How to clean my rusty wheels?

black caviar
black caviar Forum Participant Posts: 242
edited August 2017 in Caravan & Motorhome Chat #1

ihave rusty wheels on my trailer and would like to clean them and paint them with a nice cream colour, as am getting new tyres , its a twin wheeler plus a spare so thats five wheels to be going at , has any body got any good ideas of the best way to do it or is it just "wire brushing" ?.... Gawd itll take me forever lol cheers mrs bc:))

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  • tigerman
    tigerman Forum Participant Posts: 39
    edited August 2017 #2

    Hi bc....in the past I have gone to a motorist discount shop and bought "kill rust"  just brush on with old paintbrush leave a while and wash off..be carefully though I believe it has some form of a acid in it...does work and saves hard work...good luck...David

  • Merve
    Merve Forum Participant Posts: 2,333
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    edited August 2017 #3

    I did my hubs last year and yes, I did the same as Tigerman, jacked the van and removed wheels use emery paper, wire brush etc then use killrust. I painted with a high temperature paint as the hubs could get hot, I used black paint as it helps to emphasise the alloy wheels. Finnegans is a good paint to use also. 

  • black caviar
    black caviar Forum Participant Posts: 242
    edited August 2017 #4

    Thankyou both can i ask will the rust remover. Damage my tyres ? My plan of action was to remove rust today ,am having new tyres tomorrow but its raining allday today (whats new?) so rust removal and paint job will have to wait till after new tyres put on . I think i shall go for black too to set off my chromey hubs good idea merve :) regards mrs bc

  • Randomcamper
    Randomcamper Club Member Posts: 1,062 ✭✭
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    edited August 2017 #5

    I've done this to caravan wheels over the years.....

    I use a wire brush type attachment in an electric drill, then a coat of Kurust, then silver (or whatever) hammerite......

    Job done....smile

  • black caviar
    black caviar Forum Participant Posts: 242
    edited August 2017 #6

    Thanks will get black and decker out as soon as this blinkin rain stops !!!

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