Any Paint/detail experts?

[Qtonic]

Are you saying use the wheel cleaner on paint?

I'll watch you do it first!

I don't see it being as effective as a dedicated iron remover though. They're made specifically for this and paint safe. The IronX and similar products are intended to sit on paint for a while to work. I don't think I'd let wheel cleaner sit on the paint.

That particular wheel cleaner (and all others that change to a plum color in contact with ferrous particles) has the same chemical (ammonium thioglycolate) as Iron X. I have used Sonax Full Effect wheel cleaner (same chemical) when I was out of Iron X and it worked ok. Most wheels are clear coated like paint, after all.

I don't love them because they are kind of goopy, but it works and like @JT4runner said, it can be found at retail and cheaper. Or if you know a beautician who can buy perm chemical (same active ingredient) that might work too. J/k I don't recommend you actually do that, though it should theoretically work.

 

[ArnieC]

The commercial grade wheel cleaners that turn purple work great, but they do stink for a few days! First time I used one I thought I had developed a rear axle leak because it smelled like gear oil.