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I have been using wheel brightener for a while on 2 of my cars with aftermarket wheels and it has been working amazingly. When I bought my BLITZ rims for my prelude, I noted from many of the member's posts that they are not safe for bare/andonized aluminum...rims and it would thus stain.
To see if my new wheels were bare or clear coated, I rubbed some blue magic metal polish on the outter lip and it didn't turn black. It had no effect on the lip and the polish was just the same blue after trying a small test section; which led me to believe they were in fact clear coated.
Now I understand wheel brightener is safe on clear coated wheels, but just to be safe and to save my expensive wheels I still went out to get the Meguiar's All Wheel Cleaner (clear purple bottle) just for the purpose of washing this set of wheels.
Now I usually wash all 3 of my cars at the same time. 2 weeks ago, I was washing my cars and I inadvertently grabbed the WB and used it on 2 of the BLITZ wheels (driver's side). My steps usually are to spray down with wheel cleaner, both wheels on one side, then come back to the first wheel and wipe with a soapy sponge and rinse.
After spraying down the two wheels, I saw that there were odd WHITE streaks coming from the rims and I immediately hosed them down. TOO LATE. THe damage had been done.
AFTER reading other peoples' mistakes with WB, I tried they resolutions but it didn't warrant any good results at all. I tried using the metal polish again but that had little effect on the white stains. I tried using ScratchX as well as M80 just to see if they would do the trick since they seemed to be clear coated lips. These steps yielding the top layer of the streaks to come off but you can still see some faint light hazing.
Here are some pictures of the problem I am experiencing:
This is how the lip SHOULD look - nice and clear
Does ANYONE have any other suggestions? I am really disappointed as these wheels were a big expense and I tried keep them in best shape as I could!
Sorry for the long post. Thanks for reading!
I have been using wheel brightener for a while on 2 of my cars with aftermarket wheels and it has been working amazingly. When I bought my BLITZ rims for my prelude, I noted from many of the member's posts that they are not safe for bare/andonized aluminum...rims and it would thus stain.
To see if my new wheels were bare or clear coated, I rubbed some blue magic metal polish on the outter lip and it didn't turn black. It had no effect on the lip and the polish was just the same blue after trying a small test section; which led me to believe they were in fact clear coated.
Now I understand wheel brightener is safe on clear coated wheels, but just to be safe and to save my expensive wheels I still went out to get the Meguiar's All Wheel Cleaner (clear purple bottle) just for the purpose of washing this set of wheels.
Now I usually wash all 3 of my cars at the same time. 2 weeks ago, I was washing my cars and I inadvertently grabbed the WB and used it on 2 of the BLITZ wheels (driver's side). My steps usually are to spray down with wheel cleaner, both wheels on one side, then come back to the first wheel and wipe with a soapy sponge and rinse.
After spraying down the two wheels, I saw that there were odd WHITE streaks coming from the rims and I immediately hosed them down. TOO LATE. THe damage had been done.
AFTER reading other peoples' mistakes with WB, I tried they resolutions but it didn't warrant any good results at all. I tried using the metal polish again but that had little effect on the white stains. I tried using ScratchX as well as M80 just to see if they would do the trick since they seemed to be clear coated lips. These steps yielding the top layer of the streaks to come off but you can still see some faint light hazing.
Here are some pictures of the problem I am experiencing:
This is how the lip SHOULD look - nice and clear
Does ANYONE have any other suggestions? I am really disappointed as these wheels were a big expense and I tried keep them in best shape as I could!
Sorry for the long post. Thanks for reading!
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