Iron Remover as Wheel Cleaner

[H0tttttt]

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? 

[Hamilton Detail]

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. 

[cwp2016nd]

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). 

[Ls1transam]

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.

[falcaineer]

Answers above have you covered. Here's a video of using WC on paint before the IR was released.

 

 

[H0tttttt]

Thanks everyone! Is it safe on all wheels and/or trim? 

[zw470]

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  

[galaxy]

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

[zw470]

Little to no color change and I had to throw out my Visco Clay when I was done  

[Beemer]

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.

[zw470]

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.

[Beemer]

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....

 

[Ls1transam]

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. 

[galaxy]

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