H0tttttt Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 Read/heard somewhere that Adam's Iron Remover has similar properties to Adam's Wheel Cleaner. Was thinking of killing two birds with one stone here. Has anyone tried this? Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Hamilton Detail Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 You can interchange iron remover and wheel cleaner to do the same job. They both have the same chemical. Only difference being wheel cleaner is thicker than the iron remover. But to answer your question, yes. Just buy one, no need for both unless you just want to blow the money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 cwp2016nd Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 This past wash I did a quick iron decon (live next to train tracks, I chemically decon every 3 months or so) and sprayed my wheels while I was at it. When I got around to rinsing the entire car off the wheels were 85% clean after just the rinse off. They weren't washed for 2 weeks at that point. It works just fine is my point. For the agitation part of cleaning your wheels, after a pre-treatment of the iron remover you can just use soap and water mixed in a spray bottle for some lubrication as the iron remover doesn't have much to offer (wasn't designed for cleaning wheels). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Ls1transam Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 The wheel cleaner is more of a gel formula so it clings to the vertical surface of the wheel better. The iron remover is a thinner formula to spread across the paint better. But you can interchange both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 falcaineer Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 Answers above have you covered. Here's a video of using WC on paint before the IR was released. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 H0tttttt Posted December 19, 2018 Author Share Posted December 19, 2018 Thanks everyone! Is it safe on all wheels and/or trim? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 zw470 Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 Iron Remover was minimally effective when I used it on my 4Runner. I will be sticking with Wheel Cleaner for all my foul-smelling cleaning requirements Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 galaxy Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 (edited) Minimally effective how? Are you sure you just didn’t have much contamination and therefore much of a true “need” for it? This happens all the time on well cared for, garaged cars. Just curious how you made that judgement. Edited December 19, 2018 by galaxy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 zw470 Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 Little to no color change and I had to throw out my Visco Clay when I was done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Beemer Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 3 hours ago, zw470 said: Little to no color change and I had to throw out my Visco Clay when I was done Maybe it wasn't iron deposits contaminating your paint. Also - the bleeding is only visible on white or very light colored paint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 zw470 Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 9 hours ago, Beemer said: Maybe it wasn't iron deposits contaminating your paint. Also - the bleeding is only visible on white or very light colored paint. Nope, it was on a silver 4Runner that had been sitting outside at a dealership for a few months, so it should have been plain as day. I used a competitor's version on my Mustang when I still had it, and even on the Race Red you could see it working from a mile away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Beemer Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 1 hour ago, zw470 said: Nope, it was on a silver 4Runner that had been sitting outside at a dealership for a few months, so it should have been plain as day. I used a competitor's version on my Mustang when I still had it, and even on the Race Red you could see it working from a mile away. OK. Just trying to help. Seems to work great for the rest of us.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Ls1transam Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 I like Iron Remover a lot. Doesn’t smell as bad as others. I will say this, I found it to be a little bit weaker than another brand I usually use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 galaxy Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 (edited) I gotta agree with beemer. If you didn’t see the color transfer, then any contamination you know you had on the car wasn’t iron. Just kinda really that simple. Not completely accurate or fair to say it didn’t do anything. Just because it was sitting outside for a few months doesn’t automatically mean it has (iron) contaminats. My vehicles go a year and I get very little, if any, iron bleeding during spring cleaning. Edited December 21, 2018 by galaxy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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