Start with wheel cleaning

Regular maintenance is always the most important thing when looking after your car and coating. We recommend washing your car, coated or non-coated, once a week or once a fortnight.

Start the job by cleaning your wheels, which if they have been professionally coated, will make our car care products work even better.

First step is to put some Hose Sliders under your front tyres to stop the hose and pressure washer getting stuck!

If your wheels have heavy brake dust, use Wheely Clean. For grime covered wheels and tyres, use Down & Dirty. For heavy dirt/mud covered tyres, or to remove silicone dressings, Down & Dirty will help remove this a lot easier from the rubber. Both of these are safe to use on ceramic coated wheels too - even though Down & Dirty isn't pH neutral, it uses extremely smart chemistry to clean well, without affecting modern ceramic coatings.

Spray Down & Dirty onto the tyres and Wheely Clean onto the wheels. Scrub the tyres with The Little Stiffy using your wash suds (we like Dirty Times Wash for this job due to its stronger cleaning and anti-rust properties, making it ideal for use around brake components). Rinse the wheel and tyre thoroughly before using any wheel brushes. This removes as much loose brake dust and grime as possible, reducing the chance of scratching the wheels. Wheely Clean only needs 30 seconds to 1 minute of dwell time, so never let it dry and always work on one wheel at a time.

Now grab your Wheels bucket and choose a system of brushes to suit your wheels. Use The Flat Head Brush for the wheel barrels and the Nuts & Guts brush from The Foursome for wheel nuts, valve stems, brake calipers and tight areas. The Chubby Brush is ideal for most wheel faces, while the Palmy Brush and/or Octobrush are better suited to gloss black or delicate finishes.

For heavily soiled or mud caked wheels, pressure wash or hose them first to remove the bulk of the dirt or mud before cleaning.

Once everything is clean and rinsed, protect the wheels with our spray on, rinse off ceramic sealant; Wet Dreams. Spray it directly onto the wet wheel after cleaning and rinsing, and immediately pressure wash or hose it off. This adds protection and makes the wheels easier to clean next time, while leaving behind some epic bead porn. It will also work really well an existing ceramic coating on the wheels by adding a sacrificial layer.