1. Already am loving it! I am glad to hear the lack of feeling slick is normal and that I won't be inducing scratching throughout the winter.
2. Do you think using the ONR and an old rag to wash the wheel after spraying a dedicated wheel cleaner would be as good as if I was rinsing off wheel cleaner with a hose or is it necessary to still rinse after using chemicals like this?
Thanks for the help. Hopefully someone can shed some light on my AIO questions as well! :cheers:
1. You will be fine using ONR. Remember if you car is lightly or moderately dirty, 1 oz per gallon. If it is really dirty, then bump it up to 2 oz per gallon for additional lubrication.
2. I like to start of by rinsing just to knock off as much of the brake dust at first as possible. Is that mandatory, no. Helpful, seems to be.
Here is my procedure if I am dealing with a really dirty wheel.
1) Set my hose on "Jet" and try to knock off as much brake dust as possible.
2) Spray wheel cleaner all over the wheel and let it sit for about 5 - 10 minutes while it loosens up the brake dust.
3) Use ONR at double strength (2 oz per gallon). For additional scrubbing ability, instead of using a towel or a wheel brush, I will use a terry applicator that most people use to apply wax with. Doing so just seems to scrub the brake dust off easier. - Note, if you use this terry applicator to scrub off brake dust, NEVER use it to apply wax to your paint later. You risk marring your paint severely if you do. NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, use that applicator on your paint.
4) There have been limited cases where I will still have some break dust on the wheels even when using wheel cleaner, double strenght ONR and the terry applicator. In that case, detailer's clay will get the rest off. Slow process but will do it. ONR makes really good clay lube, the ratio of water to ONR is on the bottle of ONR.
5) Now I will apply Jeff's Werkstatt Prime Strong (Prime and Prime Strong are AIO's in the Jeff's Werkstatt line. Prime Strong is just like Prime except it has tiny mineral abrasives which do a great job polishing paint or wheels.) with any type of applictor you would apply wax with.
6) Allow Jeff's Werkstatt Prime 5 - 10 minutes to dry and buff off with a microfiber buffing towel - just like one you would buff sealant off your car with)
7) To make washing my wheels easier down the road, I seal my wheels with Jeff's Werkstatt Acrylic Jett (Acryilic Jett is the Flagship Acrylic Sealant in the Jeff's Werkstatt Line.
8) Give Acrylic Jett about 20 minutes or more time to dry then buff off.
but the wheels are sparkling for now.
