cleaning bike wheels?

Cleaning up the sv wheels today and the wheels have started to go all horrible best way to descrive is like white mould lol it wipes off but leaves them looking abit eaten away. Any suggestions on bringing them up abit or is wheel refurb only route??

Spray some WD40 on a cloth (or directly on the wheel if its that bad) and scrub!

It won't take too much effort and will come out like new

I use paraffin. I know feck all though and through a bizarre set of coincidences I have loads of paraffin. Dont ask!

Never had this tbh. Although I use degreaser on my wheels, Either autoglym motorcycle cleaner or some proper stuff out of a metal tub (I can't remember what it's called but its old, and brilliant lol). Always seems to pull anything off my wheels when need be

[DarrenSV650S]

Originally Posted by The Idle Biker

I use paraffin. I know feck all though and through a bizarre set of coincidences I have loads of paraffin. Dont ask!

Where did you.... ahh ok nevermind

[rictus01]

ACF50 is better than WD40 as it leaves a coating behind and will protect for a couple of months, unless of course you actually like doing them every week

Originally Posted by rictus01

ACF50 is better than WD40 as it leaves a coating behind and will protect for a couple of months, unless of course you actually like doing them every week

^this

[Sir Trev]

Dazza, are you sure it's not salt rather than mould if you're based by the coast? Plus the roads are rather coated in the stuff at the moment.

Another +1 to parafin or wd-40. I've used white spirit to good efect too when that bottle was nearer but I've made sure I washed it off again very well afterwards.

Think its old brake dust starting to eat the paint where its sat a few months