[brittan]

Shall I drive the TT today? Nah, better to clean and wax and polish the wheelarches. A couple of before 'n' afters to gladden Janitor's heart.

 

[huggy]

Very impressive - cant knock the dedication.

what do you put on that to get that finish - insiude the wheel arches is a strange material - like pressed board stapled together..

 

[Guest]

Nice job. Respect.

Not sure I will go that far.
Crap at 'car lifting'. Last time I tried it, I dropped my ex-mrs's VW Polo on its arse trying to change a wheel. LOL

Bloody useless at manual labour like that.
Can do a great job of cleaning them though.

 

[brittan]

Very impressive - cant knock the dedication.

what do you put on that to get that finish - insiude the wheel arches is a strange material - like pressed board stapled together..

Strange materials indeed - some sort of compressed fibre stuff, probably 'green' and recyclable.

All I used was some Viro Sol and a paint brush to agitate it and then washed off with lots of water. That's it.

Viro Sol can be obtained here: http://www.cloverchem.co.uk/uk/index_uk.htm, under Industrial Cleaners/Engineering products, or you can ask them for your local stockist. Excellent stuff for wheel cleaning, citrus based so no nasty acids to attack your wheels.

 

[FinFerNan]

Bored Brian?

:roll:

 

[Janitor]

Oh ho ho YES!!! [smiley=sweetheart.gif] Great work Brian!

It's all in the detail [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

When you do it again next week, give everything a good blast of Autoglym Vinyl & Rubber Treatment or Meguiars All Season Dressing - it provides a good protective base to make subsequent cleaning a bit easier

Quality. My heart is warmed [smiley=iloveyou.gif]

 

[oli660]

Excellent stuff for wheel cleaning, citrus based so no nasty acids to attack your wheels.

err.. you sure about that?

 

[Toshiba]

Calipers look good in black.

 

[Rebel]

Mozes, get a life dude :lol:

 

[Rebel]

p.s. don't forget to post some pic's from your wheelarches after three day's.

 

[Janitor]

 

[Janitor]

 

[Janitor]

 

[brittan]

Excellent stuff for wheel cleaning, citrus based so no nasty acids to attack your wheels.

err.. you sure about that?

Yup. As recommended by the forum cleaning magician Jac-in-a-box.

Of Viro Sol, under the heading of "Wheel Cleaner"he says:

Brilliant stuff; for heavy soiling spray on neat and allow to soak for 5-10 mins and hose off - stubborn deposits may need a little agitating. Normal soiling dilute 1:10 with water and apply as above. It wont damage the wheels finish or brakes unlike some acidic products. 50 litres of wheel cleaner for around £6
Don't use it on the paintwork - it'll strip the wax off (wont damage the paint though) and don't use it on the leather. Otherwise its fine just about anywhere

 

[brittan]

Excellent stuff for wheel cleaning, citrus based so no nasty acids to attack your wheels.

err.. you sure about that?

Yup. As recommended by the forum cleaning magician Jac-in-a-box.

Of Viro Sol, under the heading of "Wheel Cleaner"he says:

Brilliant stuff; for heavy soiling spray on neat and allow to soak for 5-10 mins and hose off - stubborn deposits may need a little agitating. Normal soiling dilute 1:10 with water and apply as above. It wont damage the wheels finish or brakes unlike some acidic products. 50 litres of wheel cleaner for around £6
Don't use it on the paintwork - it'll strip the wax off (wont damage the paint though) and don't use it on the leather. Otherwise its fine just about anywhere

 

[brittan]

Mozes, get a life dude :lol:

 

[Rebel]

:lol:

I just looked again, because i couldn´t believe my eyes, you actualy cleaned that part of your car so perfect.

You must have a ugly wive or you must realy love your car till death :lol:

How in earth can some-one with a reasonable set of brains do that totaly nonsens job?

Let me gues...you are now praying, that i won't be raining tomorrow?

 

[oli660]

Excellent stuff for wheel cleaning, citrus based so no nasty acids to attack your wheels.

err.. you sure about that?

Yup. As recommended by the forum cleaning magician Jac-in-a-box.

Of Viro Sol, under the heading of "Wheel Cleaner"he says:

Brilliant stuff; for heavy soiling spray on neat and allow to soak for 5-10 mins and hose off - stubborn deposits may need a little agitating. Normal soiling dilute 1:10 with water and apply as above. It wont damage the wheels finish or brakes unlike some acidic products. 50 litres of wheel cleaner for around £6
Don't use it on the paintwork - it'll strip the wax off (wont damage the paint though) and don't use it on the leather. Otherwise its fine just about anywhere

I was referring more to the statement.. if something is citrus based, surely that implies it contains citrus acid which would in turn react to the metal?

 

[Reaperman]

Nice job there Vic....luvin' the "Black" calipers too...

Just interested in where you put the front axle stand - it looks like there's a pce of ali engine block being used.....?

 

[brittan]

Excellent stuff for wheel cleaning, citrus based so no nasty acids to attack your wheels.

err.. you sure about that?

Yup. As recommended by the forum cleaning magician Jac-in-a-box.

Of Viro Sol, under the heading of "Wheel Cleaner"he says:

Brilliant stuff; for heavy soiling spray on neat and allow to soak for 5-10 mins and hose off - stubborn deposits may need a little agitating. Normal soiling dilute 1:10 with water and apply as above. It wont damage the wheels finish or brakes unlike some acidic products. 50 litres of wheel cleaner for around £6
Don't use it on the paintwork - it'll strip the wax off (wont damage the paint though) and don't use it on the leather. Otherwise its fine just about anywhere

I was referring more to the statement.. if something is citrus based, surely that implies it contains citrus acid which would in turn react to the metal?

Ah yes but I did say "no nasty acid" And I was comparing to a product such as Wonder Wheels which contains Hydrochloric acid and Phosphoric acid (total acid content 5%). I don't think many on here will want to be using that on their wheels.