What do you use to clean the wheels

Cube · Post by **Cube** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 8:56 pm

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?

Post by **dave#3** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 9:05 pm

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.

Post by **robracer** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 9:14 pm

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

Birdman · Post by **Birdman** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 9:39 pm

i normally just wipe my wheels over with a rag and some INOX or WD40

Birdman · Post by **Birdman** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 9:41 pm

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

zx6rider · Post by **zx6rider** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 9:55 pm

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

evilsim · Post by **evilsim** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 9:59 pm

WD40 ... it's the shit.

cookeetree · Post by **cookeetree** » Sun Oct 19, 2008 5:42 am

My wheels are polished and have bits of tar stuck to them. Best product for removing this???

JetPilot · Post by **JetPilot** » Sun Oct 19, 2008 6:20 am

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.

Post by **robracer** » Sun Oct 19, 2008 6:44 am

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.

Gazza · Post by **Gazza** » Sun Oct 19, 2008 7:22 am

bug and tar remover is the go

it gets rid of any chain lube spatter and anything else on the wheels

ty · Post by ty » Sun Oct 19, 2008 9:01 am

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

lifeofcrimeguy · Post by **lifeofcrimeguy** » Sun Oct 19, 2008 1:31 pm

What about kero?

Shifty · Post by **Shifty** » Sun Oct 19, 2008 2:14 pm

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!

Post by **robracer** » Sun Oct 19, 2008 5:01 pm

lifeofcrimeguy wrote:What about kero?

Kero will dull the paint

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