Did you let the wheels cool before putting cleaner on.

 

That black part that you can see isn't a build up on top of the silver paint... it's actually the surface of the rim UNDER the paint. Those are the areas where the "cleaner" disolved the paint the worst.

 

Yeah, the wheels were cool. I hadn't driven my car since the day before.

 

Since I have no choice now other than to get my rims refinished, I figured I might as well get started sanding them down and getting them prepped for paint. About 20 minutes into it, I started thinking "Why am I on my knees scrubbing away at these rims with sandpaper when I just learned a much easier way to get the paint off?" I took what was left over of this wheel "cleaner" and completely soaked the rim. Had a sandwich, took a ****, came back out to the rim... and WOW, the paint practically wipes off with the sandpaper now!

So I guess I should say "Thank You Turtle Wax for making such a high quality PAINT REMOVER! You guys are the best and I'm recommending all of your products to all of my friends!"

If any of you guys ever need a good PAINT REMOVER, try Turtle Wax ICE wheel and tire cleaner! It cleans so well that everything just seems to rinse right off... INCLUDING THE FAWKING PAINT!!!

 

^lol, good job thinking about useing the rest as paint remover.

 

i would have contacted the manufacturer and see what they could do about it.

 

+1. i would have made a vid and showed them. Then sent many pics etc.

They would probably pay to get your wheels refinished and recall their stuff.

 

I doubt it, all of these high acidity wheel cleaners state right on the bottle not to leave the product to dwell more than 30 seconds to a minute (depending on product)

These products should be used maybe once in your cars lifetime, and that one time is only if you buy it used and the previous owner let brake dust cake on. Even then, it should be spray wait 10 seconds, rinse thoroughly, if it needs more another 10 seconds. After that the wheels should be maintained with soap and water. Protected by wax.

Good luck with the powder coating, they will look 10x better!

 

should have not send it down.

Could have raised the big stink about it and prolly got refund from Turtle-Wax.

That is if you used the proper product (for painted finish) and used it right.

 

Least you tried to find some good use out of the junk Turtle Wax product. This sort of stuff makes me wonder what in the world do they test their products on? Do they just make it and send it out into stores. This seems to always happen with these wheel cleaners.

 

Just tossing this out there... Would anybody in So Cal be so kind as to let me borrow a spare set of wheels while I get my wheels fixed???

 

I use P21S Gel wheel cleaner...

 

Wow that sucks

 

ding ding ding....I use it on all my cars I do! Its safe, works and well its not cheap, but it WORKS!!!

I would have sent the pics to the manufacture as well, and had them pay for it!

 

Thats just a ****ty buzz man! Sorry about your luck. Like stated above tho, perfect time for a powdercoat!