I purchased this stuff from Costco in Manchester, near the Trafford Centre. The label on the front says "Super Alloy Wheel Cleaner", "Auto Express Best Buy - 7 Times Winner.", so I thought it was probably pretty good stuff and would do the job of cleaning my new Volk alloy wheels.
How wrong I was. The 'Important' small print on the reverse, states that this stuff is no good for "un-lacquered, forged, anodised, chrome plated, un-lacquered and polished alloys, chrome/ahrome appearance centre caps/wheel nuts and wheels with damaged lacquer or split rims".
Basically, that means it's only any good for going over paint or varnish (lacquer), and not actually any use on metal, which one would assume a wheel cleaner would be useful for.
The end result is that my 1 month old £1500 wheels are now damaged, where the ACID (Hydrochloric acid, which is what this stuff is) has etched into the polished metal surface.
So basically this stuff is fine for cheap painted wheels, but no good for proper alloys. Great.
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Hi - welcome to ciao - what a shame your alloys were ruined - it does seem a bit misleading to call something an alloy wheel cleaner when it doesn't actually clean what most people think of us alloys! If you do decide to edit with the notes other people have left let me know and i'll rerate for you - sarahx
catrinaf 13.04.2006 10:33
Hi and welcome to Ciao - Sorry for the low rating, but you need to put a lot more information into your review. Have a read around at similar reviews; especially those rated as very helpful or exceptional, for an idea of what people want to read in a review. If you want any help or want me to re rate, leave me a message in my guestbook - Cat x x
Advantages: Highly effective product for wheel cleaning. Disadvantages: Can damage unprotected metal, clothing & spectacles!
rentonthefirst 01.02.2006 (01.02.2006)
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