Mike@DedicatedPerfection
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With Meguiar’s offering a concentrated wheel and tire cleaner I was a bit eager to try it and give it a review. This is a product that is placed in Meguiar’s Detailer line and as such I feel it designed with production based detailing in mind just like it concentrate detailer brothers such as D151, D156, and the like. This product calls for a 1:1 or 2:1 dilution ratios. I have not tried out the 2:1 dilution ratio however a product being marketed towards the production based detailing world I feel the stronger dilution of 1:1 being ideal. After all, in the production based world cars usually are more neglected than the occasional garage queen and the stronger ratio is a must to help cut through the grime.
Even though I have not used the lighter dilution of 2:1 this product feels like it has ample power to cut through moderately dirty wheels such as the daily drivers with annual wheel cleanings while offering tire cleaning capability.
http://www.autogeek.net/meguiars-non-acid-wheel-and-tire-cleaner-d-14301.html
PROS:
· Effective wheel AND tire cleaner in the fast paced production based detailing world.
· Not as aggressive to user or wheels as Meguiar’s Wheel Brightener
· Can be diluted to either ratio depending on severity of wheel/tire
Cons:
· Won’t completely remove brown tire staining
· Won’t clear up heavily soiled wheels
Impressions: What’s nice about this product is you can cover the wheel and tire simultaneously with a generous amount and the tires start to bleed brown within a few seconds of application. The directions call to let the product soak up to 30 seconds before agitation. Within 20 seconds I began to clean the wheels with various brushes while the tires bled brown. When the wheel was agitated I moved on to the tire with a tire brush and began to scrub the tire. When the cycle was completed I rinsed the wheel/tire down to inspect the results. On this vehicle the wheels/tires were severely neglected and required a second round to get them 75%. After completing the second round of wheel/tire cleanings the wheel still had a good bit of contamination as well as the tire had a very faint brown hazing.
To really get these wheels back to where they need to be a dedicated contamination removing product is needed. In this case CarPro Trix was used. CarPro Trix is formulated to remove iron and tar in one step allowing you to remove these contaminates. What’s more is that Trix is safe to use not only on wheels, but paint and glass as well.
http://www.autogeek.net/carpro-trix-tar-iron-remover.html
After two rounds of cleaning
Time to break out CarPro Trix!
Trix just sprayed on
Look at those runs!
Within a few minutes just before agitation
After agitation
Just before rinse off
Completed
Just how wheels should look!
Mike
Even though I have not used the lighter dilution of 2:1 this product feels like it has ample power to cut through moderately dirty wheels such as the daily drivers with annual wheel cleanings while offering tire cleaning capability.
http://www.autogeek.net/meguiars-non-acid-wheel-and-tire-cleaner-d-14301.html
PROS:
· Effective wheel AND tire cleaner in the fast paced production based detailing world.
· Not as aggressive to user or wheels as Meguiar’s Wheel Brightener
· Can be diluted to either ratio depending on severity of wheel/tire
Cons:
· Won’t completely remove brown tire staining
· Won’t clear up heavily soiled wheels
Impressions: What’s nice about this product is you can cover the wheel and tire simultaneously with a generous amount and the tires start to bleed brown within a few seconds of application. The directions call to let the product soak up to 30 seconds before agitation. Within 20 seconds I began to clean the wheels with various brushes while the tires bled brown. When the wheel was agitated I moved on to the tire with a tire brush and began to scrub the tire. When the cycle was completed I rinsed the wheel/tire down to inspect the results. On this vehicle the wheels/tires were severely neglected and required a second round to get them 75%. After completing the second round of wheel/tire cleanings the wheel still had a good bit of contamination as well as the tire had a very faint brown hazing.
To really get these wheels back to where they need to be a dedicated contamination removing product is needed. In this case CarPro Trix was used. CarPro Trix is formulated to remove iron and tar in one step allowing you to remove these contaminates. What’s more is that Trix is safe to use not only on wheels, but paint and glass as well.
http://www.autogeek.net/carpro-trix-tar-iron-remover.html
After two rounds of cleaning
Time to break out CarPro Trix!
Trix just sprayed on
Look at those runs!
Within a few minutes just before agitation
After agitation
Just before rinse off
Completed
Just how wheels should look!
Mike
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