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Amos91 · 16 Jun 2016 at 21:35

Iron-X

Raymond Lin · 16 Jun 2016 at 21:38

Amos91 said:
Iron-X

Tried both, Sonax is better (IMO), it is a de-ionisier and a cleaner.

Rainnnnn !

southy1978 · 16 Jun 2016 at 22:07

dacads said:
Best non abrasive wheel cleaner?

Bilt hamber auto wheel.

dacads · 16 Jun 2016 at 22:55

What about Meguiars Hot Rims all wheel cleaner?

southy1978 said:
Bilt hamber auto wheel.

Certainly get your money's worth at 1litres!

cadmunkey · 17 Jun 2016 at 00:06

kaotikuk said:
I made a big mistake and wiped dry bird poo off my bonnet without soaking it first, it scratched in a circular motion! There pretty light scratches but visible, then i made another mistake of using a "scratch remover" applied to much and now theres the scratches + a white marks where the paint has kinda gone! what an idiot

Whats the best way to minimise this now? some good polish regularly? or? any reccomendations for my idiocy?

Can you post pics, then we can offer better advice.

acake · 17 Jun 2016 at 08:31

dacads said:
Best non abrasive wheel cleaner?

you could try bilt hamber auto-wheel can also double up as a fall out remover on the car.

And theres also Valet PRO Bilberry Wheel Cleaner.

paradigm · 17 Jun 2016 at 08:54

acake said:
And theres also Valet PRO Bilberry Wheel Cleaner.

This.

It's been my go-to wheel cleaner for a few years now.

Amos91 · 17 Jun 2016 at 09:17

It's alkaline though.

acake · 17 Jun 2016 at 15:45

Amos91 said:
It's alkaline though.

could you at least give us a safer option then instead of stating its alkaline?

If you mean Bilberry most people will dilute it down 1/10 for every day use.May even use it stronger depending on what is needed.
I my self have used it neat on my wheels when doing a full clean to prep with c5 along with other products.And it did not do any harm for a one off.

But unless you use just water don't think there's any truly safe wheel cleaner.
As most are either acid or alkaline but never in the middle.

Amos91 · 17 Jun 2016 at 16:11

acake said:
could you at least give us a safer option then instead of stating its alkaline?

If you mean Bilberry most people will dilute it down 1/10 for every day use.May even use it stronger depending on what is needed.
I my self have used it neat on my wheels when doing a full clean to prep with c5 along with other products.And it did not do any harm for a one off.

But unless you use just water don't think there's any truly safe wheel cleaner.
As most are either acid or alkaline but never in the middle.

Post #11341 fella. And that is one of the best, PH 6-7.

acake · 17 Jun 2016 at 20:27

Amos91 said:
Post #11341 fella. And that is one of the best, PH 6-7.

Fair shout. But to use this all the time is not very cost effective up to other products. And is more of a General fall out remove r than a wheel cleaner more of a all rounder.

Amos91 · 17 Jun 2016 at 21:12

acake said:
Fair shout. But to use this all the time is not very cost effective up to other products. And is more of a General fall out remove r than a wheel cleaner more of a all rounder.

The most cost effective is to hit it once with ironx. Apply Dlux to all four wheels (£24 in total and you'll only use half), then for the next 1-2 years only wash them with shampoo and a brush.

paradigm · 17 Jun 2016 at 21:26

Mine came up Ok today with Bilberry, not had any adverse effects on this car in 3.5 years so far!

Amos91 · 17 Jun 2016 at 21:29

I do think its good too. Used to use it every clean as well but he did ask for a non-abrasive cleaner.

I just prefer having them sealed up properly now.

pokerking · 17 Jun 2016 at 21:52

Picked up a Honda Civic, didn't really give much attention to the instrument cluster and gloss trim, the instrument cluster has very bad scratches and spots, it's like a blue film looks very bad. Been told to use scratchX on the Perspex and gloss dash, anybody tried this? May as well do the headlights too.

Janesy B · 17 Jun 2016 at 22:33

You want PlastX as that's for headlights and plastics.

pokerking · 17 Jun 2016 at 22:38

Janesy B said:
You want PlastX as that's for headlights and plastics.

Oops yeah Deffo not wanting to use paint stuff! Will try it tomorrow by hand! No machine polisher.

acake · 18 Jun 2016 at 09:59

Amos91 said:
The most cost effective is to hit it once with ironx. Apply Dlux to all four wheels (£24 in total and you'll only use half), then for the next 1-2 years only wash them with shampoo and a brush.

Amos91 how do you get on with the Dlux? and did you use it on the trim as well . As i have only use gtechniq c5 on the wheels and the c4 on trim.

Raymond Lin · 18 Jun 2016 at 14:57

Sonar works fine, don't need to touch it and gets most of it off just with a hose.

BSD beading.

Soul.Survivor · 18 Jun 2016 at 15:05

pokerking said:
Picked up a Honda Civic, didn't really give much attention to the instrument cluster and gloss trim, the instrument cluster has very bad scratches and spots, it's like a blue film looks very bad. Been told to use scratchX on the Perspex and gloss dash, anybody tried this? May as well do the headlights too.

Done the same recently in my type r but I used Autosol metal polish instead

. Can't argue with the results though

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