Review: DUB Wheel Cleaner

I may have to try this on my siding. I have a chimney chase cover that is starting to rust.

On a side note, this stuff is not strong enough to clean ten year old Buick Rendezvous wheels that have never been cleaned before. It did fine on the new brake dust, but the really baked on dust didn't get touched after two applications and some scrubbing.

Either way, it still looks way better than before.
 
hogie said:
I may have to try this on my siding. I have a chimney chase cover that is starting to rust.

On a side note, this stuff is not strong enough to clean ten year old Buick Rendezvous wheels that have never been cleaned before. It did fine on the new brake dust, but the really baked on dust didn't get touched after two applications and some scrubbing.

Either way, it still looks way better than before.
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A little dwell time and a stiffer brush and you shouldn't have any issue!

If all fails try Meguiar's Wheel Brightener!
 
Some things will ALWAYS need good old fashion elbow grease!

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Awesome review Marc, love the before and after pictures!
 
It may sound very stupid, I'm honest confused on how to twist open the trigger on the Dub Wheel Cleaner. On a usual bottle, u can just simply twist it, but on the Dub Wheel Cleaner, there's another thing that's holding it from simply twisted. Please kindly help me guys :)
 
I had the same problem.
Look at the top of the spout and you'll see small tab. Press down on the tab and twist at the same time.

Tom
 
rookiez said:
It may sound very stupid, I'm honest confused on how to twist open the trigger on the Dub Wheel Cleaner. On a usual bottle, u can just simply twist it, but on the Dub Wheel Cleaner, there's another thing that's holding it from simply twisted. Please kindly help me guys :)
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I hate that spray bottle, at first I would take a needle nose pliers and break off that annoying tab. Now I just reuse an old spray nozzle I had laying around.
 
The bottle sucks from that standpoint but it's there to keep any product from getting out, something you DO NOT WANT! I've found it to leak when using it, so use a old Griot's Garage HD wheel cleaner bottle and it's perfect. Griots is a quality company and it shows right down to their bottles even.

That said, DUB is hands down the best bang for the buck out there, even at regular price and on sale...forget about it!

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It works great, but the smell is almost unbearable. Once I use up the stuff I have, I don't think I will buy any more of it, at any price.

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Yeah, I hated the smell. Also, the instructions said to let it set for 3-5 minutes and it dried up in that amount of time. this left some nasty streaks, but it was still better looking than before.

I am interested in seeing how it handles my Brembo dust. I certainly won't let it dry on my wheels.
 
Coming from the Eagle One PVD-Aluminium wheel cleaner, I had the chance to compare it to DUB Wheel Cleaner.
Firstly, I didn't like the smell, it has a weird smell compared to Eagle One, which was pleasant. I would say that they both are good cleaners, with DUB being very slightly better. The bad thing about DUB though, the yellow liquid stuck to the brake calipers, and it was very hard get it out from there. I never had that problem with Eagle One, which cleaned thoroughly but never got stuck anywhere.
I'm not a pro, rookie weekend warrior, just my .02.
 
I kinda stopped using this product for a little while then decided to try it out again the other day on some tough wheels.

I have been using 3D's Orange 88 to do the whole wheel area; wheels, tires, wheel wells. I like using one product to clean them all, but it just wasn't cutting it the other day. So after three rounds of scrubbing with Orange 88 to get it how I wanted it I switched to the Dub for the other front wheel to compare.

Dub did a better job quicker and with less agitation, but It did not want to rinse well from the wheel though. It needed some agitation with the rinse to remove the product residue. So, idk, not as much scrubbing initially but had to follow up with a scrub rinse. So still, Dub required a little less work and to be fair this was not a hose rinse, but a rinse with a hand pump chemical sprayer.

That smell does kinda make me not want to use it, but I did finish the other two remaining wheels with it because of how well it was working. Orange 88 is still my go to. I have been thinking about mixing a stronger ratio to try on heavy soiled wheels to see if it works better that way. It is much more pleasent to smell.
 
The only thing I didn't like about DUB wheel cleaner, besides the smell, is that it discolored my car's grey painted brake rotor hats. I was able to get most of the original finish back with some cleaner wax, but it was an unnecessary pita.
 
Washing the GTI last night, I was using the DUB wheel cleaner and my neighbor came out of their house to see what I was using, because they could smell it in the air next door. Ugh. I don't care how good the product is, if it's that noxious, I really don't want to be using it.

I also noticed that it doesn't do anything for tires, as the old A2Z Eagle One does. I may just go back to EO, as I don't ever have nasty filthy wheels in my cleaning regimen.
 
Have the same though of others near by being upset over the smell while mobil detailing and wonder if they are questioning in their head if this is safe for them.

I'm just going to avoid it for now and save for the special cases.

Oh, and my god, if you accidentally inhale some if the mist through your mouth or nose the smell and taste wi stick with you l day and drive you nuts.
 
Does it stink...yes, does it work....HELL YES!

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I can deal with the smell as long as it works.

Pardon me as I try to upload photos using the mobile app...
 
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Case closed right there😎

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rj45 said:
The only thing I didn't like about DUB wheel cleaner, besides the smell, is that it discolored my car's grey painted brake rotor hats. I was able to get most of the original finish back with some cleaner wax, but it was an unnecessary pita.
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This can happen with any wheel cleaner.

upon3 said:
Washing the GTI last night, I was using the DUB wheel cleaner and my neighbor came out of their house to see what I was using, because they could smell it in the air next door. Ugh. I don't care how good the product is, if it's that noxious, I really don't want to be using it.

I also noticed that it doesn't do anything for tires, as the old A2Z Eagle One does. I may just go back to EO, as I don't ever have nasty filthy wheels in my cleaning regimen.
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It was not designed to be a tire cleaner. This is strictly a wheel cleaner. If you want a wheel and tire cleaner from Meguiar's then consider D143.

Klasse Act said:
Does it stink...yes, does it work....HELL YES!

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Agreed.
 
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