I routinely clean my rims using the Swiffer Duster. Once in a while I wash them the conventional way with wheel cleaner and water.

What do you do after you clean your wheels? Do you dry them and park the car in the garage overnight or do you drive first around the block to dry the brakes? I do the latter but end up with a lot of dirt spewed by the discs into the rims when I return and park the car, and end up having to clean the inside of the rims a second time. Too much work. Is there a better method?

 

I use a leafblower (cordless) on the wheels after washing and before a "cloth dry". This minimizes (but doesn't eliminate rotor rust) and gets rid of most of the water in the bolt holes and other areas that are tough to dry.

 

Not really an issue w/ PCCBs.

I always have a mf towel in the car along with spray detailer. Sometimes I'll give a quick spray / wipe after driving post wash.

 

+1 sounds like a good idea.....

 

Same as you - I drive around the block. Upon return, I use a damp cloth to wipe off all of the dirt spewed by the disms into the rims. I'm too lazy to bust out the leafblower.

 

I wash the car in the driveway, then use a leafblower (never used to suck up leaves) to dry it- eliminates unnecessary touching of the paint, which can only serve to induce swirls. I then use cheap MF towels to dry up any leftover water on the wheels and tires.

Then I pull into the garage, and dry the remainder. Whatever is left on the car I dry with Big Blue MF drying towels. Same for wheels and tires, but with a designated set of wheel/ tire towels.

And then the fun begins: clay, rewash, redry, compound/ polish (depending on what state of correction is required to achieve perfection), glaze, then seal with a synthetic (zaino or menzerna), then top with P21S 100% canauba. And finally, Cystal Mist.

Oh, as for tires, the best finisher after a good cleaning is Zaino. Not shiney at all, just clean, new, black. For wheels, there are many products out there, but I've always liked to use Klasse AIO (all in one) on clean wheels, as it seems to do a good job of sealing and inhibiting future issues- or at least making rinsing off brake dust easier.
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By the time I am done drying the car the wheels are dry from the sun . If I wash the car at night I follow your same routine adias . No matter what time of day I do drive car the car after its washed . I woild rather have a dry engine bay in the car , with dry brakes and a little dust -that a wet car sitting for a week . Plus there is an enjoyment driving the car in its cleanest appearance going nowhere special.

 

If you wash them regularly, you need nothing more than soapy water and a soft cloth. I usually just use the left over car wash water. What is nice about the Porsche wheels (I have Carrera IIIs for winter and Turbos for summer) is that they are open enough so you can reach in and give them a good cleaning while they are on the car. I also give the wheels a real thorough cleaning when I swap out between summer and winter sets.

 

I dry the entire car with an air compressor. For the wheels it works well on bolt holes and other nooks and crannies particularly in the brake calipers. Finish up with a towel to get any remaining brake dust that settles on the inside of the wheel. On the car it gets all the potential water drips and runs out in the open where I can finish 'em up with a mf towel. Works great around lights, engine grill. etc... where water collects outside the reach of a towel. Have applied heat shrink tubing to the end of the air gun to eliminate possibility of scratching the paint with it if I get to close. Takes a little extra time but minimizes

 

I use an air compressor on mine. Works well on wheels bolts and brake calipers to get water out of the nooks and crannies you can't get to with a towel. finish up with a towel on the inside of the wheel to get the remaining brake dust before it has a chance to dry.

Use the same method to dry the car to get all the unreachable water out of the areas where it collects. Lights, door handles, rear grill, etc... finish up with a fresh mf towel.
Takes a little longer but eliminates the drips see after the car sits for a while. Have applied heat shrink dubbing to the end of the air gun to eliminate possibility of scratching the paint with it if I get to close.