Started to clean up the Mazda tribute alloy rim.
Started refinish of a 16" alloy wheel.
Hate acids so tried to do this with as least potent chemicals as possible.
Used soap and magic eraser to get most of the grime and rust off the alloy rim.
Then sprayed with turtle wax wheel/tire cleaner and let sit 30 seconds, rinse, repeat, rinse, then magic eraser. Didn't have any nitriles left so used vinyl gloves. Should have rinsed the rim better. Glove broke and got some finger burn/rash. Time to replenish the nitrile
and next time will double glove or Vaseline then glove.
Wheel almost looks new except for peeling clearcoat(was peeling before the cleaner), stubborn brake dust on inside nooks, rust on wheel hub disc plate, some corrosion and the few scratches.
Will post pictures later. But it turned out pretty well so far.
Gonna use some Pam spray or WD40 to try to remove all
the sticky bead sealer.
Next will try Citri-strip to see if can remove the clearcoat and remaining brake dust/rust and then use drill with a brass wheel sanding disc to clean the rust from the rim disc/hub plate and any other stubborn areas on the interior side. Gonna try to avoid using wire brush/sandpaper and abrasives on the exterior rim.
May be able to remove the clearcoat without toxic oven cleaner or aircraft stripper, maybe...