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IBA Wheel Cleaner Help
- Thread starter Redstang
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washnshine
Well-known member
I cannot recommend one product, but maybe a powder or a liquid/powder blend will give you the results you are looking for.
I have been using blue coral low ph wheel cleaner thru my wheel brush in the SS bays. Im running on a red tip and it does ok but not great. I just ordered No Scrub from Cul Mac Industries. I hope this does the trick because I want to put it on my IBA also but I gotta find something that works first
rph9168
Carwashguy
In most cases you have to use a stronger dilution than recommended in an automatic with a wheel scrub because there is little or no dwell time to allow the chemical to do the job of lifting or loosening the soils. An alkaline product will do a better job of cleaning the wheels but not on the rims. Soil found on rims is basically carbon based brake dust covered by road film - a difficult combination to clean. Sometimes a really strong alkaline will work but in most cases a strong low pH does a better job. It also helps if the chemical solution is applied with hot water and there is a high pressure blast before and after the wheel scrub if that is possible. Outside of using a product containing Hydroflouric acid (which is not recommended) there is no magic bullet when it come to rims. A lot depends on your automatic's ability to apply and rinse the product properly.
