Need help cleaning rims

yeah the wheels looked pretty thrashed and even if you get them clean they will not ever look pretty again but Ive great luck with wheels like that using a combination of heavy duty rubbing compound,red clay magic( super aggressive clay) and laquer thinner in that order Thinner being the last resort.
 
I did my dentist's MB S500 that had flithy front rims (on a MB? really?) I used wheel brite 4:1 and a toothbrush - ironic eh
 
drdetail said:
I ordered the Brown Royal and it wasn't as good as the videos I saw on youtube or any before or after pictures. I even tried without diluting just to see how strong it really is with no luck. Wasn't making the dirt come off like melted butter on knife as others posted.
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Interesting..I;ve been curious to try this out. How long did you let it dwell? (I think it needs several minutes of dwell time from what I've read).
 
Here's a couple of before and after pics from this weekend. I used Brown Royal full strength, but had sprayed the wheels heavily with water and lightly with BR, so it probably came out to about 1:1. I know it's not scientific but I'm all out of empty sprayers to dilute it, sorry! These wheels are off a 2006 Jetta, with almost 90k miles on it and I doubt they've ever been really cleaned before.

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I finally broke down and tried some of this stuff. No, it's not a spray and rinse product like the videos show. But it doesn't require much agitation to do the job either. Just a Daytona wheel brush and a few swipes and you're done. It's probably only marginally safer than an acid, since it's a HIGH ph product, so precautions are a good idea. But it DOES do what it says, and in all honesty, I've seen Megs WB require the same amount of elbow grease on beat up wheels too.

And Richy, I didn't let it dwell more than a minute or so before agitating. Everything still came off easily.
 
detailchick said:
Thats pretty impressive Mike. Did the product take away any of the shine from the clearcoat ? Im asuming you used polish or wax also afterwards?
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I don't believe it took anything from the shine. There was no cloudiness afterward if that's what you mean. I didn't polish them, but I wiped them down with Aquawax.
 
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