Removing / Emulsifying Caked On CV Boot Grease/Dirt/Dust

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pingable

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Alrighty.....



This would be a 1st for me and I'm not quite sure what chemical is best to attack this....meaning, let the chemical do the work for me, and I will supply the elbow grease as well.



I just picked up a set of wheels meant for winter duty. The previous owner did not realized he had a torn CV boot. Amazingly the front of this wheel is mint, which is a godsend, but the interior has this very dried up residue. Somewhat like a very hard tar mixture with brake dust and dirt in the mix .



I'm at a loss on what chemical I should use to do the intial cleaning to at least soften this stuff up. I guess I could try Tarminator as the 1st round...



Would love to hear some suggestions....



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This stuff is pretty hard...kinda like dried tar on exhaust tips situation.

While a steam cleaner IMO works great on my uber smooth uber gloss BBK and blasting all the brake dust in all the nooks and crannies, it doesn't really cut it on brake dust that is embedded in the nooks and corners of some of my wheels.



Not sure how effective a steamer would be in this application.....I guess the full arsenal is coming out when I get a day to attack this.
 
I've used WD-40 with a scrub brush with good success on my own vehicles rims. Might do the trick for you, too.
 
Can it be just that as simple with a degreaser...



I must by overthinking this...

let me give it a go with Tarminator and some heat (steamer) with a plastic scraper on standby...
 
Stoners Tarminator FTW. In all my years, I have never had to get this aggressive but tarminator with a old kitchen spone (green side harsh but broken in) and plenty of hard scouring did the trick. Granted, while this was the backside....and I am sending them out to get powdercoated, I feel for you pros that actually do this with customers BAKED on dust...



I would never imagine getting as agressive on wheels like I did today...
 
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