Auto Finesse Iron Out Contaminant Remover 500ml | Car Iron Fallout Remover Spray | pH Neutral Formula | Safe for Wheels, Paint & Glass | Made in UK

Great performing de-ioniser. Works all over the car and not just the wheels. You see it take immediate effect with the red reaction.Easy to use. Would recommend wearing nitrile gloves when usingCould be an expensive product in the long run, as you seem to use a large quantity every wash.5 stars for effective cleaning/ Detailing

So we finally had three summery days on the trot here in the UK so I finally got around to putting the summer wheels back on and wanted to clean up both sets of alloys.I hadn't cleaned up the summer wheels before they were put into storage so was expecting a tough job so wanted to try some of this which reminded of the devils blood type alloy cleaners I had heard about - this stuff is superb. In the past I've tried things like Wonder Wheels but that was nowhere near as good as this stuff IMHO. You can easily see it working by the purple colour and it just washes off incredibly easily which I wasn't expecting which was a bonus.I've attached photos from various stages of the process and you can see how this literally melts away a lot of the brake dust deposits from your wheels and brings them up sparkling.As I was taking the wheels off the car anyway it made cleaning easier although you can do them just as easily in place (you just can't get around the back so easily) - I just followed the following process:1. Lay wheel face down and spray on the IO500 and leave for ten minutes and then rinse with soapy water2. Stand wheel up on it's side and spray inside back side and leave for fifteen minutes and then rinse with soapy waterI then repeated the above two or three times per alloy depending on how dirty they were and they all came up as clean as they have ever been - bearing in mind the summer alloys have covered 150k miles I'm amazed at how they've come up.You can tell when the IO500 has gotten rid of everything it can as the wheels will stop bleeding - this was usually around the third application for me but your milage may vary and you'll easily know when it's done what it can as it will just sit and dry to a white colour with no purple streaks.I was very generous with the application of the product and have cleaned 9 18 inch alloys in full, with three applications per side and still have around half a bottle left. I'll definitely be buying some more of this stuff in the future as it's a great product.

I bought this based on a fair few reviews and comparisons I had read from several sources. I'm not disappointed in the product, as it's done exactly what it said it would on alloy wheels which I though might be irrecoverable. So kudos where it's due.It's a "bleeding" type of Iron fallout remover, so it does the fancy purple bleeding thing on contact with fallout material, which is pretty fun to watch.One thing to say is that it dried up on my wheels before the 3-5 min recommended sitting time had passed, so I just squirted it lightly again and then hosed it off (not even pressure washed) and it all came away just fine.I did have some tougher areas of really ingrained fallout, which hasn't been removed by the local carwash guys (even with their fallout remover), and had been left for a fair while. This was not removed on the first or 2nd pass of IO500, but once i agitated it with an alloy wheel cleaning brush and gave it a scrub, this long set brake dust did finally come away and left my wheels looking spotless.So it does indeed do what it says it does, and I can certainly imagine that with more regular use then every couple of years, this would require very little effort, with nothing more required than just squirting it on, and leaving it sit for a minute or 2 before washing off.One final note is that the design of the squirt bottle is rubbish. It's been said by others, and I can echo it.Mine wasn't leaking, nor was it completely unfunctional. It was just awkward to use. The trigger is just badly placed and the head spins in your hand too easily when squeezing. It resulted in me getting this stuff on my hands unnecessarily and as you may have already read, this stuff stinks. I could smell it even after washing them. So beware of that, and maybe where gloves, or decant it to a better spray bottle if you have one.

I had some really tough, engrained brake dust marks on my alloys that I couldn't shift with regular wheel cleaner, so I took the plunge and ordered some Iron Out. The first picture is a close-up showing the type of baked-on stains I'm talking about (the car's 9 years old, and wheel cleaning has always been pretty casual).I sprayed on the Iron Out liberally, making sure it got into all the nooks and crannies, left it for a few minutes, agitated it with an old paint brush, then rinsed off. As you can see from the second picture, it was doing its purple thing mid-way through, so I probably got a bit optimistic and thought it would miraculously clean everything off. So, I suppose I was a little disappointed when I rinsed it off and found that the wheel looked virtually identical to when I started (see third picture). However, I persevered and repeated the same process two more times. After that I ran out of time, but I'd say the marks were 80% gone (see last picture), so hopefully another go will finish the job.So basically this stuff does work and I'm pleased with the result. Just bear in mind that, if you've got particularly dirty alloys, it might take a few attempts to get them clean. Works infinitely better than other wheel cleaners I've tried, so I'd still recommend it.