[akauth]

FYI.

Whenever you use a strong cleaner DO NOT let it dry the wheels. If you're going to do heavy duty cleaning I'd pull the wheels off the vehicle and lay them flat on the ground so you can control what gets hit with chemical.

Too, you can clean the inside of the wheels that way. They'll be filthy and that will work it's way out - you'll probably see pitting.

If you use simple green and a "bug scrubber" you should be able to harder stuff off. You can use a paint cleaner and let it dry and wipe it off like wax.

Wax them regularly after you get it off and keep them clean and you shouldn't have any problems.

If you clean them on the car, touch up the wax on the surrounding paint since you'll probably get cleaner on them and it will strip the wax. "Clean" pain it vulnerable paint. Always have wax - synthetic is best - on the surfaces you want to protect.


Alan