Hot Rims Brake Dust Barrier

[Murr1525]

Re: Hot Rims Brake Dust Barrier

I am eager to try washing mine tomorrow.. been a couple weeks, so should be a good test. I am thinking some UW&W.

[Wilhelm]

Re: Hot Rims Brake Dust Barrier

I hear you, man. Add to the collection a three gallon garden sprayer I got specifically for the wheels that I now never use and I'm in the same boat.

The wheels on my E91 are OE off an E46 that have been powdercoated black specifically to keep me from having to deal with the brake dust so often. They have a semi-gloss finish that dulls down even more with the brake dust, so I know it's there even if no one else does (I know you know what I'm talking about).

Anyway, I didn't expect the Brake Dust Barrier to work as well as it has, so I didn't spray it on the barrels which I now notice are much harder to clean than the treated surfaces. So I plan to take the wheels off, strip the product off with light sprays of IPA, then recoat the whole wheel, this time including the barrels, before putting them back on.

It's not obvious how good this stuff is until you live with it. I have 2 Bimmers and one of them kicks out so much brake dust it's like chasing around a two year old. It has drastically cut the time needed to clean rims. In fact you need a lot less chemicals and tools to do the job, thus saving you money time and aggravation in the long run.

gotta figure out what to do with all this...

[Wilhelm]

Re: Hot Rims Brake Dust Barrier

I am eager to try washing mine tomorrow.. been a couple weeks, so should be a good test. I am thinking some UW&W.

That should work great to get your wheels nice and shiny. I was going to try it myself, but I don't really want my wheels to be too shiny. Plus I have this totally unfounded concern that some of the stuff in UW&W will get on the brake calipers, bake on in the heat and maybe accumulate as some dark or yellow sheen after a while. Maybe not, though, cuz it will be over the Brake Barrier.

As I say though, no evidence anything bad will happen, but Last Touch works just fine on my wheels so I'm sticking with it for now. Use the UW&W every where else though, great stuff.

[Nuscence813]

I actually bought this product by mistake thinking it would remove heavy seated brake dust. Lol. So I applied it to my brake dust infected wheel on my 2007 530i. I realized after the first spray something wasn't right. Lol. I tried to wash it off almost immediately and oops, nothing came off. The water just beaded off and brake dust under the film. So I trapped the mess under the film wow. Dumb moment none the less, but I removed it with goo gone and realized that goo gone is amazing for removing the brake dust. I could not believe how the goo gone removed the stubborn brake dust barrier. It took it off easily. Then I reapplied the BDB and kept it flawless for months. So with that being said I learned 2 new things, goo gone is great at removed brake dust and BDB is amazing!!

[jarred767]

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I haven't gotten around to using this as I just found out about it (been out of the loop for a little), but i have a can ordered for my personal cars as this thread completely sold me on it.

Have any detailers used this as an add-on service for customers? Seems like something someone might pay a little extra for, and an easy way to make few extra bucks rather than waxing wheels. With that said, any possibilities of a larger version, maybe as a part of the Detailer Line?

[Murr1525]

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Cant really go too big with an aerosol.

[Michael Stoops]

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A little evidence of the durability of this product:


Last week I had the opportunity to try some TriX on my car. For those who don't know about this non-Meguiar's product, it's sort of a combination of IronX and TarX in one bottle. These are pH neutral products that change color as they dissolve and break down embedded iron deposits, tar, etc and are supposed to be completely safe to use on paint, wheels, and virtually all automotive surfaces. The one big caveat is to avoid allowing the product to dry on plastic trim. So, I wanted to give this a go on the wheels of my daily driver to see how it worked. I sprayed it onto cool wheels and let it dwell for the time specified in the directions - actually, for a bit less than the time stated. The stuff did it's funky color change thing, bleeding purple from my wheels, telling me that it was doing its thing on the existing brake dust and other foreign material on the wheels. I then rinsed with water from the hose and to my horror the wheel was showing horrible white staining. It looked like I had used a strong acid based cleaner on a bare aluminum wheel - but these are fully clear coated wheels, polished lip and painted spokes, but fully clear coated. I've used Hot Rims All Wheel Cleaner (and the new All Wheel & Tire Cleaner version) and even Wheel Brightener numerous times in the past without issue. The wheels are several years old, but otherwise in great shape.

Needless to say, I was a bit freaked out about this. I dried the wheel and starting inspecting it closely to see what the heck was going on. If this product was supposed to be pH neutral and safe to use on paint, wheels, etc, then why the heck did it damage my wheels? Well, as it turns out, it did NOT damage my wheels at all. Let's be 100% clear about this - TriX did NOT damage my wheels. What it did do, however, was react with the Brake Dust Barrier on my wheels. How did I determine this? Well, when I applied BDB it was done as a test, so I had taped off half the wheel and applied BDB to just one half. When I was inspecting the wheel closely for damage, I noticed the white staining abruptly stopped at a very definitive line - very strange, don't you think? Well, it turns out the line where the "damage" stopped was also the line where the BDB stopped. And I had applied the BDB a year ago. Yes, a year ago! And it was still there, even though I had used All Wheel & Tire Cleaner and Wheel Brightener several times in that year. I was stunned!

OK, so the situation needed to be corrected - I wasn't about to drive around with this wheel half white and stained looking. Turns out a quick but somewhat heavy spray of BDB onto a microfiber towel and then wiped onto the wheel very quickly broke down the old application of BDB and removed it fully. The staining went away with it and the wheels look perfectly fine once again.

So, if you're looking for a really, really long lasting product to help protect your wheels, Brake Dust Barrier is it. But if you're a huge fan of IronX, TriX and TarX you might want to keep it off your wheels if they have BDB on them. It is extremely rare that we see strange product interactions like this, but things happen. Fortunately for me there wan't any real damage done, but it sure looked scary for a minute! This level of durability out of BDB was a real surprise though!

[jarred767]

Cant really go too big with an aerosol.

Thanks, I figured that, but probably worded my question wrong/didn't really realize what I really wanted to know. I guess more specifically, since there are no larger versions of it, could a detail shop buy this stuff by the case or something to save on cost, or is it simply by the single canister?

And that review is crazy. I look forward to any easier wheel clean on both of my personal cars for sure.

[Murr1525]

Re: Hot Rims Brake Dust Barrier

Hmm.. I was going to use the TRIX in the fall.. going to have to figure out some way to tell when to clean them.

[The Guz]

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I took a trip to detailing.com and picked this up along with a few other goodies. I washed the car today and applied it. It was very easy to apply. I will see how well it works the next time I rinse the wheels off.

[The Guz]

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A quick update. I used this on another set of wheels after I had cleaned them off the car. The wheels were chrome and I didn't see any cloudiness after spraying them and letting them dry. After I put them back on the car, I gave the car a quick wash. Even though the wheels were clean, there was some nice beading. The only thing I did notice with this product is that if you get overspray on the tire be sure to remove it prior to dressing the tire. I was able to remove it with a little rubbing alcohol.

On my car I had dressed the tire with D163 prior to spraying my wheels. It did leave the tires a little bloctchy in some areas due to some overspray. But it worked fine when rinsing off the wheel with just water.

This is a great product and I highly recommend it.

[Jossy92]

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This isn't really a review as I support the forum by only using Megs: Loyaly and product compatibility,

But this is definitely a recomendation!

I Cleaned up the wheels on a friends 2010 BMW last spring and then sprayed them with Hot Rims per directions.
I first tried lightly spraying on a piece of cardboard to get the feel of the spray pattern, which was very tight and so I had no over spray problems.

Then, my friend unexpectedly went out of town several times and I was unable to care for car for about three months.
When she got back, the wheels where filthy with brake dust. However I could still wipe off the thick black film with my finger. The Hot rims, worked as I had never been able to do that before.

So, the first thing I did was spray the wheels with plain water to remove the top coating of brake dust. Almost no luck.
Then I sprayed the wheels with Meg's spray and wash and and wiped them down with several well wrung out microfibers. I followed up with a dry Daytona Speed Master Wheel Brush which had been moistened with the Spray and wash. I ran the speed brush over the first wheel and wiped the brush on to a microfiber to remove some of the grunge and repeated before moving on to the next wheel.

Wow. A great product. More sucessful and easier than trying to type this.

Passed the geezer test. Highly recommended

[The Guz]

Re: Hot Rims Brake Dust Barrier

Michael perhaps you can answer a question I have regarding brake dust barrier. I have used it and like the product. Now my question is would brake dust barrier bond to the wheel if say there is a layer of wax on them? For example I have NXT on the wheels.

[Daniel Kinder]

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Michael perhaps you can answer a question I have regarding brake dust barrier. I have used it and like the product. Now my question is would brake dust barrier bond to the wheel if say there is a layer of wax on them? For example I have NXT on the wheels.

No it's best to remove all wax

[Daniel Kinder]

Re: Hot Rims Brake Dust Barrier

Michael perhaps you can answer a question I have regarding brake dust barrier. I have used it and like the product. Now my question is would brake dust barrier bond to the wheel if say there is a layer of wax on them? For example I have NXT on the wheels.

Found this for you Guz


Re: Hot Rims Brake Dust Barrier

Originally Posted by 79elcamino
Let's say I have wax on my wheels should I remove it before applying this product? Also after applying this product can I still wax my wheels?



Yes on both counts, although you really shouldn't need to wax after using this as it is so effective at what it does - making clean up a piece of cake.