What to do with these wheels?

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These are my stock wheels on my truck that I only run during the winter months. They have some caked on brake dust in the corners of the spokes that I can't get out for the life of me. Any ideas on what to use on these?
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The wheels are in fairly decent shape except for these spots. I have them on every wheel. Some are worse than others. I don't want to re paint them brings they are in pretty good shape for a stock wheel that is 8 years old. Any ideas guys?
 
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Use a brush such as a Boars hair brush to get in the small crevices, it will come right out!
 
Anything I could get local that might work? I've used different ratios of APC up to full strength. My usual wheel cleaner is a 50:50 mix. Any OTC products that might work?
 
The Sonax that goes on green and then turns red would be a great choice. If you had some Alien Kleen you could try that but at full strength and let it sit, that is the key here.

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Advance Auto had Griot`s, check to see if they have the heavy Duty Wheel Cleaner. They also carry small packs of small bristle brushes. I picked up a pack and I use the semi stiff bristled for crevices like that on alloys.
 
SickTRed08FSI said:
Advance Auto had Griot`s, check to see if they have the heavy Duty Wheel Cleaner. They also carry small packs of small bristle brushes. I picked up a pack and I use the semi stiff bristled for crevices like that on alloys.
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Good call, they might the heavy duty wheel cleaner in stock and if not should be to order it for at no-charge I'd think.

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SickTRed08FSI said:
Advance Auto had Griot`s, check to see if they have the heavy Duty Wheel Cleaner. They also carry small packs of small bristle brushes. I picked up a pack and I use the semi stiff bristled for crevices like that on alloys.
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Def a good call. They have the GG on my area as well. I'll give that a try and see if they have the brushes you speak of so fondly lol. Thanks fellas.
 
Check out Meguiar's All Wheel and Tire Cleaner too.Maybe a brush dedicated for wheel cleaning too?

I really liked that stuff so I bought Meguiar's D143 to have a lot in stock.

Just to a small test spot.

Meguiars's All Wheel and Tire Cleaner is OTC too

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If it was me I would use sonax full effect like stated before then get a soft boars/hog hair part brush or a scotchbright scrub pad and agitate those corners if that don't help then try claying or acid
 
Purple Power Industrial Strength Cleaner/Degreaser. You should be able to get it locally in gallons real cheap.
 
While sonax remains one of the strongest wheel cleaners out there, I've had better luck with Iron X for this particular situation due to the fact that it reacts a lot faster than sonax. These caked on dust bits will take several applications to fully remove. I suggest using Iron X and letting it dwell for a couple minutes (do not let it dry). Then using an aggressive clay bar or any clay bar for that matter. Brushes will generally not do much to these bits as they are lodged into the clear coat like black heads on your nose. You need something like clay to pull them out after the Iron X breaks down the sides.
 
jamesboyy said:
If it was me I would use sonax full effect like stated before then get a soft boars/hog hair part brush or a scotchbright scrub pad and agitate those corners if that don't help then try claying or acid
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Please don't use a scotch bright pad!! Wheels are painted. And since we would never use a scotch bright pad on our paint, we should never use these on our wheels as it scratch the hell out of them.
 
Regular wheel cleaners, iron remover cleaners, and all purpose cleaners wont work. You need Meguiars Wheel Brightener or Poorboys Spray and Rinse Wheel Cleaner.
 
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