Chemicals and procedures are different depending what the wheels are - polished aluminum, chrome, clearcoated, matte, whatever. Just because something says something like "All Wheel Cleaner" doesn't mean it's safe on all wheels. Megs All Wheel Cleaner says it's only safe for factory, coated, or painted wheels.

 

I use Eagle One A2Z.

Works great. Just spray it on, let is sit for a couple of minutes, scrub with a brush and hose off. they look like new. I have the factory rims, though.

 

I use Megs all wheel cleaner, and it works good on my factory wheels. But I think I could probably use a wet rag and they would wipe clean. I wish that I could find something that I could just spray on and hose off and the wheel would be spotless. Don't think that exists though.

 

S.O.S pads a too course for me. Stick with the 0000 Steel Wool like others have said.

 

I spray APC on a wheel and let it sit for about 30 seconds and use an old wash mit and a wheel brush to wash my wheels and I never have a problem getting brake dust off of the wheels. I would probably stay away from SOS pads and steel wool.

 

Megs Wheel Brightner product #D-140 works awesome....spray on, let sit for 30 seconds, and hit with a light pressure from the hose and....viola...bright shinny wheels again!