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nickery16
05-20-2010, 05:40 PM
alright well i heard about it a long time ago an i was detailing my moms explorer yesterday an it has some major pitting that i cant take out. are you able to do this to all wheels? as it would be very helpfull in this case. thanks in advance
nick
jono20
05-20-2010, 05:48 PM
Are you asking if you can remove pitting from wheels with clay?
nickery16
05-20-2010, 06:36 PM
no im asking what exactly does it do? i know on teh body if there are rust spots it takes alot of the color bleed away the brown rust color will it do that on the wheels? what benifits are there from running a clay bar on the wheels?
jono20
05-20-2010, 08:02 PM
Many wheels are painted, just like the car body, so you would discover the same benifits you would from claying your hood: a clean, uncontaminated surface ready for polishing or LSP.
Accumulator
05-21-2010, 10:20 AM
I clay wheels regularly.
Generally, clay glides along on a film of lube until it bumps into some above-surface contamination, which it then shears off. Used more aggressively, it basically just abrades away whatever it`s rubbed against.
If those sound like what the wheels need, then sure, go ahead and clay `em.