I had my wheels stored in the in-laws basement since I had no room in the house for them, and my mother in law decided to use them as a stand to put laundry on. Well there is a residual residue of what looks like detergent and the crap won't come off. I have tried Meguiars Gold Wheel Cleaner, Goo Gone, and a metal cleaner and this crap still won't come off. She got them on 2 1/2 wheels. Give me some ideas..Also a chance to picture whore
I don't know if you can see it but there are white dots all over the rim

 

goo gone gel. let is sit for a while. my not work but its worth a try.

 

Run them through the wash cycle, and make sure it's on gentle mode! J/K, I dunno about the rust factor, but maybe just soak them in water for a while?

 

You can simply wetsand the wheels, repolish them.

 

plastic brilo pads, and use elbow grease

 

mothers power ball and some wheel polish?

 

if one of those dont work its not going to happen

 

use a buffer, with some rubbing compound

 

i say give it time and like the others said ELBOW GREASE!!

 

i say make your mother in law do all the elbow grease!

 

lmaooooooo, that an option!

 

Tr y Brasso, or never dull. Metal polish. That stuff works miracles.

Good luck.

Lou

 

Yeah Never Dull didn't work, did great for my exhaust though

 

Oy Vey, some of these suggestions scare the living shit out of me.

Couple of suggestions:

1) Clay bar
2) Paint cleaner - you could try something like isopropyl alcohol or maybe a paint prep product like Prepsolv

DO NOT USE METAL POLISH, BRILLO, RUBBING COMPOUND, WETSANDING...

 

diluted acetone should work, but be very careful with it and rinse wheels with water right after. if acetone doesn't get it off, I don't know what will.

 

BTW have you tried a spray on wheel cleaners and a rim brush then rinse?

 

Yeah that didn't work, gonna try the paint thinner tomorrow at my boy's shop

 

ive done it b4 with 3m perfect-it compound with a wheel, it works great to polish a wheel or exhaust,why do you not recommend that ?

 

buy one of those heavy duty steamers off of one of those info commercial :p Since they say it'll get anything off...

 

Rule of thumb is to always start with the least abrasive method possible. You can always move to a more abrasive compound, it's a lot harder to remove the damage from going to harsh.

And Perfect it is more of a polish, definitely not a rubbing compound. When most think of rubbing compound, they think of this.

 

ahh aright, thanks for the clarification