Best non acidic wheel cleaner

[Skodaboy1983]

Hi all,

As you might know I have recently had my wheels powdercoated and found out yesterday a bit of a nightmare to clean black wheels, I was speaking to Johnny50 yesterday and he advised a non acidic wheel cleaner would be safe for powdercoated wheels, can anyone recommend a good one to use.

Many thanks

Davy

[neelyp]

Enthusiast Other Surfaces Hot Rims All Wheel Cleaner

This stuffs good, still got to agitate it but loosens the dirt nicely.

[Gillywibble]

Autobrite non-acidic wheel cleaner.

[madfiddler]

I know some will wince....but I got some turtle wax eco friendly non-acidic stuff in halfrauds - its the only non-acidic stuff they do, seems OK to me....again needs agitating, I tend to spray leave for a minute then go round with the wheel cleaning brush then rinse.

when that runs out I will be trying the tesco green stuff they seem to be selling now, I think its only £2.50 for a spray bottle 500ml size....worth a try, may also try some of theie other stuff in the their green range

[Gillywibble]

There's nothing wrong with Turtle Wax these days.

[Skodaboy1983]

Thanks guys, I've used hot rims before so I know their good and before I had the wheels done I was using turtle wax wheel cleaner and had no problems, just wanted to make sure what I could use.

Cheers

Davy

[Mike B]

Davy i'll see if i can get a can of Supagard wheel sealant for you!

[Skodaboy1983]

Davy i'll see if i can get a can of Supagard wheel sealant for you!

Cheers Mike. How much would that be?

Davy

[Mike B]

F/A

But you can put it on yourself

[ShadyAl]

Beleive it or not, I was in my local Wilkinsons the other day, and I saw some non acidic wheel cleaner for 99p.

Thought 'what the hell' and got some.

Really good stuff!!

(needs a bit of elbow grease, but brings up my RS4 wheels a treat!)

[Skodaboy1983]

Shadyal- Whats the name of the wheel cleaner as I have a wilkinson's near to me.

[ShadyAl]

Will have to let you know later as I left it round my Dad's place... From memory, it was the only one on sale there though...

[Skodaboy1983]

Cheers mate.

[rb320]

bilberry wheel cleaner no better out there dilute 4:1 spray on leave a min or 2 and jet wash off,or if you got stubborn stains,spray on neat agitate with brush and spray off it comes in litre or 5 litre jacks. 5 litres = £23

[cheezemonkhai]

Stardrops at under 70p plus a trigger spray bottle to dilute it in

[Skodaboy1983]

Cheezemonkai - I was recommended that by Johnny50 so thats one I'm considering as well.

[cheezemonkhai]

It's good for cleaning the house too

[Baker21]

As a suggestion I would try Megs APC, I use this on my wheels as the dishes are Mirror Polished.........nice and safe and easy.........

[Skodaboy1983]

Cheers baker21.

Davy

[Groundsman]

It's good for cleaning the house too

Cheezemonkhai

Haven't bought any yet but what's the dilution rate for Stardrops?

[cheezemonkhai]

Depends what you are using it for, but I use:

Hard caked nasty nasty wheels, somewhere between neat and 4:1

Normal "dirty since last wash" wheels, about 10:1

General APC to remove films and utter filth on the lower body parts before you wash the car, about 20-25:1

These are all water:product.

The bottle has recommendations for around the house and you ca guess from these. A homebase £1.50 1L trigger spray is ideal for it too.

HTH

[Groundsman]

Nice one Cheezemonkhai

Thanks

[Skodaboy1983]

Hi all,

I bought some stardrops out of asda the other night and got to say I'm well impressed with the stuff, six desert spoons added to hot water does the trick and for the price of 67p it is well worth it.

[vRSLen]

It's good for cleaning the house too

Inside or out?

[cheezemonkhai]

Inside or out?

Both IMHO.

I've used it on:

Inside:

- floors

- sinks

- sideboards

- oven door (filthy), needed a bit of scrubbing but came up very clean

- bath

Outside:

- glass with a squeegee

- aluminium/PVCu frames at suitable dilutions.

- Tiles

It's a great all purpose cleaner IMHO