| Author | Message | ||
     Froggy |
How do you guys do it? I am trying to clean my sunburst orange rims so i can sell them, yet all the scrubbing in the world isnt getting rid of this brake dust and tar and junk. Any tips? | ||
| Socalbueller |
I wash the whole bike with s100 and then after it dries I clean the rims with Armor-All all purpose auto cleaner. That gets them 99% clean and shiny. I still have little specs of tar or whatever on them but you can't tell from 3ft. away. | ||
| Kurbennett |
Ditto the S-100. I thought my rear wheels would never be clean again. One good spray with S-100 and the grunge flowed right off. Got to rinse well, but what a difference. | ||
| Rah7777777 |
I have one of the wheel brushes for cars from armor all. use that and some dish soapy water and good as gold! | ||
| Anonymous |
eagle 1 all wheel and tire cleaner. spray em down with a good coat on the rims and use a damp sponge or cloth and hand wash, then rinse em really good with the hose until you don't see the bubbles from the cleaner.this stuff is strong so give the spot you clean the rims off at a good hosing down too. Invalid "Anonymous" post by BadWeBr Straitpipes (Message edited by Blake on July 28, 2008) | ||
| Whitexc |
S100 and Eagle One...they work great. It also helps to stay on top of them, as in not too long between cleanings...but you gotta ride too! | ||
| Gentleman_jon |
Plexus. Cleans everything on the bike, and your spectacles as well. | ||
| Froggy |
Oh yea forgot to come back. Thanks guys, S100 rim cleaner did the trick. Ended up using half the bottle, but it worked  | ||
| Xl1200r |
For the record, S100 is just diluted Simple Green. Use Simple Green at full strength for stubborn things. | ||
| Xl_cheese |
+1 on simple green. | ||
| Vtbueller |
Kerosene or WD40, rinse with water. | ||
| Cityxslicker |
Nope  | ||
| Vtbueller |
"Nope" Can you tell us a little more please? | ||
| Xl1200r |
I think he's eluding to the fact that, in his mind, cleaning your bike (rims included) is a sign of weakness, and therefore he does not partake in such a demeaning ritual. | ||
| Vtbueller |
Thanks! I've been using Kerosene and WD40 for about 15 years, I thought there may be something wrong with that. | ||
| Cityxslicker |
I earned that mud, it will come off on the next rainstorm. To be promptly replaced by the next layer. | ||
| Froggy |
As much as i hate cleaning it, there is no way i am selling something covered in dirt, mud, and brake dust. It just feels wrong, plus the cleaning lets me get close and find smaller imperfections. | ||
| Punkid8888 |
Simple Green does it all | ||
| Jaimec |
S100 Wheel Cleaner seems to be the most effective stuff I've ever used. Lowest effort, too. Just make sure everything is COOL, and do it in the shade. Spray it on, let it sit for 10-15 minutes, then hit with cold water from your garden hose at the highest pressure (but do NOT use a high-pressure system, standard pressure is fine). That'll take off 95% of the black schmutz. If it doesn't come off, just agitate it with your finger tips a bit, then spray it with the hose and it'll come clean. My next bike will have BLACK wheels. | ||
| Arctic_firebolt |
Ditto on the Simple Green! A Wally World bargain. I have used Purple Power when that's on sale as well. Neither cleaner ever hurt my car, my Harley or my Buell to date but SG is a very, 'safe on the finish cleaner.' S-100 = extra $$ | ||
| Jaimec |
I'd heard that SG was harmful to aluminum...? I found this post: http://www.bikeforums.net/archive/index.php/t-4117 .html (Message edited by jaimec on August 04, 2008) | ||
| Xl1200r |
I've used it to clean two bikes and underhood areas of many cars with no noticab;e harm. The Army and Air Force is interesting, but they were soaking the part (of an unknown surface area, BTW) in undiluted Simple Green for a week solid. By my rough math, they lost about 8% of the parts mass. I won't bore you with the details, but that's the equivalent of using undiluted simple green to wash your bike, leaving it on to soak for 10 minutes, 1000 times. 1 wash a week, 52 weeks a year ... that's 19 years worth of washes. The diluted formula lost only 10% as much as the undiluted solution - so that's 10,000 washes, or 190 years. Keep in mind that someone like me leaves Simple Green on the bike for maybe 2 minutes before rinsing, and washes only a handful of times a year. I think the added corrosion is negligible at this point. Now - if I were 60,000 feet up and going 4,000mph, I'd probalby use something else. |
