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  • 27-01-2010 9:36pm
    #1
    GERMAN ROCKS
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,796 ✭✭✭


    are they much good for cleaning alloy wheels. i was looking at cheaps ones in halfords for€100. also wondering would it be good to get rid of that grassy grease that would be around the ride on lawnmower.


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  • #2
    slimjimmc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,786 ✭✭✭slimjimmc


    GERMAN ROCKS wrote: »
    are they much good for cleaning alloy wheels. i was looking at cheaps ones in halfords for€100. also wondering would it be good to get rid of that grassy grease that would be around the ride on lawnmower.

    I've a Lavor 160 pressure washer from Lidl and I've used it to strip the paint off my window cills. Grass should be no problem but the pressure needed to remove brake dust might be too much for the lacquer to withstand. I use it to lift off loose dirt and then rinse the wheels after hand washing. I'm sure it would be quiet effective on brake dust but I'm never going to use it up close enough to find out.


  • #3
    LookBehindYou
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 994 ✭✭✭LookBehindYou


    a good product for removing the baked on brake dust on alloys is :
    Oven cleaner in a foam spray, jst spray it on and leave a whil and then rub it off with a bit of elbow grease, wheels come up new again.


  • #4
    GERMAN ROCKS
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,796 ✭✭✭GERMAN ROCKS


    what about this one or is a waste of bloody time

    http://www.halfords.ie/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_11101_catalogId_15551_productId_174735_langId_-1_categoryId_212473


  • #5
    Tragedy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,056 ✭✭✭Tragedy


    LookBehindYou wrote: »
    a good product for removing the baked on brake dust on alloys is :
    Oven cleaner in a foam spray, jst spray it on and leave a whil and then rub it off with a bit of elbow grease, wheels come up new again.
    There's a good chance that that would damage the lacquer over time.


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