Alloy Cleaner

Rotty · 29 Sep 2008 at 22:06

I dilute it about 5:1 and it still does a great job

DB_SamX · 29 Sep 2008 at 22:11

MrLOL said:
do not be using either of these regularly

If your the sort of person to clean your wheels once every 2 months, or only once you've forgotten what colour they used to be you'll probably be ok

But these (Wonder Wheels and Megs Hot Rims) are both very strong cleaners. If your going to be cleaning every week etc. then get something much milder as you will eat away your lacquer.

It is once every 6 weeks or so indeed.

^^Link above points to an OcUK thread. DId someone point them to it or were they proactive themselves?

Jokester · 29 Sep 2008 at 22:21

Just had a look at those reviews for the Viro-Sol, decision made!

danza · 29 Sep 2008 at 22:33

rG-tom said:
ive got some carplan wonderwheels and also some virosol, rate them both about equal tbh! I got 3 big bottles of virosol from costco for £8, they charge £9 for one of them from halfrauds!

Halfords sell Virosol now?? Awesome!

rG-tom · 29 Sep 2008 at 22:42

danza said:
Halfords sell Virosol now?? Awesome!

fs i meant the carplan stuff! Edit on its way

rG-tom · 29 Sep 2008 at 22:43

mrk said:
I need

a: A Costco card
b: A Costco to open in the South
c: Profit???

there are costcos in the south?

agw_01 · 29 Sep 2008 at 22:51

DB_SamX said:
I use Meguiar's Hot Wheels and whilst it's good, DO NOT leave for more than 10 seconds

I didn't really get on with Hot Wheels... didn't seem to work very well for me.

Wonder Wheels on the other hand, did. Very very impressive stuff!

danza · 29 Sep 2008 at 22:53

rG-tom said:
fs i meant the carplan stuff! Edit on its way

Nevermind! I'll be getting more from glovesnstuff when I run out then. Shame their price has risen, but when you're getting so much of the stuff, I don't think a few quid matters much anyway!

mrk · 29 Sep 2008 at 22:58

rG-tom said:
there are costcos in the south?

Not my area of the south

Toker · 29 Sep 2008 at 23:20

if you have sensitive alloys or painted calipers avoid anything that's extremely acid/alkaline, e.g. wonder wheels, virosol, hot wheels, the list goes on. If it smells acidic then I wouldn't go near it.

Bilberry is as good as it gets and also safe. If they're really dirty you just use a higher concentration, anything left then 2 minutes with a claybar and it's gone

p.s. I'm sure it's virosol that's rebranded toilet cleaner

easyrider · 29 Sep 2008 at 23:33

Autoglym Cleanwheels

Dandle · 29 Sep 2008 at 23:54

I used this stuff after cleaning my wheels last time http://www.autoglym.co.uk/enGB/product-proddetail.asp?v06VQ=IJ&Range=1 and it seems to have done a very good job of reducing the amount of dust on my wheels. Havent washed them again yet but I reckon they will clean up really easily looking at how little dust has settled on them.

Phil W · 30 Sep 2008 at 08:30

Tesco's Alloy Wheel Cleaner.

£2 for a bottle and just as good as any other, brings wheels up a treat

chipperhead · 30 Sep 2008 at 08:35

I did a review of Viro Sol on here a while back:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17873794&highlight=viro+sol

Firestar_3x · 30 Sep 2008 at 08:43

Toker said:
if you have sensitive alloys or painted calipers avoid anything that's extremely acid/alkaline, e.g. wonder wheels, virosol, hot wheels, the list goes on. If it smells acidic then I wouldn't go near it.

Bilberry is as good as it gets and also safe. If they're really dirty you just use a higher concentration, anything left then 2 minutes with a claybar and it's gone

p.s. I'm sure it's virosol that's rebranded toilet cleaner

Wonder Wheels has never proved to be a problem on my Painted Calipers but then again i'm not Hamfisted with the stuff.

Going to check out this Bilberry product however, sounds good.

Toker · 30 Sep 2008 at 09:10

Firestar_3x said:
Wonder Wheels has never proved to be a problem on my Painted Calipers but then again i'm not Hamfisted with the stuff.

Going to check out this Bilberry product however, sounds good.

yea it tends to be the alkaline ones (e.g. virosol) that fade coloured calipers the worst, don't ask me why though.

Wonder wheels is however one of the strongest acidic cleaners, it strips everything off the wheels, whereas you can have your wheels sealed, use bilberry or another safe cleaner and the sealant will still be left on the wheels. Prolonged use will break down the lacquer, but if just used on the rare occasion when all else fails, it's not goin to do much harm.

Rotty · 30 Sep 2008 at 12:01

why would virosol be alkaline when its citrus based ?

Toker · 30 Sep 2008 at 12:17

Rotty said:
why would virosol be alkaline when its citrus based ?

don't have a clue but it's ph 12 or 13, some say it's even come up as 14 when tested

Rotty · 30 Sep 2008 at 12:23

surprising, maybe it's not citrus based then and just has an added "orangey" smell

Toker · 30 Sep 2008 at 12:26

Rotty said:
surprising, maybe it's not citrus based then and just has an added "orangey" smell

no, you're right in saying it's citrus based...maybe it's derived from some sort of crazy space citrus

edit: hmmm sodium citrate apparently