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Old 04-03-2004, 04:40 PM
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Prestone wheel cleaner & brake dust repellant

Pick up a spray bottle of this at WallMart on sale. Figured WTF. So I put some on today. Has anyone tried this? Does it work or suck?


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Repellant, huh? I have never seen that, be curious to see if it does work, almost sounds like "snake oil". [img]/w3timages/icons/laugh.gif[/img]


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xman... let us know how it turns out.

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Re: Prestone wheel cleaner & brake dust repellant

hokus pokus.....snake oil.....magical mystery cleaner.....whatever it is.....let me know .......
if it works I'll buy a case..

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and I know, I was one at one time.....maybe a long time ago, but nevertheless I still was one....

My problem now is I tend to drooool alot! [img]/w3timages/icons/tongue.gif[/img] [img]/w3timages/icons/wink.gif[/img]
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Re: Prestone wheel cleaner & brake dust repellant

Will do. I put on a couple of applications. Let's see.


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Re: Prestone wheel cleaner & brake dust repellant

OK guys, it's been a four days now and I don't know if it's a placebo effect or what but my wheels seem cleaner than they would be at this time of the week. I don't want to shout miracle yet but someone else should check this out since so far n=1. Stay tuned, more to come....


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Re: Prestone wheel cleaner & brake dust repellant

we'd need to get n=3 to have any significance at a level of p > 0.05. [img]/w3timages/icons/smile.gif[/img] any takers?

is it a leave-on spray? the weather jumped from 40s to upper 70s here so i might get a chance to wash the car. i'll have to check out a wal-mart. i use CG on my wheels. if this prestone stuff works, it could be a much cheaper alternative for me. thanks for the update, xman.

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Re: Prestone wheel cleaner & brake dust repellant

how about putting it on one side front and rear and comparing to the other untreated side. That would give definite conclusive results.

 
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Re: Prestone wheel cleaner & brake dust repellant

Good idea. An internal control.

How 'bout it g35girl? I'll do it too. You spray the stuff all over the wheel, let it set for a minute or so then blast it with the hose. Repeat the spray and set then fine mist rinse. That's it.
I zaino my wheels so you're right on the money!


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the weather jumped from 40s to upper 70s here so i might get a chance to wash the car.

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So, have you tried complaining to Infiniti CA yet about the G not staying clean? [img]/w3timages/icons/laugh.gif[/img][img]/w3timages/icons/laugh.gif[/img][img]/w3timages/icons/laugh.gif[/img]


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Re: Prestone wheel cleaner & brake dust repellant

xman... ok sounds good. i might have to wait next week though because it's supposedly going to be back to chilly weather (upper 40s) this weekend and rain from saturday - tuesday. [img]/w3timages/icons/frown.gif[/img]

ABQ_tom... haha. i'll put that on the next survey that they send.

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Re: Prestone wheel cleaner & brake dust repellant

K, It's gonna rain here this weekend too. Thought some more about this. It should be a cross-over design. Week 1- treat the left side but not the right side, Week 2 - treat the right side but not the left to correct for more left or right turns.

ABQ, you wanna be # 3?


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Re: Prestone wheel cleaner & brake dust repellant

I looked for that at the WalMart here, didn't see it, I'll look at another across town next time I get up that way! I'm wondering if that stuff is like an anti-staitc spray.


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Re: Prestone wheel cleaner & brake dust repellant

ABQ_tom... if it is anti-static, then i'm going to spray it on myself. whenever i wear my wool pants i get zapped as i close the door.

xman... haha, wow, that is a really well-designed experiment. i'll check out wal-mart this weekend, too.

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Re: Prestone wheel cleaner & brake dust repellant

Has anyone experienced this?

http://www.finishing.com/231/17.html

 


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