Griots Wheel Cleaner

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lilbraze87

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Hey guys! I just wanted to know if the Griots Wheel Cleaner is a good products for cleaning rims? I know that the cleaner is pH cleaner and that its safe for all wheels but I just wanted to know how good it actually worked. Thanks
 
I have used the Heavy Duty Wheel Cleaner and the regular Griots wheel cleaner. Both work really well. I have always been a fan of their sprayers.
 
Griots is a very good wheel cleaner for well-maintained wheels. Just about perfect for the weekly clean up.
 
I liked it better than P21S. But these days I seldom use any Wheel Cleaner as I LSP or coat them and use a somewhat potent (regular) shampoo mix.

I do still use the Griot's on the Crown Vic's wheel covers and the Tahoe's winter wheels.

Never tried the HD version, never needed it even on supposedly tough applications (German cars with high-dust pads).

IMO perhaps the best thing about the Griot's (well, other than that it works..) is that it's *safe*, won't mess up the wheels' finish.
 
I have the Griots Green Wheel Cleaner - which is what I think is being referred to here. It's the one that is pH neutral, approved by BBS, yada - yada.

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I think I paid $1.99 a bottle. It's fine - but to me, that's about what it's worth. For like 30¢ you can add 2oz of your favorite car wash soap to a 36oz bottle of water with a foaming sprayer and make a solution that is just as good and just as safe.

I'd recommend CGs Citrus Red for this task.

On the flip side, I picked up a gallon of Griot's QD for $8.95 at Advance Auto today. I have absolutely no use for it.

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While I was there, they were blowing these out for $5:

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& Brake Kleen was BOGO:

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Swanic, that wheel cleaner was 1.99 at Advance today?

EDIT: Nevermind, I always get confused between Advance and Auto Zone, there really isn't an Advance convenient to me.
 
SwanicYouth- Interesting, my (somewhat potent) shampoo mixes don't match the Griot's Wheel Cleaner on *un-LSPed/coated* wheels, nor are they as good for tires (I know, but it's tempting to just spray the Wheel Cleaner on both the wheel and tire).

I used to really like the SpeedShine *on waxes*, but these days I use rinseless washes instead, along with spray waxes. And I do mean that I *really* liked it...never thought I'd end up giving away my last gallon, but a pal of mine still uses it and I didn't want it to just go bad (it does have a limited shelf life). I'm using up my last of it on wheel wells and undercarriages.

You like the foaming sprayers? They never really satisfied me....funny, maybe I oughta revisit them some time.

Heh heh, you and I hardly ever disagree on stuff, might retry the foaming sprayers just because you like them! I dunno about our differing opinions about the Wheel Cleaner, but what I have on-hand will last me for years.
 
Accumulator said:
SwanicYouth- Interesting, my (somewhat potent) shampoo mixes don't match the Griot's Wheel Cleaner on *un-LSPed/coated* wheels, nor are they as good for tires (I know, but it's tempting to just spray the Wheel Cleaner on both the wheel and tire).
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Yeah, I always found wheel cleaners like P21S and Griot's (green) to be reasonable tire cleaners, and I'd have to agree about shampoo, even strong dilutions, not working as well, but I think that's my gut talking rather than any recollection of consecutive testing etc. (although I have done testing like that with color-change vs. (non-HF) acid cleaner).
 
Accumulator said:
SwanicYouth- Interesting, my (somewhat potent) shampoo mixes don't match the Griot's Wheel Cleaner on *un-LSPed/coated* wheels, nor are they as good for tires (I know, but it's tempting to just spray the Wheel Cleaner on both the wheel and tire).

I used to really like the SpeedShine *on waxes*, but these days I use rinseless washes instead, along with spray waxes. And I do mean that I *really* liked it...never thought I'd end up giving away my last gallon, but a pal of mine still uses it and I didn't want it to just go bad (it does have a limited shelf life). I'm using up my last of it on wheel wells and undercarriages.

You like the foaming sprayers? They never really satisfied me....funny, maybe I oughta revisit them some time.

Heh heh, you and I hardly ever disagree on stuff, might retry the foaming sprayers just because you like them! I dunno about our differing opinions about the Wheel Cleaner, but what I have on-hand will last me for years.
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I love the Griot's foaming sprayers. They are better than Adam's (crappy foam) and better than CG's "Duck" (leak all over). As for the difference between my soap solution (Citrus Red 1:18) wheel cleaners and Griot's / P21S - dunno.

My wheels are coated and come just as clean just as easy regardless which one I use. Both require agitation; but the soap solution foams up better - which I like.

I won't use either to clean tires usually that aren't coated with Tuff Shine. The Tuff Shine'd tires I'll use either.

I'll by Griot's wheel cleaner all day long though for $1.99 - just for the bottles.
 
Setec Astronomy- I had some older BMWs and Benzes, never LSPed/etc. the wheels, and shampoo mix didn't get the brakedust off, period. Specific recollection as the ones on the Benzes took a while. Easy enough with the Wheel Cleaner, but still time-consuming.

And even when shampoo mix does work fine, well...then I have to use a Rubber Cleaner on the tires. No free lunch. And then think of how, IIRC, Tom P found that he was happier with how good Wheel Cleaners worked for him! Eh, I could second-guess the whole LSP-the-wheels thing if I wanted to. As in: use Wheel Cleaner to get 'em *really* clean at each wash, treat with a spray-LSP each time as part of the wipe-down/drying. Hmmm, I guess I won't think about that much more lest I convince myself ;)
 
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