wacky Racer said:

I've been using it for twenty odd years, on all types of wheels including some fairly expensive ones, never had a problem.

Just make sure you rinse everything off properly with clean water afterwards including the tyres.

White spirit isn't water soluble.

And you've misquoted him so you can have a snipe.

Wacky Racer said:

and clean your wheels with soapy water as normal and rinse off with clean water.

I didn't misquote him, I quoted his entire post without any changes.