How to clean Eagle Alloy aluminum rims

A. ACRYSOL
Detailers and body-shops use it all the time; hard to find, but check around town; this stuff is incredible. Cleans oxidation from bleach and even clearcoat overspray. You may want to use a metal polish afterward, like Meguiars wax or Mothers Mag & Aluminum Polish [on eBay or Amazon], but this stuff gets up everything. Be sure to check on an inconspicuous place, first. Also, don't breathe it! I use it on my '89 Jeep wrangler with aftermarket pacer rims and it works every time!

A. The cheapest way to remove any stains, water spots, etc., from polished aluminum rims is an Eagle One product called Nevr-Dull [affil links] . . . runs about 6 bucks a can. I have a set of Center-Line Satin finished aluminum rims that had the worst milky water spots you have ever seen ... the oxidation build up was unbelievable. In seconds, doing nothing more than rubbing Nevr Dull on and wiping with a clean cloth, they look like high polished chrome now. Hope this helps with those unwanted spots!

A. If you have high polished aluminum wheels DO NOT EVER USE ANY TYPE OF SPRAY ON WHEEL CLEANER as this has acid in it and it will damage the metal.

A. I have polished aluminum wheels and have been rubbing and scrubbing the past 3 days for several hours per day.

I started with Eagle One Nevr-Dull [affil links]...it just doesn't get the hard water spots that the sprinkler deposited. I have an older can and I noticed that the old directions indicated that it could be used on glass. It took the water spots off my windows when glass cleaner and vinegar [in bulk on eBay or Amazon] would not clean it. I noticed on a new can at the auto parts store that the new can no longer indicates use on glass.

I was at the parts store because I couldn't stand rubbing any more. I saw several products from Mother's (Power Aluminum, Mag & Aluminum, and Billet) Billet was no help and expensive. The Mag and Aluminum worked better but I'm so tired of rubbing...now I think I'm gonna try Mothers' Powerball [on eBay or Amazon affil links] you attach to your drill.

A. I'm having the same problem on my Eagle Alloys with the pitting. I have used never dull and mothers with the power ball they sell for your drill motor. It seems to work pretty good but some minor pits still remain. I am willing to bet you could remove the remainder of the problem with a clay bar and the spray required for use with the clay bar. Remember there are more than one grade texture on the clay. Some can be used to wet sand your paint job so don't use the heavy grade clay on your wheels. As far as the tire bleach try getting your wheels wet first before applying the whitening chemical.The milky white color is called chemical etching and sometimes never goes away. When all else fails good old elbow grease will do the job.

A. A solution for alloy wheels, spotted or streaked, from using Wesley's Bleach White tire cleaner. This worked for me. A small can of rubbing compound paste (fine grit), like Turtlewax rubbing compound or Mother's. A box of baking soda [on eBay or Amazon] & a bottle of hydrogen peroxide.

Combine a small amount of the rubbing compound (3 tablespoons), with an even smaller amount of baking soda (1 teaspoon), & a several drops of hydrogen peroxide. Use a clean cotton cloth & vigorously rub this formula onto the milky stains on the wheels. The wheels should be spotlessly clean & DRY before starting the procedure. Depending on how bad the stains are on your wheels - it may take a while for the wheels to look clean. About 20 to 30 minutes per wheel, scrubbing with force. The cloth should turn black as you scrub the wheel surface.

Look at it like this...for years, we have used baking soda & peroxide to clean & whiten our teeth - this combo is one of the best cleaners to be found. The abrasive nature of the rubbing compound only speeds up the job & helps cut through the etching process that occurred from the acid in the Bleach White product contacting the aluminum wheel. I have personally tried this method & it worked well for me. It is time consuming, but it can save an expensive set of polished aluminum rims. RF

A. Hey everyone,

I've been dealing with polished aluminum wheels for a very long time. I have tried everything from blue magic to mothers, just about anything you can buy. But I made the same mistake by using Westleys bleach wite on my white letter tires and ruin my 15x8's series 203 eagles. I live in Lawrenceburg, TN the wide wheel capital of America! I run 15x12's and 15x14's.

What I used to polish mine is my secret a can of white mothers aluminum polish found at Autozone or any other supplies store about 5 bucks a can and take california purple polish which you can order it from them about 15 bucks a bottle buts its worth it, and mix the two together, take the purple and squirt enough to be mixed into the mothers can and mix them together

Then what I do is take a polish bonnet found at O'reillys or any other store is basically a terry cloth, and then dip the polish bonnet into the mothers/purple polish which equals sex! and rub, rub, rub the harder and longer you rub the more a shine you can get. My wheels were gold and grimy when I got them and I polish and polished mine about 15 times to get them to shine like chrome anyways. The purple aluminum polish website should be like californiapurple.com just do a google search if you have any questions just ask me, I know how to make aluminum look like chrome with my polish secret.

A. The way I found to remove heavy oxidation and stains on the wheels (I have Eagles 058's btw) is to get 000 grit steel wool [affil link on Amazon] and use a compound or aluminum polish. The polish will turn black as you are doing it. I had to do a set of 8 rims. The 1st 4 I did with the Powerball and it took me a week. The 2nd set of 4 only took me about an hour or so. Use heavy amounts of the compound or polish when using the steel wool. Remember "000" grit. This is the same grit for wheels. If you get "0000" it won't work as it's too fine. "00" will be too rough. After you've done the whole wheel, make sure to remove all excess polish from the wheel with a microfiber towel. THEN, use your choice of polish with a buffer ball of your choice on your drill. Most cordless drills don't have the speed and don't last long enough so use a corded drill with multiple speeds. You won't believe how intense they shine after doing this. Good luck to everyone!

I didn't rinse the wheels off good enough and ended up with milky white stains on rims. Scared to tell my boyfriend so I searched and ended up here. rubbing compound (@ 3 tbspns) baking soda (@ 1 tsp) and a few drops of peroxide seem to work really well with a little elbow. Thanks for saving my life to the guy who posted that.

A. I also used the wrong cleaner on brushed aluminum wheels (Toyota Tacoma). After wasting lots of money on the wrong products I found steel wool [affil link on Amazon] and about 2 hours got my wheels back to looking presentable.