Yeah I know this sounds stupid but I'm having trouble getting these clean (Ref= https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=416888).

Does anyone have anythoughts?, I have tried compound both rubbing and polish, brake part cleaner, paint thinner, all kinda of waxes, simple green, and most house hold items that clean things with very small sucess.

The dirt is from Hawk Blues to give an idea maybe how to clean.

This pic is how little I'm able to clean. please your thoughts.
And putting spray paint over then dirt is not cleaning to me, so don't reccommend that.

Anyway thanks!



[Modified by Bbasso, 6:01 PM 2/17/2003]

 

ROFLMFAO

 

maybe you can try clay bar..

and if that doesnt work.. you better repaint your rim


[Modified by itr1244, 11:04 PM 2/17/2003]

 

HAHA ****, these rubber gloves I got are not doing much to protect me from callouses and abrasions!!!!

 

if it was 80 degrees and sunny outside...
i'd return the favor and scrub those wheels down for ya

 

Get some of those wheel cleaners, then hit it with a brush

If not, bring it to my place in the summer and Ill power wash those bad boys

 

ha gotta ya!

Its 60 plus inside my garage and plenty of room to work


where do you think I have been hiding all day?

 

i said 80 and sunny

 

If none of those options have provided results, it might be time to consider refinishing them. Keep in mind that the finish used on Rotas isn't considered extremely durable (mine did chip somewhat easily), and the brake dust may have taken up permanent residence in the paint. Depending on the compound used, you may be able to cut down to clean paint, but at that point there might not be very much finish left on the wheel.


[Modified by Padawan, 6:26 PM 2/17/2003]

 

mmm....[scratches head]...

 

same thing happened here.
if you look very very closely
you will find the dust melts into the paint/surface.

 

is it like rusted on there?

my dads brake pads were shot once causing the metal shavings to rust onto the rim. that was a pain in the *** to get off.

i think we ended up using some sort of abrassive pad and that hand cleaner stuff, that white stuff that takes the grease off your hands after you have worked on your car.

its gonna take a lot of elbow grease to get that **** off

 

simple green..

 

you don't understand, this is brake dust from hell hes dealing with

 

The adhesive used in high performance pads melts onto the rim at high temperatures. Once exposed to water - it permanently bonds. The only way to get it off is to scrape it off or sandblast. The same thing happened to my OEM rims with Porterfield R4 pads.

Refinish the rims.

In the future - clean off your rims after every track day. Detailer's "wheel acid" is also helpful but will mar some finishes. If you use high performance pads all the time - you have to get into the habit of having the discipline to cleaning the wheels more often. Simple Green is what the pros use.

 

heh, I will be keeping an eye on this thread. My MF10's were owned by Hawk Blues as well

 

my wheels are clean...wanna trade? lol

 

water, soap, and a little scrubbing doesn't do it for you guys?

 

Not sure about cleaning but do guys have wheel wax or something similar in the States, that could have stopped the dust from sticking or at least easier to clean anyway.

 

If they are not rotas. Then how about some Aircraft stipper?

EDIT: nevermind. I read the other post and they are. That would make your black rims, Polished


[Modified by Bryant, 6:55 PM 2/17/2003]

 

Big Phat R is correct... as usual.

when I was shopping for brake pads there were posts about the brake residue from hawk pads being acidic and etching into the paint when left for periods of time. That's one of the reasons I ended up looking for different pads when I shopped for mine.

Good luck getting the residue out. Have you tried like a wax pre cleaner? Mothers makes a pre wax cleaner for their 3 step waxing process and I've found it to work very well where many other produts have not in cleaning paint of dirt and stains.

If it helps, for future ref, axiss ultimates have a non corrosive dust. this is what I presently use and am very pleased with the stopping power of these pads.

 

Try some Scotch Brite ultra fine pads...kind of like a sandpaper effect. That combined with some really good penetrating cleaner should be able to handle tough brake dust.

 

put a 500w spot light in your garage rob and get marc over there

 

I just did this very thing this evening. The brake dust wasn't as bad as what you have, but I used a Meguiar's Hot Rims All Wheel Cleaner. It got the bulk of the crap off with some scrubbing. However, there was some crusted on residue, and I managed to get almost all of it off with some scraping using my finger nails, and once those were worn down to next to nothing, I then took a tooth brush, and cut the end of it square with the hacksaw, and scraped some more. I did get a few scratches from the tooth brush, but once the wheel dried, they were almost not noticeable.


[Modified by Jaker, 9:27 PM 2/17/2003]

 

Ok I guess when the roads clear around here I'm off to autozone for some stronger soap, clay, and some sort of precleaner (I think the stuff called body scrub might help), some more tooth brushes and a box full of blessings

Is there anything else you guys/gals can think of?

BTW I do have a 500wt flood in the garage... Hey Marc...