crome wheel cleaning help!!

jdmrasta · 06-12-2007, 04:15 PM

ok so i live in NJ now, and in the winter the snow and salt build a nasty hard black gunk shit on your rims. i used mothers mag wax with the powerball but only a little came off, it seem that this shit is caked on but can come off but i dont wanna take the wheels off the truck just to clean them up. do you think brake cleaner will work or will if fuck up the chrome?? any other cleaning solutions???? please help me out! these are the same rims i have

jdmrasta · 06-12-2007, 05:02 PM

anyone kno wut to do?

**351coupe** · 06-12-2007, 09:06 PM

Acid.

EK4Door · 06-13-2007, 08:42 PM

not sure exactly what is on there, but if it is like a tar or asphalt tar you can use a little PB Blaster and it will loosen it up an it will wipe off. I have used it on an entire car that we got roof tar on from during the Hurricanes and it didn't effect the paint at all. Not sure if that helps but worth a shot. PB blaster is like WD40 in case you haven't heard of it.

casanova1514 · 06-13-2007, 08:49 PM

go to local store and buy some wheel cleaner make shure the rims are cool not hott... dont drive for a lil so that they are cool to the touch sense u live in n.j. get a bucket of water and a terry cloth towel or somthing that is abrahsive but not like sand paper wet them a lil bit then let the wheel cleanner soak on there for about 2 min dont let it dry .........then give a lil elbow grease and rinse off repeat if needed dont by any means use acid........
only ppl that have used acid before should use it ...
acid will def.. destroy ur rims if ya dont know what ur doing ....

any more??? pm me

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EK4Door · 06-13-2007, 09:08 PM

I believe 351coupe was refering to the question does anyone know what to do, not cleaning the wheels with acid.

jdmrasta · 06-13-2007, 11:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by badblucivic2

not sure exactly what is on there, but if it is like a tar or asphalt tar you can use a little PB Blaster and it will loosen it up an it will wipe off. I have used it on an entire car that we got roof tar on from during the Hurricanes and it didn't effect the paint at all. Not sure if that helps but worth a shot. PB blaster is like WD40 in case you haven't heard of it.

thanks man, i was just going to use PB blast, i forgot that shit works good on stuff like that.

jdmrasta · 06-13-2007, 11:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by casanova1514

go to local store and buy some wheel cleaner make shure the rims are cool not hott... dont drive for a lil so that they are cool to the touch sense u live in n.j. get a bucket of water and a terry cloth towel or somthing that is abrahsive but not like sand paper wet them a lil bit then let the wheel cleanner soak on there for about 2 min dont let it dry .........then give a lil elbow grease and rinse off repeat if needed dont by any means use acid........
only ppl that have used acid before should use it ...
acid will def.. destroy ur rims if ya dont know what ur doing ....

any more??? pm me

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Jose Vazquez
813 220 1477
coming to an area near u

i did this with a soap sponge with the scrubber but i got madd little scratches on it but i just buffed it so it kinda worked, thanks for the help!

**351coupe** · 06-14-2007, 01:45 AM

I was referring to cleaning the wheels with acid.As long as they are chrome and not hot acid will not hurt them and will clean them better then anything out there.But if you got it done by other means,good for you.I've acided out polished aluminum too,and after there polished back out,they look like chrome.

06-12-2007, 04:15 PM	#1 (permalink)
jdmrasta SWFL Turbo Car: i have too many My TRGarage Cape Coral,FL : 159457	crome wheel cleaning help!! ok so i live in NJ now, and in the winter the snow and salt build a nasty hard black gunk shit on your rims. i used mothers mag wax with the powerball but only a little came off, it seem that this shit is caked on but can come off but i dont wanna take the wheels off the truck just to clean them up. do you think brake cleaner will work or will if fuck up the chrome?? any other cleaning solutions???? please help me out! these are the same rims i have

06-13-2007, 08:49 PM	#5 (permalink)
casanova1514 civic97 Car: 97 ek coupe My TRGarage brandon fl : 32592	go to local store and buy some wheel cleaner make shure the rims are cool not hott... dont drive for a lil so that they are cool to the touch sense u live in n.j. get a bucket of water and a terry cloth towel or somthing that is abrahsive but not like sand paper wet them a lil bit then let the wheel cleanner soak on there for about 2 min dont let it dry .........then give a lil elbow grease and rinse off repeat if needed dont by any means use acid........ only ppl that have used acid before should use it ... acid will def.. destroy ur rims if ya dont know what ur doing .... any more??? pm me V.I.P Detailing Jose Vazquez 813 220 1477 coming to an area near u Last edited by casanova1514 : 06-13-2007 at 08:51 PM.

06-14-2007, 01:45 AM	#9 (permalink)
351coupe is working on something Car: Fords My TRGarage tampa : 1958438478	I was referring to cleaning the wheels with acid.As long as they are chrome and not hot acid will not hurt them and will clean them better then anything out there.But if you got it done by other means,good for you.I've acided out polished aluminum too,and after there polished back out,they look like chrome. Last edited by 351coupe : 06-14-2007 at 01:48 AM.

06-12-2007, 05:02 PM	#2 (permalink)
jdmrasta SWFL Turbo Car: i have too many My TRGarage Cape Coral,FL : 159457	anyone kno wut to do?

06-12-2007, 09:06 PM	#3 (permalink)
351coupe is working on something Car: Fords My TRGarage tampa : 1958438478	Acid.

06-13-2007, 08:42 PM	#4 (permalink)
EK4Door Registered User Car: My TRGarage Winter Haven : 610747109	not sure exactly what is on there, but if it is like a tar or asphalt tar you can use a little PB Blaster and it will loosen it up an it will wipe off. I have used it on an entire car that we got roof tar on from during the Hurricanes and it didn't effect the paint at all. Not sure if that helps but worth a shot. PB blaster is like WD40 in case you haven't heard of it.

06-13-2007, 09:08 PM	#6 (permalink)
EK4Door Registered User Car: My TRGarage Winter Haven : 610747109	I believe 351coupe was refering to the question does anyone know what to do, not cleaning the wheels with acid.