Ruined powdercoated Wheels?
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Ruined powdercoated Wheels?
I have used Westleys Bleche-White wheel cleaner on many cars for many years. Yesterday is probably the last time I will ever use it. I had my stock wheels powdercoated (Grey Metallic) a year and a half ago and have used the cleaner on the wheels pretty religiously every two weeks to a month (sometimes a little more) when I wash my car. I have had absolutely no adverse effects on them until yesterday. Now I have white streaking (staining) that I cannot get off. I have tried all my standard car wash products to help restore the color and shine, to no avail. Any suggestions?
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that sucks strong wheel cleaners will sometimes do it, seems like its time to re-powdercoat, try a claybar first and polish it off and go from there, if it dont come off it most likely wont
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The claybar helped a little. I think I need to get a little more aggressive with the clay, and really spend some quality time with each wheel. I will keep you all updated.
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I never understood using wheel cleaner. My wheels clean up just fine with good old fashioned car wash. Even with previous show cars I never used wheel cleaner. I hope the clay works.
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Latest update- I took each wheel off of the car and cleaned and scrubbed them really well. Wetsanded them down with 2000 grit, hit'em with the Porter Cable DA polisher w/ Sonus pads, Meguiars fine-cut cleaner, swirl remover, and a nice coat of NXT paste wax. Look better than when I first had them powdercoated, and a huge weight lifted off my shoulders- it sucked rolling around with ugly wheels.
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Just for those who don't know, powdercoat can be quite sensitive to various chemicals. I powdercoat parts on the side and have a fair amount of experience with it. Never use anything other than soap and water on powdercoated parts. It's not even a real good idea to be wetsanding and buffing on it like you might a conventional clearcoat paint.
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Holy crap. Westleys? People still use that stuff? Why not use swimming pool chemicals?
It sucks to make a mistake like that. We've all had our share. Glad you got your wheels fixed up.
It sucks to make a mistake like that. We've all had our share. Glad you got your wheels fixed up.
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