Detailing Talk
12-12-2014, 02:53 PM
#61
2nd Gear Member
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Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Waxhaw, NC
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12-12-2014, 04:29 PM
#64
Just wondering if anyone here has any experience using Sonax wheel cleaner. I'm looking for the closest thing possible to a spray-on wheel cleaner that you don't have to physically touch. Just spray on and hose off. Since we have some detailing buffs in this group, I thought someone might have some first-hand experience using this or some other spray-on wheel cleaner that needs little to (preferably) no hands-on go get the wheels clean.
pick up a gallon of Red Max. It's concentrated and can be cut based on your needs. Works just as good as Sonax and Eagle 1 at a fraction of the cost!
The one thing to keep in mind with "wheel cleaners" is they are designed to be friendly with the wide selection of wheel & rim finishes currently on the market. Most, if not all are VOC compliant.
They are all basically the same product and the only thing that makes them turn color (when they activate with brake deposits) is another additive...it's all for show.
The problem with these cleaners is that they are all "water-based" products and non-VOC, which means you will constantly have to reapply the product since it's only lifting 80% of the brake dust. A good acid or VOC product, used correctly will remove 100% of the dust, but the trick comes into play on knowing how to apply such a product correctly and if it's even safe for your type of rim as well as potential health and safety risks, etc,
Your best bet is to find the product you like the best, order it by the gallon, then dilute it to your needs.
To quote the owner of Majestic Solutions...
"I have been in the car care industry for 25 years. I've yet to make or find a product on the market that cleans brake dust as well as a volatile organic chemical."
12-12-2014, 07:11 PM
#68
6th Gear Member
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Thomasville, NC Where we beat headers into submission!!
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I still need some hose-free carwash. So I'm ready to put an order together whenever.
Todd, you can go to autoality.Com and look at the products. It won't show you the good pricing though.
Todd, you can go to autoality.Com and look at the products. It won't show you the good pricing though.
12-12-2014, 08:20 PM
#69