Meguiar's Ultimate All Wheel Cleaner

[Nick Winn]

Re: Meguiar's Ultimate All Wheel Cleaner

Just got this in at my local Walmart yesterday. I bought it online and picked it up today. I found it on the shelf and it's still in the box, LOL! Can't wait to see if this will take some of the staining out of the clear coat on the aluminum wheels on my 2011 Honda Accord.

Hi SLM,

We look forward to hearing your feedback about the product however, we do not think it will work to remove a stain from your wheels. We might suggest starting a new thread with pictures of your wheels to see if we can advise another process which may help or fix the issue.

Nick

[SLM]

Re: Meguiar's Ultimate All Wheel Cleaner

Just got this in at my local Walmart yesterday. I bought it online and picked it up today. I found it on the shelf and it's still in the box, LOL! Can't wait to see if this will take some of the staining out of the clear coat on the aluminum wheels on my 2011 Honda Accord.

[WhiteLX]

Re: Meguiar's Ultimate All Wheel Cleaner

Yeah, my local Walmart finally stocked the shelves with it yesterday. Picked up a bottle plus the new car fragrance bomb and natural shine protectant.

[Old Bear]

Re: Meguiar's Ultimate All Wheel Cleaner

I've been wanting to try this, but I can't find it anywhere local. Walmart, Autozone, PepBoys, no one has it. Is it available in California?

I picked a bottle up today (25 Feb 2018) at San Clemente,CA Walmart.
$9.97 with $3 mail in rebate.

[Nick Winn]

Re: Meguiar's Ultimate All Wheel Cleaner

I've been wanting to try this, but I can't find it anywhere local. Walmart, Autozone, PepBoys, no one has it. Is it available in California?

Advance Auto Parts, AutoZone, Pep Boys, and WalMart show to have picked it up for this year. So eventually they should have it. It may still be a little early. Auto Parts Stores typcially "reset" the Appearance/Car Care products in March right before Spring.

Of course, there is always your favorite on-line retailer.

Nick

[WhiteLX]

Re: Meguiar's Ultimate All Wheel Cleaner

I've been wanting to try this, but I can't find it anywhere local. Walmart, Autozone, PepBoys, no one has it. Is it available in California?

[chrisalvarez]

Re: Meguiar's Ultimate All Wheel Cleaner

We cannot officially recommend this product to be used for applications other than wheels.

Can it be used? Potentially, but in our opinion it is not going to work well due to the products gel formula. It would take half a bottle just to cover a hood.

Nick

Lol ok thank you I was just wondering I have seen it used this way as other products as well i.e wheel brightener because of the hydrochloric acid. Like anything else there's lots of off label uses for any product. But thanks I was just wondering if it would be effective

[Nick Winn]

Re: Meguiar's Ultimate All Wheel Cleaner

And if not does meguiars offer anything to do so comparable to iron x etc.

We do not offer any product at this time comparable to IronX.

[Nick Winn]

Re: Meguiar's Ultimate All Wheel Cleaner

Can this be used to chemically decontaminate paint? And if so is it effective on glass or if the vehicle is wet?

We cannot officially recommend this product to be used for applications other than wheels.

Can it be used? Potentially, but in our opinion it is not going to work well due to the products gel formula. It would take half a bottle just to cover a hood.

Nick

[chrisalvarez]

Re: Meguiar's Ultimate All Wheel Cleaner

And if not does meguiars offer anything to do so comparable to iron x etc.

[chrisalvarez]

Re: Meguiar's Ultimate All Wheel Cleaner

Can this be used to chemically decontaminate paint? And if so is it effective on glass or if the vehicle is wet?

[bowlerr]

Re: Meguiar's Ultimate All Wheel Cleaner

Thanks for the info Mike. In the original post announcing it, it said "The deep-cleaning gel formula turns brake dust purple and road grime brown as it gently loosens stubborn contaminants." It was that turning road grime brown part I was looking for. Not sure if this was talking about dirt or the nasty stuff you pick up during winter driving from salt and cinders and whatever the red stuff is they use around here in the mountains.

[Michael Stoops]

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So I just tried this for the first time. Followed the instructions and let it dwell for about four minute. No color change on my wheels. Now to be fair, I have done my best to keep my wheels in immaculate shape. Then I tried it on the wheels of my neighbor's truck, which I don't think has ever had the wheels cleaned. I did not notice any brown color change, but the purple color change was almost immediately noticeable and on the heavier deposits got VERY dark purple. Rinse off was easy. I will say that this is not a magic bullet to get everything. If I were really working on it, where the heavier deposits were I would have needed to use a brush to get everything off, just as the instructions say you may need to. But for lighter stuff it looked like it removed pretty much everything. One thing I am not sure about, and people may want to consider, is the reacted purple might stain concrete. Wont really know until it dries, but something to think about. All in all, seemed to work pretty good and I am happy with what it did.

If you are keeping your wheels super clean, and if your brakes do not produce a lot of ferrous content in the brake dust, you won't see much, if any, purple color show up. The color change to purple is because of a specific ingredient reacting with ferrous (iron) deposits, so if that isn't present, you won't get much color change at all. Not sure what brown color change you were looking for on your neighbor's truck, but if you were thinking about it cleaning the tires like Hot Rims Wheel & Tire Cleaner does, think again!! That type of cleaning requires a high pH (alkaline) for maximum effectiveness. Even Hot Rims Chrome Wheel Cleaner, which is a very low pH (acidic) doesn't do much to clean tires. Ultimate All Wheel Cleaner is pH neutral so it's not going to be the best tire cleaner. But its effectiveness and safety on all types of surfaces really sets it apart.

[bowlerr]

Re: Meguiar's Ultimate All Wheel Cleaner

So I just tried this for the first time. Followed the instructions and let it dwell for about four minute. No color change on my wheels. Now to be fair, I have done my best to keep my wheels in immaculate shape. Then I tried it on the wheels of my neighbor's truck, which I don't think has ever had the wheels cleaned. I did not notice any brown color change, but the purple color change was almost immediately noticeable and on the heavier deposits got VERY dark purple. Rinse off was easy. I will say that this is not a magic bullet to get everything. If I were really working on it, where the heavier deposits were I would have needed to use a brush to get everything off, just as the instructions say you may need to. But for lighter stuff it looked like it removed pretty much everything. One thing I am not sure about, and people may want to consider, is the reacted purple might stain concrete. Wont really know until it dries, but something to think about. All in all, seemed to work pretty good and I am happy with what it did.

[bowlerr]

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Got this in the mail today. First time trying to add pics so hopefully it works. It's way too cold and dark to try it right now but I will post pictures as soon as I get the opportunity.