Ok you guys that know a lot about cleaning products, I have a question. I have some pain in the *** dirt stuck on my wheels that I can't get off. My normal cleaning routine is Mothers Chrome Polish and does the trick, but as you fellow Okies know (and most everybody on here) that it is nearly impossible to keep your wheels clean during the winter. So I was out in the driveway today detailing the **** out my truck and I could not get this dirt that was stuck on my wheels off. I tried using a Mothers Mini Powerball, no luck. The only thing that would would work was if I would use my fingernail and get it off. Any suggestions as to any other products I clean use to get it off? Any advice is welcome.

 

I usually have to use a Microfiber rag and my thumb.

 

That is what I am afraid off.

 

On a side note. I'd take the wheels off and polish them front and back. The backs of mine are getting pretty rough. Gonna have them sanded and powder coated eventually.

 

That sounds like a sweet idea!!!

 

just fyi, you don't want to polish chrome wheels very often or you'll take the chrome right off. i use meguiar's hot rims for the cleaner and mother's billet metal polish. the wheel cleaner should get the gunk of, or at least it always does for me.

 

majority of the time I cant get the spots off of mine without polish. However I just recently started polishing mine. The backs had started to chip when i bought them and with all of the snow and the fact that I couldn't take them off very often they have gotten pretty bad. Last time I took them off I polished the backs and it was a HUGE difference in how much dirt it got off.

 

Claybar.

Bonded contamination that won't come off with polish will most times come off with a claybar. I actually rotate my clay thru a life cycle so I can get the most out of it.

Starts off as a paint use only thing, then when it gets too dirty to use on my paint I down grade it to use on windows and wheels.

Follow up with a light polish and then finish with a durable sealant. The sealant will prevent problems like this in the future and make cleaning the wheels a hell of a lot easier.

 

+1 on claybar. everyone should have one in thier cleaning kit.

 

Hot steam compressor will do the trick, avoid tires tho.