Advice on some serious wheel cleaning.....

[49autocycledeluxe]

I have one of these with big wire wheels.

 

[BFGforme]

Oa and chrome don't go well together in my experience, comes out creamy looking and ruins spokes for sure!

 

[Mr. Monkeyarms]

Yep. Brass or steel wire wheel on a drill or grinder takes care of the crusty inside of wheels. Safety glasses are a must have.

 

[Ernbar]

I had a couple of rims looking somewhat like yours and scraped most of the gunk off with a flat head screwdriver then hit it with a wire wheel. I soaked the rim a section at a time in Evaporust that works like magic at removing rust. It’s not cheap but can be reused multiple times and will not harm chrome. I primered the interior rim to keep rust from returning.

 

[Superman1984]

Wire wheel, 1" Gorilla tape wrap, rubber rim strip if you jus' wanna & tube tire. Done. Chrome Really sucks because it does this & anything like fix a flat just speeds up the damn process it seems

 

[palepainter]

I know this is an older thread,but I would love to see the way in which you guys are soaking wheels. Wading pool?

 

[vincev]

Wire wheel is going to save you a lot of work.Never use Slime or any other garbage.

 

[49autocycledeluxe]

just wire wheeled some crusty wheels a few weeks ago. just the insides.

 

[Superman1984]

I have soaked wheels 1/2 way at a time in a commercial sized stainless steel foot massager but it takes a lot of solution if you add lots of water diluting it too. Have done it in a cheap plastic bathtub before. I have used lemon scented oven cleaner (the weak stuff) sprayed a painted white with blue pinstripe wheel & let it soak overnight before hitting it with a nylon tire brush; surprisingly took a lot off without hurting the pinstripe

 

[49autocycledeluxe]

I soaked wheels in a paint roller paint tray, it only covered like 9 inches at a time.. I stood them up and rolled the hoops and cleaned up the soaked spot every day and moved to the next.