Right, just got back into trying to keep my car clean, let it slip for a bit and I just can't get my wheels up to scratch, obviously I can remove the majority of brake dust but there is always some which seems to be ground in.

I use MC2 / Virosol as my wheel cleaner.

What is the solution? Is it just a matter of a bit of hard graft with a wheel brush and then keeping on top of it in the future? Or is there something else worth trying?

I was bought some Rim Wax which I will apply when I finally get them clean!

Any help much appreciated.

Right, just got back into trying to keep my car clean, let it slip for a bit and I just can't get my wheels up to scratch, obviously I can remove the majority of brake dust but there is always some which seems to be ground in.

I use MC2 / Virosol as my wheel cleaner.

What is the solution? Is it just a matter of a bit of hard graft with a wheel brush and then keeping on top of it in the future? Or is there something else worth trying?

I was bought some Rim Wax which I will apply when I finally get them clean!

Any help much appreciated.

I use Turtle Wax wheel cleaner for the visiable bits and a wheel brush for the inside of the alloy, seems to work for me.

As has been previously recommended on here "WONDER WHEELS" is what you need....best stuff on the market !!!!

give them as good of a clean as possible with something like wonder wheels and then get some wheel wax on there and then they should clean nice and easily with just a sponge from then on.

Click here for my review of Wonder Wheels with before and after pics. It really is astonishing stuff.

Strongish solution of stardrops for very heavy staining.

Where is stardrops avalible from ?????

Ive used loads of different wheel cleaners including wonder wheels

The best imo is, mers alloy and steel wheel cleaner

You can get Stardrops from the supermarket...it is really cheap and can be used for all sorts of cleaning purposes !!

The results you get though will depend on how long it has been since the wheels were last cleaned. If you leave it to long then then the brake dust eats into the laquer and you end up with pits, you can get the dust out of these but the dirt will get back in.

Adblue? think its called?? wagons use it?

Contains pig pi55 but wipes the floor with all wheel cleaners lol!!

star drops as in the tooth paste?

May sound daft but fairy power spray or equivelent works wonders! Wet the wheels, spray them, wash the rest of the car then come back to the wheels. No harsh chemicals to ruin the paint or your skin, works a treat even on the calipers.

WD40 allegedly works well on removing brake dust.

WD40 allegedly works well on removing brake dust.

works like magic. Spray on a cloth and wipe away even the worst baked-in brake dust.

I wasted a few hours using Meguir's wheel cleaner, hand cleaner and the alloys were still dirty.

One quick wipe with WD40 and it wiped off like spilt tea with a wet cloth.

Bas

Wonder wheels is savage, see attached. I scrubbed and scrubbed and couldn't shift the fine black spots. Wonder wheels did the job in seconds.

May sound daft but fairy power spray or equivelent works wonders! Wet the wheels, spray them, wash the rest of the car then come back to the wheels. No harsh chemicals to ruin the paint or your skin, works a treat even on the calipers.

Fairy power spray *is* harsh chemicals

WD40 allegedly works well on removing brake dust.

I gave that a try today - soaked all for wheels in WD40 and it worked a treat!

However another issue has since come up and this happened after I drove down the road and found my brakes didn't work because there was some grease or suchlike soacked into the pads - does anyone know how I can remove a post box from my engine bay?

Adblue? think its called?? wagons use it

AdBlue is an additive held in a special tank on diesel-engined trucks and buses which is added to the fuel supply at a mixture of 5% in order to comply with European law regarding the level of permitted oxides of nitrogen.

It is highly corrosive to metal.

Don't use it for cleaning wheels.

Stardrops as in this stuff:

Thornton&Ross Ltd

Available from sainsbury, asda, wilko and probably many more places.

Stardrops as in this stuff:

Thornton&Ross Ltd

Available from sainsbury, asda, wilko and probably many more places.

I can vouch for this, not too harsh and good results

Stardrops as in this stuff:

Thornton&Ross Ltd

Available from sainsbury, asda, wilko and probably many more places.

Stardrops eh? I didn't think they made this stuff any more! Good call. I shall visit the Asda.

Anyway, I was going to say there's a thread kicking about in this section singing the praises of WD-40.

As a mountain biker I tend to prefer GT85, but I've still got at least 472 old, half used cans of WD (does this happen to anyone else? :confused:) I'll give it a shot.