Which wheel cleaner?

Ok so today I bought a 35 oz. Griot's Wheel Cleaner and one of the Mother's 22 oz. wheel cleaners. Next time that I wash my car, I'll take before and afters on the wheels using both products. I was going to buy a gallon of Griot's, but I wanted to see which one is better before I invest too much.
 
IOMCAMARO said:
Ok so today I bought a 35 oz. Griot's Wheel Cleaner and one of the Mother's 22 oz. wheel cleaners. Next time that I wash my car, I'll take before and afters on the wheels using both products. I was going to buy a gallon of Griot's, but I wanted to see which one is better before I invest too much.
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Wise decision. I'm looking forward to your review.
 
Okay so tonight I washed my car and used both of the wheel cleaners. I took pictures and I'll put them up later. I wasn't impressed with either of them without agitation, but I was very pleased that they got everything off with very minor agitation. And another good thing was knowing that they wouldn't harm me or my car. The Mother's Foaming Wheel and Tire cleaner worked amazingly on the tires. It just rolled the brown stuff off of my tires without any agitation. My tires have never looked so clean in the year that I have had my car. If I had to choose one for smell and price it would be Griot's hands down, but only for a clean car. I think that Mother's would work better if my wheels were in worse shape, but if you're looking for something to use on your wheels that you take care of all of the time, give Griot's a try. It smells yummy like pineapples! Whenever I get the time, I'll actually put them to the test. I'm going to try them on our mini-van that hasn't been washed in 6 months, and hasn't been waxed for a good 5 years, so you can imagine yourself how bad the wheels look.
 
IOMCAMARO said:
Okay so tonight I washed my car and used both of the wheel cleaners. I took pictures and I'll put them up later. I wasn't impressed with either of them without agitation, but I was very pleased that they got everything off with very minor agitation. And another good thing was knowing that they wouldn't harm me or my car. The Mother's Foaming Wheel and Tire cleaner worked amazingly on the tires. It just rolled the brown stuff off of my tires without any agitation. My tires have never looked so clean in the year that I have had my car. If I had to choose one for smell and price it would be Griot's hands down, but only for a clean car. I think that Mother's would work better if my wheels were in worse shape, but if you're looking for something to use on your wheels that you take care of all of the time, give Griot's a try. It smells yummy like pineapples! Whenever I get the time, I'll actually put them to the test. I'm going to try them on our mini-van that hasn't been washed in 6 months, and hasn't been waxed for a good 5 years, so you can imagine yourself how bad the wheels look.
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Unless the wheel cleaner is acidic, you will have to agitate. Even the acidic wheel cleaners require agitation sometimes. The wheel cleaners u have are non acidic, and do a great job for what they're supposed to do.
 
07 z-oh-6 said:
Unless the wheel cleaner is acidic, you will have to agitate. Even the acidic wheel cleaners require agitation sometimes. The wheel cleaners u have are non acidic, and do a great job for what they're supposed to do.
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I figured that I was just going by that they say spray on and rinse off. I knew I would have to agitate. That's why I had my Griot's Boars Hair Brush handy.
 
looking for tire cleaners specifically try Amazing Roll-Off.
 
Will wheel cleaners remove DP Sealant Glaze? Should I not use wheel cleaners after applying DP Sealant Glaze?
 
Yea. Wheel cleaners will remove any kind of protection on your wheels.
 
Motionless said:
Will wheel cleaners remove DP Sealant Glaze? Should I not use wheel cleaners after applying DP Sealant Glaze?
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you will find that a common car wash or ONR will remove wheel grime when you use the wheel cleaner. I use a wheel cleaner about 1x per month and reapply the sealant. Seems to be a good compromise for me and I have European brake dust from hell to manage. If you drive an American or Japanese car, your life could be much easier!
 
Kurt_s said:
you will find that a common car wash or ONR will remove wheel grime when you use the wheel cleaner. I use a wheel cleaner about 1x per month and reapply the sealant. Seems to be a good compromise for me and I have European brake dust from hell to manage. If you drive an American or Japanese car, your life could be much easier!
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The new American brakes aren't the best either unless you have ceramics.
 
Kurt_s said:
bummer. I've been driving BMWs for over 10 years, so I'm not up to date on American brake dust.
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Yea they're no where near as bad as BMWs still, but they suck if you have performance brakes that aren't ceramic. I'm putting ceramics on mine whenever I change them. The people with SS Camaros that have Brembo brakes are nearly just as bad as BMWs. All of them usually change their brakes early lol.
 
I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Brown Royal wheel cleaner. It's safe to use on all clear coated wheels. It's also supposed to be no scrub. Well if your wheels have a lot of built on brake dust then of course you have to scrub. It loosens it really well. A lot of cars I just end up spraying it on and using my finger to get the brake dust off.
On my personal car I wash my car at least once a week so I just have to spray on and rinse off.
It's only $13 for a gallon that you dilute many many times. I've done about 13 cars using this stuff and I still have a 3/4 gallon left.
I also use it on the tires and it makes them look like new without scrubbing.
 
CEE DOG said:
One other thing, I noticed Griots has a chrome wheel cleaner... Why is that? Isn't the regular Griots wheel cleaner safe on chrome?
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I believe that Griot's chrome wheel cleaner is significantly stronger than their regular wheel cleaner. from Griots chrome wheel cleaner description.." Please don't use it on polished, raw aluminum wheels as it may discolor them."
 
Simple Green Works Great on wheels and tires, wont hurt any thing, and costs about 9 dollars a gallon. I use it for the engine too, plus you can dilute it!
 
fatty239 said:
Simple Green Works Great on wheels and tires, wont hurt any thing, and costs about 9 dollars a gallon. I use it for the engine too, plus you can dilute it!
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According to The Safe Shopper's Bible, by David Steinman and Dr. Samuel Epstein, which is a guide to safe, nontoxic products for the home, which includes cleaning products, soaps, shampoos, hair dyes, foods, artist's supplies and other things, Simple Green contains neurotoxins, and so I won't use it anymore. I used to, and it is an effective apc, but it does tend to turn some things whitish.

Hidden Toxins in the Home: Information from "The Safe Shopper's Bible" by Dr. Samuel Epstein

Dawn and Windex also contain carcinogens or neurotoxins according to the list, by the way.



"The Environmental Protection Agency defines chemical hazards as "acute" or"chronic:" Acute hazard, includes highly toxic, or corrosive chemicals which cause an adverse effect to an organ after short-term exposure. Chronic hazard includes carcinogens and other hazardous chemicals which cause an adverse effect over a long-term exposure The Federal Code of Regulations defines "Hazardous Chemicals" in Section 1910.1200c Title 29. However, the term "Hazardous" does NOT include hazardous ingredients used in products designed for personal, family, or household use.The Federal Code of Regulations section 1500.82, EXEMPTS manufacturers from full labeling, allowing them to exclude "Hazardous" chemicals from their labels.The EPA reports toxic chemicals in our home cleaning and personal care products are 3 times more likely to cause cancer than outside pollutants."
 
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The reasoning behind exempting household products from the regulation that industrial products are subject to, is that people using chemicals in a work environment have far far greater exposure to whatever products are used. By contrast, household products are used far less often, and so therefore, even though a household product might contain extremely dangerous ingredients, the exposure to said chemicals is allegedly so infrequent that full labeling is not warranted. This, in my opinion is a cop out, designed entirely to protect the profits of the companies that make said products, so that they don't have to spend the money to reformulate them. Fortunately, there are safe and effective products available, so that toxic products need not be used to get as good or better results, so long as you actually know which products are toxic.
 
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