Products that work best on brake dust

[LP14SS]

Hey guys I'm working I'm cleaning up some monte carlo cast aluminum checker board wheels and these things have a ton of brake dust caked to the insides, looking for some opinions on what might work best to help loosen all this grime!
I know it's gonna take some elbow grease regardless but with all the nooks and crannies I want something that's gonna help leave my arms intact lol.
I've tried both megs ap cleaner and megs non acid wheel cleaner and both are helping but I've still got well over 2 hours just into this wheel alone and I'm getting tired lol.
any suggestions are greatly welcomed and appreciated! Thanks!

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[Eldorado2k]

Meguiars Wheel Brightener will do a better job than those 2 products you’ve tried so far. If you’re in a hurry or don’t want to wait for a shipment, you can pick up some Meguiars Hot Wheels Chrome & Wire Cleaner at your local auto parts store since it’s basically the same active ingredient that’s in Wheel Brightener.

If you are willing to wait for a shipment, then I’d suggest something called Brown Royal Wheel Cleaner. Find it online. That stuff works like nothing else on the planet. It’ll get those wheels clean in no time. That’s what I used on my 16yr old wheels and they cleaned up in 1 try.

Before.

After.

Otherwise just use the Meguiars Chrome & Wire or Wheel Brightener and a Magic Eraser and they’ll clean up. Just make sure you use the Magic Eraser on the barrel of the wheel 1st so you can see how it affects the finish before using it on the face of the wheel.

The Magic Eraser paired with any of those wheel cleaners will make a huge difference so I’d start there 1st. Good luck!

 

[LP14SS]

Holy cow that's awesome! I think I'll go try the megs hot wheels cleaner first since i can get it immediately but I may pick up some of that brown royal for fututre use because those are just some spectacular results!

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[Eldorado2k]

Holy cow that's awesome! I think I'll go try the megs hot wheels cleaner first since i can get it immediately but I may pick up some of that brown royal for fututre use because those are just some spectacular results!

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Don’t forget the Magic Erasers.

 

[LP14SS]

Adding it to my list lol!!!

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[yakky]

Eldarado2k, do you find that the Hot Wheels is as potent as Wheel Brightener. WB is my go to for wheels in rough shape but I don't use it often enough to justify buying by the gallon.

 

[crovello]

I bought some Wheel Brightener and it works great but is very strong. Wear gloves, eye protection and probably long sleeves when using it. Not a product you would use for weekly cleaning in my opinion.

Dave

 

[Justin at Final Inspection]

Another one is Mckees foaming wheel cleaner gel along with Meguiars Iron remover or Iron-X

 

[Eldorado2k]

Eldarado2k, do you find that the Hot Wheels is as potent as Wheel Brightener. WB is my go to for wheels in rough shape but I don't use it often enough to justify buying by the gallon.

I haven’t used it in years, but I do remember using it to clean up some Cadillac hubcaps front and back and the results were on par with what I’ve come to expect when using Wheel Brightener, so I’d say yes.

I bought some Wheel Brightener and it works great but is very strong. Wear gloves, eye protection and probably long sleeves when using it. Not a product you would use for weekly cleaning in my opinion.

Dave

I hope you’re using all that PPE when using Meguiars D143 Non Acid Wheel & Tire Cleaner, because they’re both the same level 3 hazard on the label... 1 is not safer than the other. Consumers aka Average Joes have been using Meguiars Hot Wheels Chrome Wheel Cleaner for decades without an issue. Same goes for Eagle 1 Chrome & Wire Wheel Cleaner, which is basically the same active ingredient aka “acid”

 

[Eldorado2k]

Contrary to popular belief, Wheel Brightener was indeed made to use on a weekly basis, that’s why it’s part of Meguiars Detailers Line. Every product in that line is meant for the maintenance detailer to use on a weekly/bi weekly maintenance detail routine in order to produce great results with minimal elbow grease at a great value for the detailer at work. That’s why if used weekly/bi weekly in conjunction with a pressure washer it can work as a touchless wheel cleaner for the most part.

There’s never been any documented proof that an acid based wheel cleaner degrades or destroys OEM clear coated wheels. I challenge anyone to find such a case on this forum... You won’t be able to because no such thing has ever happened.

 

[crovello]

Eldorado, I find it hard to believe that the 140 and the 143 have the same hazard level. I can't find a spray bottle that will hold up to the 140. They all seam to fail after a few weeks of use. I can put the 143 in any cheap pump stray bottle and they last and last.
Also the fumes from the 140 are much worse than the 143.

I am just a novice detailer and am no chemist so this is just my personal experience with the products. Perhaps I should take more care when using the 143.

Dave

 

[Klasse Act]

The wheel in the pic would be a great candidate for the brand new wheel cleaner that Pan the Organizer just reviewed, agitation woukd be a must though, my God is that wheel bad!

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[Eldorado2k]

Eldorado, I find it hard to believe that the 140 and the 143 have the same hazard level. I can't find a spray bottle that will hold up to the 140. They all seam to fail after a few weeks of use. I can put the 143 in any cheap pump stray bottle and they last and last.
Also the fumes from the 140 are much worse than the 143.

I am just a novice detailer and am no chemist so this is just my personal experience with the products. Perhaps I should take more care when using the 143.

Dave

Yup, they both have the same level 3 on the Health warning.

I actually find D143 to have much harsher unpleasant fumes, whereas D140 actually smells like grape or floral... Except I’m much less likely to allow myself to actually smell D140’s scent because I do whatever I can to not breath it’s fumes.

 

[kb2ehj]

I myself have found the acidic version of the PoyBoy's World cleaner very good. I purchased the small bottle last year to try on a co-workers wheels. Did an amazing job.
Later purchased a gallon of the non-acid version but wasn't as happy with that one.

 

[FUNX650]

I find it hard to believe that the 140 and
the 143 have the same hazard level.

I can't find a spray bottle that will hold
up to the 140. They all seam to fail after
a few weeks of use. I can put the 143 in
any cheap pump stray bottle and they last
and last.

Also the fumes from the 140 are
much worse than the 143.

I am just a novice detailer and am no chemist
so this is just my personal experience with the
products. Perhaps I should take more care when
using the 143.

•Except for the caution to not use on bare
aluminum and anodized wheels...

-It’s not the “unsafeness” to the other types
of wheels that’s D140’s hazarding detriment;
-It’s the simple fact that D140 contains (ABF)
Ammonium BiFluoride—a known precursor to
Hydrofluoric acid (HF)—that poses the real
health hazard to people.


•On the other hand:
-Even though D143 is a strong base: pH 13.5
(and on the other end of the pH spectrum
wherein D140 lies)...paying close attention
to its hazardness is still advisable.


Yep...Following each of these products’
PPE recommendations is imperative!


Bob