Which wheel cleaner on nasty wheels? Your goto

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Im thinking of ordering that brown royal stuff for some nasty wheels I've been getting lately. Those of you that get these type of wheels often, what do you turn to?
 
Bought and used the Meguiars Hot Rims this past weekend and I was impressed.
 
There has been some rave about Tuf Shine Tire cleaner. I'm going to be ordering some this weekend to try out. I currently use diluted Meguiar's super degreaser, all purpose cleaner +, and Wheel Brightener.
 
Poorboy's Spray and Rinse. Meg's Wheel Brightner on the bad stuff.
 
Sonax and megs wheel brightner have been said to be less effective then brown royal. Can anyone here attest to that? Also iron x or trix users, can I get your feedback?
 
Brown Royal.

Like I've said many times before, it's safe like Sonax so it can be used on any wheel, but it's 18 times cheaper since you dilute it.

Honestly, I'm confused why more people don't use it since it's works just as well as some of the really expensive cleaners (Yes, $16 for 17oz is expensive) and it's much, much cheaper.
 
I was about to order Brown Royal but decided against it due to the smell reported by other detailers, so I opted for some P21s wheel gel, should be here soon. I also have Wolf's Brake Duster which is also a deionizer.
 
I use Meg's OTC Chome Wheel Cleaner (acid) on bad rotor hats and barrels. Its very strong and was just on sale for $5 a bottle at Pep Boys.

Don't let OTC fool you. Its very strong. Here is a before and after of what it can do.

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Just don't let it dry on your wheels.
 
Brown Royal is my go to. Recently rotated the tires on my '99 CV with factory alloy wheels and Michelin tires. I did a side by side using BR and Sonax. I've been using BR for a year now but I had some Sonax I had not used so I thought why not.

The BR did a better job IMHO and as someone else said it is more economical. I don't know what the problem is with the smell. Give me a break, it's a chemical cleaner just like a lot of other products we use.
 
Does brown royal really work on baked on brake dust? Especially in the barrel of the wheel? The videos of it on YouTube look promising.
 
I use brown royal pretty often. Seems like I'm in the minority though as I feel sonax FE does a better job on nasty ones. I keep both on hand so maybe I should do a direct comparison on a test car.

On occassion I'll use IronX or Trix as well but only if I have to.

While on this subject of wheel cleaners I found Wolfs decon gel was a bit of a let down
 
KillaCam said:
Does brown royal really work on baked on brake dust? Especially in the barrel of the wheel? The videos of it on YouTube look promising.
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I think it does. I had about 6 years of brake dust inside the barrel and I used Brown Royal at a dilution of 1:4 which is not that strong and it still worked well. I bet at 1:3 or 1:2 is pretty strong.
 
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