Ok, so my new rims have some severe accumulation of brakedust (and/or
rust as someone told me)…
I’m talking about the back of the rims not the front face. The back is just
machined aluminum so ther’s no coating there or anything now.
Anywho, I tried using Meguiars wheel cleaner and then using a wire
bristle toothbrush to clean it, and it did an ok job but it’s stuck on there
pretty good.
I resorted to buying a wire cup brush (see pic below) and used it
with a drill and lightly used it against the rear and it seemed to clean it up
pretty well, however, I want to make sure this is safe and not damaging to
my rims. I would guess that if I went with this technique, I would have to
re-coat the wheel with something to prevent rust.
Comments:
Wirebrush:
Wheel after using a wire bristle toothbrush (not the one above) and Meguiars wheel cleaner:
if it’s aluminum, it doesn’t ‘rust’, it oxides but in a different way,it just goes dull. Just be carful with that wire wheel, aluminum is VERY soft an scratches very easily, but it’s on the back, so i guess that doesn’t matter much.
Nice wheels.
Pressure washers do a very good job of cleaning the dirt out of the textured surface of the inside.
It begs the question - why do it in the first place? Are you going to mount them inside-out? Eat out of them?
I’m taking the BBS rims here come springtime. http://www.carcone.com/ Might be more than your budget of $100 though. But they will polish and clean up the entire rim.
