baked on brake dust
 

Well I got a set of wheels from a friend of mine, but he never cleaned them. But I need to know how the ---- do I take the baked on brake dust off the wheels.

I tried:

1. simple green
2. wheel cleaner
3. brake clean (works a little bit)
4. wire brush (works a bit, but scratches the wheel too)

I am so stumped. This brake dust is just baked on so good that I can't even rub it off with my finger nail.
Is there anything that I can use to soften it up? ???

Re: baked on brake dust
 

Ahh I was wonder what wheels you had on when i saw you today. I'd just try some jaspers paint stripper, that normally does the job.. other then that i think your going to have to let them soak in something for a day .

Re: baked on brake dust
 

that castrol super clean is pretty bad ass. i soaked some carboned up pistons in that stuff for like 20 minutes, they looked brand new after that

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Yea they are RS Limited something, that I got from Charles, that fucker never clean those wheels.

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steel wool? or a brillo pad maybe

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depending on the time, but I'm assuming that the baked on dust isn't like 10 years old anyways.

I've cleaned some 13 year old rims with some off the shelf wheel cleaner and a toothbrush. Also steel wool works good for the harder areas. Spray on the wheel cleaner and the scrub it off. I don't like using a wire brush, cause it'll scar the finish more than I would like. The wheel cleaner I used lately was Eagle one I think. But yeah, I think the westley's wheel bright is more agressive. The eagle and meguirs GENERAL wheel cleaner are pretty mild.

Re: baked on brake dust
 

I would guess that the wheels are about 5yrs old. he had them on a G35 with big brake kit and an SR20DET putting down about 500 whp. So you can only imagine what kind of beating they got. Thanks guys.

Re: baked on brake dust
 

do you just want to clean them or do you want to strip them to paint them

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once you get them clean use this https://www.1010tires.com/images/acc...heelwax_lg.jpg
and you will never have to worry about them getting that bad again

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if there not painted id try copper wool.. it works great on getting ---- off chrome and other metal without scratching it.

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I want to clean them. the wheels are in excelent condition, except the baked on brake dust.

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when my caliper failed and chewed through my rotor and spewed metal everywhere, my white buddy clubs were rusty. I sat with water and a plastic scraper. let the water pour over it for about 10 minutes and I started scraping. worked well except for curves.

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I had to sand blast mine.

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if that's the case, I would get wheel cleaner and a toothbrush to agitate it a little bit. If that doesn't remove it or you don't care that much to use a toothbrush, then get some wool pad.

5 years of gunk shouldn't be that hard to remove.

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G35 w/ an SR??? I've seen it like once before. Got any pics?

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Wheel Acid, just dont let it sit to long, and scrub them down with steel wool.

then after use some polish and they will look brand new.

Re: baked on brake dust
 

ever tried bleach white. its for tires but ive used it to clean brake dust before

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Might sound crazy but Comet has came through for me in the past.

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my bad its a Infinity G20 or something like that.

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ahhh, G20 = stock SR, G35 comes with the VQ35DE, and the only one of those I saw with an SR was a drift car, where moving the primary mass into the smallest center possable is extremely important.