Review: McKee’s 37 Xtreme Iron Remover

kevincwelch said:
Well, personally I wear gloves about 5% of the time - usually when doing tires and wheels because I don't like the stuff on my hands.

God made skin to protect us from detailing products.

Anyhoo, I think that your statement about products that don't need agitation are more based on opinion rather than fact. Without knowing the exact makeup of these products, I'm sure there are a host of common acids that produce a chemical reaction with iron to bring it into solution so it can rinse off. As such, I'm sure the grime, brake dust (not necessarily iron), motor oil, gasoline, brake fluid and all the other junk that is washed off the car is probably more harmful to the environment than the simple inorganic and organic acids used to catalyze solid iron into a dissolved salt (or however it goes into solution).

Iron removers are for removing iron that's embedded. Shampoo or agitation is for grime, dirt and everything else on the wheel.

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Yes, you're right - it's my opinion and also common sense. Gloves are made to protect our skin. To each their own...
 
Angus said:
Nope! Personally I dont even want to touch a wheel cleaner strong enough to strip away grim w/o the need for agitation. Such a product can be good in the long term for the wheels, the environment, or your health!!
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Ehh... I use BR. It's non acid and works a few times better than WB on it's best day. All while managing to smell like nothing, unlike having to hold my breath when I use D143 Non Acid Wheel & Tire Cleaner. So there goes that. Lol.

kevincwelch said:
Well, personally I wear gloves about 5% of the time - usually when doing tires and wheels because I don't like the stuff on my hands.
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I agree. Maybe 5% of the time. Those times being when I use a claybar [because the clay tends to want to clean your own hands and I prefer my clay to remain as clean as possible] The other mandatory time is when I'm scrubbing matts/carpets and wiping them clean, same goes for upholstery.. But other than that there's no need past maybe certain wheel cleaning situations.

I can't imagine car wash soap being any more hazardous than Dawn dish soap, and there's a ladies hand on the label of that. Lol.
 
I recently bought some for use this fall when my two daily drives get their annual full detail. Sometimes I worry more about what a new product will do to my driveway than what it will do to my paint. Many people test and report on the latter, but few mention the driveway.

I have an asphalt driveway, and it adjoins a neighbors. I can't have stains or even glossy streaks left by product residue, tire gloss is an example of product I must use with care.

Can anyone comment on what rinsing Xtreme Iron Remover does to a driveway?
 
BlackMDX, you should be fine. I never seen or heard of any of them staining pavement.

Even on concrete the only thing you see it the dirt and grit.

Just rinse well and you'll be fine.
 
Very nice review Marc. I always enjoy reading your contributions.

Although I haven't tried the spray n blast off method, I do find that this product works very well when agitated and rinsed off. It clings very well allowing the product to effectively work to break down the contamination on the wheel prior to being agitated.

Thanks for sharing buddy.
 
BlackMDX said:
I recently bought some for use this fall when my two daily drives get their annual full detail. Sometimes I worry more about what a new product will do to my driveway than what it will do to my paint. Many people test and report on the latter, but few mention the driveway.

I have an asphalt driveway, and it adjoins a neighbors. I can't have stains or even glossy streaks left by product residue, tire gloss is an example of product I must use with care.

Can anyone comment on what rinsing Xtreme Iron Remover does to a driveway?
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I've never had it stain the driveway. If anything you'll see a purple streak, which when I do, I just hit it with the hose and it's gone.


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Thanks SabbyNJ and Mantilgh for the replies. Sounds like I'll be fine with my usual practice of rinsing down the driveway following an application of anything other than wash products.
 
Mike@DedicatedPerfection said:
Very nice review Marc. I always enjoy reading your contributions.

Although I haven't tried the spray n blast off method, I do find that this product works very well when agitated and rinsed off. It clings very well allowing the product to effectively work to break down the contamination on the wheel prior to being agitated.

Thanks for sharing buddy.
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Thanks a lot Mike!

BlackMDX said:
Thanks SabbyNJ and Mantilgh for the replies. Sounds like I'll be fine with my usual practice of rinsing down the driveway following an application of anything other than wash products.
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Sorry for responding late but I've used Sonax Wheel Cleaner, IronX, DUB Wheel Cleaner, and now the McKee's Iron Remover. None of these iron removers stained the driveway.
 
Marc08EX said:
Thanks a lot Mike!



Sorry for responding late but I've used Sonax Wheel Cleaner, IronX, DUB Wheel Cleaner, and now the McKee's Iron Remover. None of these iron removers stained the driveway.
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Thanks Marc. It's good to know staining is not a problem with other brands as well.
 
I just bought some of this. So the idea is to remove iron..can this be used on a black car? all the examples I have ever seen were used on either wheels or a white or yellow car....
 
txchevyz71 said:
I just bought some of this. So the idea is to remove iron..can this be used on a black car? all the examples I have ever seen were used on either wheels or a white or yellow car....
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Yes, can be used on any color. Just make sure the car is cool to the touch and not in direct sunlight when you apply it. You can also use CarPro Iron-X Snow Soap as it combines an iron remover and a wash soap.

Iron-X Snow Soap ? CarPro
 
txchevyz71 said:
I just bought some of this. So the idea is to remove iron..can this be used on a black car? all the examples I have ever seen were used on either wheels or a white or yellow car....
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Yes it can be used on black paint. It can be used on any colored paint or surface.

Most pictures shown are on white paint because white or any light colored surface will show the bleeding more. Or wheels because wheels will probably have the most iron content from the brake dust thus providing more bleeding.
 
I used it the first time i tried an iron remover on my car. I think it changed color but my car is black so its hard to tell. Stinks like all get out but i believe it does the job. I only got 1 car out of the bottle but i may have used to much idk?
 
Same for me---just about the whole bottle for one car!

Tom
 
Great review Marc! Thanks for sharing my friend.
 
Brite max is my go to for ironx.Very strong quick and effective and bigger bottle.
 
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