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Poorboy's Spray & Rinse Wheel Cleaner Product Review
Poorboy's Spray & Rinse Wheel Clean promises to clean wheels with out any scrubbing or required by using an aggressive citrus based solution. Does it meet this heavy claim? Scroll to the bottom to see the answer or read on.
Bottle, Packaging, and Labeling.
Poorboy's Spray & Rinse Wheel Cleaner comes in a large 32 ounce bottle with a heavy duty trigger sprayer. The familiar (plain) black and white labeling is simple and direct. Directions (below) are easy to read. For those who want a larger size, 1 gallon is available at an exceptional value.
Directions from bottle. (Summary)
The directions are clear. First spray the wheels to be cleaned with water to remove loose soiling. Then spray Poorboy's Spray & Rinse Wheel Cleaner onto all areas that need to be cleaned, paying special attention to the lug nut recesses and undersides of the wheels. Spray all 4 wheels and then come back and rinse one wheel at a time. Finally dry with a microfiber towel, wiping any areas where stubborn residue remains.
The wheel's on my Mazda were soiled (about 500 miles since the last cleaning, although no stubborn brake dust was present) fairly heavily.
Following the directions I started with by hosing the wheels off first. Nothing came off.
Next I saturated the wheel in Poorboy's Spray & Rinse Wheel Cleaner. The trigger sprayers had a light pull and provided plenty of coverage.
Special attention was paid to the barrels of the wheels, the underside of the spokes, and the lug recesses.
NOW here is where things get interesting (to say the least). As you can see from the previous pictures, Spray & Rinse has leaves a clingy foam that sets on the wheel. I expected to see the foam turn brown as it dissolved the break dust.
I allowed the product to set for 4 minutes to replicate spraying it on my other four tires, per the directions. After 4 minutes the foam still stuck to my tires, and still had not appeared to eat the brake dust. The wheels were still coated in brake dust and I figured "Here is another wheel cleaner that promises to be spray & rinse, but requires agitation." I grabbed my Daytona Speedmaster Wheel Brush and Montana Boar's Hair Wheel Brush just in case...
I figured I would show how much brake dust came off by just rinsing (with out scrubbing anything)...
And the magic happened. As I rinsed the wheels I watched them become brighter before my eyes. I stopped spraying, rubbed my eyes, and thought, what happened to the brake dust?!!!!!
It was GONE! With out any agitation!
As you can see in the after pictures (the wheels are still wet) there is NO break dust left behind.
I rubbed my bare finger over the wheel to see if there was any residue film that needed by toweled off. Perfectly clean! This amazing because anybody who has used other products that claim to be spray and rinse (often strong wheel acids) know they almost always leave some residue behind in the most difficult to reach areas.
While I couldn't see any residue I followed the directions, grabbing a All Purpose & Wheel Cleaner to dry the wheels and pick up any residue. The wheels were perfectly clean.
Conclusion:
Poorboy's Spray & Rinse Wheel Cleaner offers real spray and rinse cleaning power with out using extremely harsh acids or caustic chemicals. This is the first wheel clean cleaner I have used that truly rinsed clean.
So the question remains: Do you need any agitation? On areas that are hard to reach, such as behind the spokes, you will still need a brush to get the solution on to it. Also, while my wheels were dirty, they didn't have any stubborn or caked on brake dust. However on soiled wheels this stuff worked like a charm.
Poorboy's Spray & Rinse Wheel Cleaner lives up to it's name, offering great wheel cleaning performance at a great value, that requires no scrubbing.
http://www.autopiaforums.com/forums...ray-rinse-wheel-cleaner-video.html#post440538
Poorboy's Spray & Rinse Wheel Clean promises to clean wheels with out any scrubbing or required by using an aggressive citrus based solution. Does it meet this heavy claim? Scroll to the bottom to see the answer or read on.
Bottle, Packaging, and Labeling.
Poorboy's Spray & Rinse Wheel Cleaner comes in a large 32 ounce bottle with a heavy duty trigger sprayer. The familiar (plain) black and white labeling is simple and direct. Directions (below) are easy to read. For those who want a larger size, 1 gallon is available at an exceptional value.
Directions from bottle. (Summary)
The directions are clear. First spray the wheels to be cleaned with water to remove loose soiling. Then spray Poorboy's Spray & Rinse Wheel Cleaner onto all areas that need to be cleaned, paying special attention to the lug nut recesses and undersides of the wheels. Spray all 4 wheels and then come back and rinse one wheel at a time. Finally dry with a microfiber towel, wiping any areas where stubborn residue remains.
The wheel's on my Mazda were soiled (about 500 miles since the last cleaning, although no stubborn brake dust was present) fairly heavily.
Following the directions I started with by hosing the wheels off first. Nothing came off.
Next I saturated the wheel in Poorboy's Spray & Rinse Wheel Cleaner. The trigger sprayers had a light pull and provided plenty of coverage.
Special attention was paid to the barrels of the wheels, the underside of the spokes, and the lug recesses.
NOW here is where things get interesting (to say the least). As you can see from the previous pictures, Spray & Rinse has leaves a clingy foam that sets on the wheel. I expected to see the foam turn brown as it dissolved the break dust.
I allowed the product to set for 4 minutes to replicate spraying it on my other four tires, per the directions. After 4 minutes the foam still stuck to my tires, and still had not appeared to eat the brake dust. The wheels were still coated in brake dust and I figured "Here is another wheel cleaner that promises to be spray & rinse, but requires agitation." I grabbed my Daytona Speedmaster Wheel Brush and Montana Boar's Hair Wheel Brush just in case...
I figured I would show how much brake dust came off by just rinsing (with out scrubbing anything)...
And the magic happened. As I rinsed the wheels I watched them become brighter before my eyes. I stopped spraying, rubbed my eyes, and thought, what happened to the brake dust?!!!!!
It was GONE! With out any agitation!
As you can see in the after pictures (the wheels are still wet) there is NO break dust left behind.
I rubbed my bare finger over the wheel to see if there was any residue film that needed by toweled off. Perfectly clean! This amazing because anybody who has used other products that claim to be spray and rinse (often strong wheel acids) know they almost always leave some residue behind in the most difficult to reach areas.
While I couldn't see any residue I followed the directions, grabbing a All Purpose & Wheel Cleaner to dry the wheels and pick up any residue. The wheels were perfectly clean.
Conclusion:
Poorboy's Spray & Rinse Wheel Cleaner offers real spray and rinse cleaning power with out using extremely harsh acids or caustic chemicals. This is the first wheel clean cleaner I have used that truly rinsed clean.
So the question remains: Do you need any agitation? On areas that are hard to reach, such as behind the spokes, you will still need a brush to get the solution on to it. Also, while my wheels were dirty, they didn't have any stubborn or caked on brake dust. However on soiled wheels this stuff worked like a charm.
Poorboy's Spray & Rinse Wheel Cleaner lives up to it's name, offering great wheel cleaning performance at a great value, that requires no scrubbing.
http://www.autopiaforums.com/forums...ray-rinse-wheel-cleaner-video.html#post440538
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