No matter how clean the roads in your city are, brake dust is bound to gather in your wheels. When this happens, you have two options: ignore it until it corrodes your tires or get your hands dirty and clean it off the moment it gathers. You already know the former will hurt your wallet and feelings especially if you had invested a fortune in your wheels.
Brake dust is made of carbon fibers and adhesive that comes off both the brake pad and the rotor’s internal metal shavings. Due to the intense heat and friction produced by the wheels when the vehicle is in motion, this mixture can become highly corrosive. You cannot avoid driving your car which means cleaning is the only way to protect your wheels from being corroded.
Wheel cleaning is a pretty straightforward task. With the right equipment and cleaning products, your wheels will be in top shape in no time. Here is a quick overview of how to clean car wheels:
What You Will Need
• A cleaning cloth
• Tire brush
• Water
• A bucket
• A rim protectant
• A car wheel cleaner (Valet Pro Dragons Breath)
• Tire dressing
Method
1. Ensure the vehicle is completely off and all the rims are at room temperature.
2. Using a fire hose nozzle, spray water onto your wheels to loosen brake dust and other dirt particles.
3. Spray the Valet Pro Dragons Breath onto the wheels—one wheel at a time. Dragon’s Breath wheel cleaner is non-acidic therefore it will protect the wheels’ finish.
4. Use a paint brush with soft bristles to agitate the wheel. Your brush should fit into narrow spaces and have a flexible stem to reach through all corners of the wheel front to back.
5. Brush the lug nuts as they can be notorious hide outs for brake dust. Clean around and inside the lug nuts with the brush all the while making sure the wheel is constantly lubricated. While you are at it, reach out to the fender walls and scrub those as well.
6. Rinse the wheel thoroughly with water not forgetting lug nut holes and the areas between spokes.
7. Dry the wheels to remove those ugly water spots in your wheels.
8. For lasting protection and shine, apply a tire dressing to the wheels and the rim protectant to the rims.
See, how simple was that? Now you can hit the road and showcase your clean and polished rims to the world. You deserve it after doing the job.
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