Galvanized wheels

[Juan]

Short of a wire brush and a lot of elbow grease, has anyone found a way to clean and shine up galvanized wheels?

[freezerfiller]

To clean up, I've used that engine degreaser in a can from the auto parts store and a pressure washer. Never tried to shine galvanized, I figure that defeats the purpose of galvanized..

[Juan]

Sept 13, 2017 15:55:42 GMT -6 freezerfiller said:

To clean up, I've used that engine degreaser in a can from the auto parts store and a pressure washer. Never tried to shine galvanized, I figure that defeats the purpose of galvanized..

I'll try that...Not looking to make them shine like chrome but would like to find something that removes years of road film and grease stains. They look closer to black than the gray galvanized color.

[gnrphil]

"Gunk" is what you need, good stuff.

gunk.com/

[freezerfiller]

Gunk is the stuff I was describing, just couldn't remember it.

[985crabs]

Brake cleaner.

[yolo]

Sept 14, 2017 7:51:24 GMT -6 985crabs said:

Brake cleaner.

same

[mosquito13]

degrease then ospho and then tape off and spray with galvanized paint.

www.ospho.com/directions.htm             

 www.homedepot.com/p/Rust-Oleum-Professional-20-oz-Flat-Gray-Cold-Galvanizing-Compound-7585838/100142963

[Juan]

Oct 3, 2017 17:47:26 GMT -6 mosquito13 said:

degrease then ospho and then tape off and spray with galvanized paint.

www.ospho.com/directions.htm             

 www.homedepot.com/p/Rust-Oleum-Professional-20-oz-Flat-Gray-Cold-Galvanizing-Compound-7585838/100142963

Thanks.. The first link isn't working but the second is and I'll be getting some of the Galvanizing paint. I looked for that at Lowe's and didn't find any so used silver paint on the axles.

[mosquito13]

Try this . www.ospho.com/index.htm  Ospho is a rust converter and etcher.  doing my hubs and axle with it , then POR15 with a top coat of cold galvanizer( not really paint , but in the paint section at HD) 93% zinc www.rustoleum.com/product-catalog/consumer-brands/stops-rust/cold-galvanizing-compound-spray HD has ospho also . I put it in a hand spray bottle for application.  Check out POR15 www.por15.com/POR-15_Rust_Preventive_Coating  .  Needs to be topcoated but for axles hub ect it is the bomb especially if done from new. expensive but a pint will do two axles and the hubs , but I thin and spray it in a harbor freight el cheapo spray gun as there  is no cleaning afterwords , seriously there is no getting this stuff off anything.

[Juan]

Is that stuff light tan in color and turns black when dry? Might be the same as the "Rust Converter: I've been using for years.. www.theruststore.com/Rust-Converter-Gallon-P40C10.aspx I'll be getting some galvanized paint for the wheels but used the Rust Converter on the torsion axle assemblies and when that dried, I painted them with Fibered Aluminum Roof Coating. That stuff works great on my barn roof so I couldn't think of anything better for the trailer.