Break dust from hell
 

I just picked up a used set of gunmetal ITR wheels but the previous owner was running an agressive race pad on his car prior to take the wheels off.
The rear wheels aren't too bad as the dust comes of by wiping them down.
The front wheels on the other hand, are pretty bad. The dust is really caked on and is as rough as sandpaper.

Any recommendations or tips in removing the caked on dust? Would an Arm and Hammer magic eraser work? The commercials make that claim.

Thanks.

*Brake

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Crap. I didn't even notice I spelled break instead of brake.
And the grammer. =(

That's what I get for trying to make a post half asleep.

I used thinner/acetone to get mine off, just make sure you wash it off right away

It depends on how much time you have... I suggest long soak in warm water first, then some elbow grease with a toilet bowl type brush.. it will come off eventually. Remember to wax the wheel before you mount.. it will help reduce amount of brake dust stick to the wheel.

safest way is to soak it in non acid wheel cleaner.

slowly wipe away the dust, rinse, and then re soak until its all gone.

if you do use acid, be careful how hard and much you scrub.

Autoglym Wheel Acid will get it off....then scrub with a wheel brush. Soak it 1:1.

non acid wheel cleaner wont do anything on a wheel that has brake dust baked into it.

If the wheels are off the car, bring them by and we'll use some special sauce I have that isn't available for sale. After that, just maintain them.

Not sure I'd use a Magic Eraser. That stuff is slightly abrasive and will likely scratch the paint off the wheel - I've used it to clean wax off textured plastic and I got the impression that it's a sponge with baking soda blended into it.

warm water and dish soap works really good with a microfiber.

I had a shitload of brake dust from my trust big brake setup on my old wheels and with alot of soap and scrubbing with hot water it came off, wheels looked good as new after! It was extremely caked on as well. Make sure to wet it down real good before you scrub it though, brake pad dust is very bad for your lungs in the future lol (especially if they were ceramic pads)

That was the first thing I tried but with a big sponge. Took too long and the baked on dust was so bad that it chewed up the sponge.

They advertise it was working on their stupid commercials.

Thanks for the offer.

I ended up buying some of this from CT over the weekend. Before I left the store, the first bottle I picked up was leaking. This stuff is quite corrosive.
Got some on my hands and could feel it burning right away. Washed it off and could clearly see the difference on the skin where the fluid had touched.

I didn't have a wheel brush but I did use some car wash brush and I must say this stuff worked right away on my other set of wheels.
The real test will be this weekend when I try it on my wheels with the baked on brake dust.

Thanks guys.

Deff use a wheel brush and follow the instructions...gloves are deff needed and a papermask if you got one...its gotta soak for a bit...and a few applications and patience should remove it pretty good. I got baked on brake dust on a jeep rim (5yrs+ of consistent driving and no wash) off with a brush and some elbow grease.

pics

I couldn't wait till the weekend and one application of spray on the wheels.
The rears cleaned up pretty good since the dust wasn't that bad.
The fronts are better.

I'll do another application on the fronts tonight. I'll post pics of the finished product once I am done.

Autoglym CWC diluted 1:1, if it does not work, either Sonax or IronX or Wheel brightener or Brown Royal or Ken's new chemical.
Which area do you live?

Autoglym CWC cannot be compared to AutoGlym Clean Wheel....haha.

Thats like comparing apples to oranges.