Hey guys, wanted to share something that happened to me while using Iron-X several months ago. I was meaning to post this earlier, but kept putting it off. Tomorrow, I plan on using it again so I want to get some advice before I do. This summer, I was cleaning a spare set of my brother's wheels. The wheels were OEM Toyota Supra TT wheels painted silver. The wheel weights were installed at NTB (popular tire place which I'm sure you all heard of) when we mounted new tires a few years ago. This is the first time I have used Iron-X on these wheels, and after using the product, the wheel weights (which I assume are made of lead) turned from nice and shiny to bright green and ugly looking. I was able to remove the green color by scrubbing the hell out of them with metal polish, but it was a pain in the ass and a big time consuming task. My question is.... has anyone else experienced this? Why did this happen? And how can it be prevented in the future? I was surprised because I thought Iron X can be used on any surface with no negative effects. Thanks guys.
I'm worried that there might be some crazy reaction with other wheel hardware like the rivets on multi-piece wheels or other areas which will amount in a serious amount of work to fix. I hope it doesn't happen.
no. it will not react with rivets since they are chrome or metal. although i think it says not to use on chrome but not sure what kind
As said ita a reaction with teh active ingrediant and teh weight nothing to worry about if you rub tehm it should go back to its old colour. Perfectly fine on bolts and other wheel bits,
If you use iron x followed By CG Grime reaper mixed 50/50 with CG red hot degreaser it removes the green from the weights and the residue on the brake rotors Sent from my MB855 using Tapatalk 2
