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Originally Posted by CamaroDreams07
Strong wheel cleaners like those above are not needed except on neglected wheels and occasional deep cleaning.
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for CD07 on this.
Lets be honest - iron cutting wheel cleaners are not cheap! The ingredients in them are expensive, so using them for every wash is just flushing money down the drain.
I keep a couple of spare bottles of pre-mixed car wash solutions for my general cleaning needs and reserve
Active Wheel Cleaner Plus for times when I encounter seriously dirty wheels or need to do a good heavy cleaning to remove embedded iron.
My general go to is a highly diluted mixture of
Balanced Wash that I use for spray during washing.
If the wheels are a little more than just lightly dirty I've been using a similar mixture, but with
Surface Prep Wash instead to give it a little more 'bite'.
The golden rule of detailing - always use the least aggressive method to get the job done. Its fun to watch wheel cleaners turn color, but aside from entertainment value they're not needed with light to moderate cleaning.