In a message dated 11/19/99 6:32:05 PM Eastern Standard Time, john.mates@INTEL.COM writes: << Now I want to wash them as efficiently and quickly and with as little work as possible and without damaging them beyond what nicks and scrapes they already show. Shall I use a high pressure washer? Simple Green and elbow grease? A special wheel washing mix? What? The insides of the wheels (facing in toward the center line of the van) are the sides in need of the serious cleaning, of course. >> i use soft scrub cleanser and a little red pot scrubbing pad (not the green super abrasive ones). wet the wheel and pad thoroughly and scrub only the black areas. i only use this method for cleaning alloy wheels that are absolutely BLACK with years of stuck on brake dust that wont come off with regular detergents. this works great, tho once you do this, you must wax your wheels to bring the shine back up. ps, if you frequently wash/wax your wheels, they will never get that bad in the first place. chris |
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