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    Removing Spotting from Alum Wheels Caused by Harsh Wheel Cleaner?

    I roll my ride through the local car wash weekly... otherwise it would stay dirty most of the time. I make sure they never prewash or spray any harsh wheel cleaners on my polished alum custom Boyd Coddington wheels. THOSE I wash myself. I don't pay for them to clean the wheels so it's usually not an issue, but I stand there & watch just in case. Well a few of the guys there are really fond of my woody Roadmaster wagon w/the Boyds & recently one of 'em thought he'd do me a favor. Before I could stop him, he picked up a spray bottle of their metal eating, "we don't even need to brush this stuff off for it to work", fire-breathing wheel cleaner & started to spray one. Before I yelled, he got enough of it to leave a milky looking spotting all over that one wheel which won't come off w/a regular soap & water scrubbing.

    So now what do I have to do to get this back to new?
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    Re: Removing Spotting from Alum Wheels Caused by Harsh Wheel Cleaner?

    Have you tried M105/UC or Mag and Aluminum Polish?
    Joel
    Firefighter/EMT-B
    Rejuvenation Auto Detailing
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    '99 F-150

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      Re: Removing Spotting from Alum Wheels Caused by Harsh Wheel Cleaner?

      Assuming they are bare metal, probably going to need a metal polish.
      2017 Subaru WRX Premium - WR Blue

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        Re: Removing Spotting from Alum Wheels Caused by Harsh Wheel Cleaner?

        I had that happened to one of my customers car it looked scary when i saw it,but dont panic it can be save. like carfire mention try Mag and Aluminum Polish. that worked like a charm with me that and the mothers polish ball that milky residue came right off.

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          Re: Removing Spotting from Alum Wheels Caused by Harsh Wheel Cleaner?

          Cool... that's exactly what happened, I freaked! I just recently spent a whole day, wheels off, cleaning, polishing & waxing both sides. Good to know. I'm armed w/the wheel polish & the 2 different sized power balls.



          ... just had to find a reason to use that

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            Re: Removing Spotting from Alum Wheels Caused by Harsh Wheel Cleaner?

            Glad to hear you got the stains out. Similar incident happened on a set of aluminum wheels on my Mustang years ago. I went nuts and made the car wash cough up the dough for a professional wheel refinisher to go over all my rims. Originally bare aluminum centers with polished lips and when I got them back completely polished. Beautiful job and the rims looked better than new. Too bad car was stolen about 4 months later..

            Pat.

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              Re: Removing Spotting from Alum Wheels Caused by Harsh Wheel Cleaner?

              Originally posted by pricha00 View Post
              Glad to hear you got the stains out. Similar incident happened on a set of aluminum wheels on my Mustang years ago. I went nuts and made the car wash cough up the dough for a professional wheel refinisher to go over all my rims. Originally bare aluminum centers with polished lips and when I got them back completely polished. Beautiful job and the rims looked better than new. Too bad car was stolen about 4 months later..

              Pat.
              Oh, tough luck on that! I dread my babies ever being stolen... insurance doesn't cover all the time & TLC!

              Haven't gotten them out yet... just gettin' the news that I should be able to.

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                Re: Removing Spotting from Alum Wheels Caused by Harsh Wheel Cleaner?

                Originally posted by pricha00 View Post
                Glad to hear you got the stains out. Similar incident happened on a set of aluminum wheels on my Mustang years ago. I went nuts and made the car wash cough up the dough for a professional wheel refinisher to go over all my rims. Originally bare aluminum centers with polished lips and when I got them back completely polished. Beautiful job and the rims looked better than new. Too bad car was stolen about 4 months later..

                Pat.
                Must have been a really nice car that they had a grand time chopping up for the parts!

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                  Re: Removing Spotting from Alum Wheels Caused by Harsh Wheel Cleaner?

                  Originally posted by MyFirstES300 View Post
                  Must have been a really nice car that they had a grand time chopping up for the parts!

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