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We've heard from lots of detailers who have expensive custom rims on their car that they don't trust wheel cleaners and just use water to wash their rims.
So, we developed a wheel cleaner that's gentle enough to be safe to use on all types of metals, but also has more powerful cleaning effects than water alone.
The key to shining and protecting rims is to choose products that are pH-balanced. If products are too alkaline or too acidic, they can damage sensitive wheel metals by causing hazing, pitting, or discoloration. Check out these results...
We compared Titanium Wheel Cleaner with an acidic formula you can buy on the market and just plain water. Here’s what we found:
There is a big difference in shine for 20-day interval between Titanium Wheel Cleaner and the acidic formula, where the gloss is slightly decreasing over time due to further hazing of the aluminum panels. At the same time there is a slight increase in gloss for panels cleaned with water probably due to taking off the oxide film, which constantly forms in air and is rubbed off the surface. From this graph, we can see that the benefit of using Titanium Wheel Cleaner is the immediate and shiny appearance of wheels, which lasts for more than two weeks!
So how can you tell if your wheel cleaner is pH-balanced? Here's a simple test you can do at home...
First, pick up some pH paper at a drug or craft store. Place the paper in your wheel cleaner and compare to the color chart provided with the pH paper. We compared vs. some other wheel cleaners on the market and here's what we found...
 ph strips measure acid/alkaline balance. Water tests neutral, or green. Black Magic Titanium Wheel Cleaner is very close to green/safe.
 Meguiar's Wheel Cleaner is red, meaning highly acidic, and could lead to hazing and pitting.
 Eagle One All Wheel Cleaner is blue, meaning highly alkaline, and could lead to mineral build up and diminished look of the wheel.
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