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What do you use to clean the wheels
Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 8:56 pm
by Cube
Is there a particular product you guys use to clean the wheels apart from soap and water. These wheels fitted to my bike have not seen the light of day for several years, I have cleaned them with a silicone spray but the grain like appearance is filled with road grime, what do I use to remove it?
Re: What do you use to clean the wheels
Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 9:05 pm
by dave#3
Lately I've been using brake cleaner and a rag. I used to use the orange oil (Orange Power or something similar) from SuperCheap but found it left a bit of wheel-coloured paint on the cleaning rag. There are commercial mag wheel cleaners available but some say specifically that they're not for use on motorcycle wheels.
Re: What do you use to clean the wheels
Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 9:14 pm
by robracer
White Spirit will desolve the oils & ingrained grease without affecting the paint or clearcoat & CT18 (not as a concentrate) will do the rest, just keep it away from bare alloy
Re: What do you use to clean the wheels
Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 9:39 pm
by Birdman
i normally just wipe my wheels over with a rag and some INOX or WD40
Re: What do you use to clean the wheels
Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 9:41 pm
by Birdman
oh and dont spray it on the wheel, spray it on the rag and wipe, last thing you want on your brake rotors is INOX or WD40
Re: What do you use to clean the wheels
Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 9:55 pm
by zx6rider
Cube wrote:Is there a particular product you guys use to clean the wheels apart from soap and water. These wheels fitted to my bike have not seen the light of day for several years, I have cleaned them with a silicone spray but the grain like appearance is filled with road grime, what do I use to remove it?
I've Heard Elbow Grease gets them all nice and shiny
Re: What do you use to clean the wheels
Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 9:59 pm
by evilsim
WD40 ... it's the shit.
Re: What do you use to clean the wheels
Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 5:42 am
by cookeetree
My wheels are polished and have bits of tar stuck to them. Best product for removing this???
Re: What do you use to clean the wheels
Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 6:20 am
by JetPilot
cookeetree wrote:My wheels are polished and have bits of tar stuck to them. Best product for removing this???
Try Turtle wax tar and bug remover.
I have polished rims to and after Motogp my rims where shot.
This stuff removed all the tar.
Re: What do you use to clean the wheels
Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 6:44 am
by robracer
cookeetree wrote:My wheels are polished and have bits of tar stuck to them. Best product for removing this???
White Spirit........ I first got the tip from a BMW dealership that would use WS to remove Tar from the duco.... it will not effect the bare alloy.
Re: What do you use to clean the wheels
Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 7:22 am
by Gazza
bug and tar remover is the go
it gets rid of any chain lube spatter and anything else on the wheels
Re: What do you use to clean the wheels
Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 9:01 am
by ty
I used to use Motul's chain cleaner on both the chain and the wheels.
Worked like a charm, worked better than WD40 - probably very similar to Dave#3's brake cleaner
ty
Re: What do you use to clean the wheels
Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 1:31 pm
by lifeofcrimeguy
What about kero?
Re: What do you use to clean the wheels
Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 2:14 pm
by Shifty
Spray'n'wipe... seriously! I've found it's great as it's designed to break through kitchen grime & oil spatters/spills... but not damage touchy painted surfaces, laminex, etc... it's great!
Re: What do you use to clean the wheels
Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 5:01 pm
by robracer
lifeofcrimeguy wrote:What about kero?
Kero will dull the paint
