Trick For Cleaning Wire Wheels "Spoke Rims"!
#41
ProtectAll Over Everything
You'll need this or better, if you live near the ocean. The bristle brush below is H-D. A nice chrome-tanned leather lanyard, but the natural bristle bends under damp conditions. After spraying ProtectAll on the brush, I cram it into every place I can, so that the spokes exposed will develop a thin-dry, milky coating. Now I can see what's covered. Then with the brass brush turned up on top of a rag, I blast a bit into the bristles and attack the spokes and nipples and threads and where the spokes lace into the hub. You can feel when the pits are gone and it won't take long. (Forney 70490 Wire Scratch Brush, Brass with Wood Handle, 7-3/4-Inch-by-.006-Inch)
The ProtectAll dried coating comes off easily from every surface, and as mentioned, it also removes dried Nevr-Dull from wrinkle black motor parts.
Then, I put a t-shirt over the H-D brush and use that to remove the bulk of the dried coating through the spokes. It's core is vinyl-coated wire, so it fits between the smallest spoke-opening. Hand-wiping the rest. Black nitryl gloves hold-up well. Clean the brake discs while your at it. Spraying brake cleaner on a rag and wiping, works better than drenching the plate.
J&P's don't.
http://www.jpcycles.com/product/2000155
The ProtectAll dried coating comes off easily from every surface, and as mentioned, it also removes dried Nevr-Dull from wrinkle black motor parts.
Then, I put a t-shirt over the H-D brush and use that to remove the bulk of the dried coating through the spokes. It's core is vinyl-coated wire, so it fits between the smallest spoke-opening. Hand-wiping the rest. Black nitryl gloves hold-up well. Clean the brake discs while your at it. Spraying brake cleaner on a rag and wiping, works better than drenching the plate.
J&P's don't.
http://www.jpcycles.com/product/2000155
Last edited by Hydra-Glide; 08-12-2014 at 04:59 PM.
#42
ProtectAll Over Everything
It's the only way to post a pic, that I could wrangle with the given tools in my box. Else you can't get there from here.
Imageshack is now too complicated for me to contemplate. This will get you the the spray-can.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=1&theater
Imageshack is now too complicated for me to contemplate. This will get you the the spray-can.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=1&theater
Last edited by Hydra-Glide; 08-13-2014 at 12:13 AM.
#43
#44
#45
My son left his portable steam widjit at home when he left for college. I tried the strip of cloth routine on my spokes but WAY too time consuming. On a whim I tried his little steamer and the road grime just rolled right off. Wiped with a paper towel and was sparkling like NEW. 15 minutes for both wheels. It takes off dead bugs in a hurry too. I can get the nozzle into places that my hands can't. I think he paid like $50 for the steamer. WORKS FOR ME!
xmarine
xmarine
Is this what you're using, or something like it?
http://www.target.com/p/bissell-stea...Fabm7AodhSUANg
#46
Cleaning
I have the 50 spoke fat daddy's on my deluxe they have been on it now about 7 years they have stainless spokes and what I do is. I spray the wheels with s 100 let it sit a little hit the white walls with a mr clean magic eraser rinse then spray the wheels again with simple green I bought this cleaning device from Walmart it's like a wheel cleaner it's about eight inches but it's covered with a micro fiber cloth fits between the spokes well and I have the bike on the jack and rotate it hitting each spoke from both sides rinse and blow dry hit the chrome part of the rim with chrome cleaner and they look great seven years and still look like new my wheels are from ride wright
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