MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: lukemk5gti on August 15, 2014, 11:27:49 am
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Just from looking at other threads I believe IronX causes problems with non stock painted areas such as caliper paint, touch up areas, alloy coatings etc..
Can anyone shed some light on the subject? I painted my calipers only a month ago and don't want to ruin them already.
Also does anyone have tips on how to use it?
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Pretty sure its safe mate, considering folk use Iron-X on their wheels, inevitably there will be over spray onto calipers also.
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Just from looking at other threads I believe IronX causes problems with non stock painted areas such as caliper paint, touch up areas, alloy coatings etc..
Can anyone shed some light on the subject? I painted my calipers only a month ago and don't want to ruin them already.
Also does anyone have tips on how to use it?
Yes it is fine.
It's very easy to use... follow directions on the bottle..
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Totally safe mate.
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Brilliant stuff and 100% safe
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just dont drink it :grin:
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just dont drink it :grin:
But I got cherry thinking it would taste nicer?!
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Great weed killer. :happy2:
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just dont drink it :grin:
Or smell it :confused:
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just dont drink it :grin:
Or smell it :confused:
smells like $hit :sick: :popcornsoda:
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just dont drink it :grin:
Or smell it :confused:
smells like $hit :sick: :popcornsoda:
sure don't smell like no cherries! :scared:
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Can Ironx be used to remove rust and brake dust off the wheel hubs ? I see my front wheel hubs below the discs and where the alloy connects signs of rust and brake dust . Wanted to see if this product Will remove them ?
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Can Ironx be used to remove rust and brake dust off the wheel hubs ? I see my front wheel hubs below the discs and where the alloy connects signs of rust and brake dust . Wanted to see if this product Will remove them ?
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It can! Was them well first. Spray on and leave for 5 mins and it'll turn purple.
I only had very minor deposits of brake dust that wouldn't budge but this did it!
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Can Ironx be used to remove rust and brake dust off the wheel hubs ? I see my front wheel hubs below the discs and where the alloy connects signs of rust and brake dust . Wanted to see if this product Will remove them ?
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It removes Iron.
If it's not Iron it won't remove it.
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Can Ironx be used to remove rust and brake dust off the wheel hubs ? I see my front wheel hubs below the discs and where the alloy connects signs of rust and brake dust . Wanted to see if this product Will remove them ?
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It removes Iron.
If it's not Iron it won't remove it.
Brake pads contain high amounts of iron.
Brake dust will also be made up of iron somewhat so it does help
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I got the ironx paste to use on the wheel hubs under brake pads, hopefully paste will be more affective . They look pretty ugly with the rust and embedded brake dusts . Have to see the result
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well i used iron-x (the conventional way) for the first time yesterday and had to say i was surprised by how much fallout was actually on my paintwork. Amazingly the wheels didn't have any fallout on them except for one which barely had any contaminant. Here are the obligatory photos:
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Mine showed fallout in exact same spots. Seems like it just gets stuck behind the badges and plastics
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The dribble that is coming from the door trim left a horrific stain on mine... It was like rust. Only way I could shift it was to polish it out with SRP.
Was odd as even after rinsing the Iron X off it kept dribbling from that corner.
I was always told to keep Iron X away from painted calipers. But I've seen many people use it and so it must be ok
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The dribble that is coming from the door trim left a horrific stain on mine... It was like rust. Only way I could shift it was to polish it out with SRP.
Was odd as even after rinsing the Iron X off it kept dribbling from that corner.
I was always told to keep Iron X away from painted calipers. But I've seen many people use it and so it must be ok
I get that as well, have to polish it out
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The dribble that is coming from the door trim left a horrific stain on mine... It was like rust. Only way I could shift it was to polish it out with SRP.
Was odd as even after rinsing the Iron X off it kept dribbling from that corner.
I was always told to keep Iron X away from painted calipers. But I've seen many people use it and so it must be ok
I get that as well, have to polish it out
I also got the exact same!! It says specifically not to let it dry in which is how it stains!
After you spray it off it'll keep dribbling so you have to spray the hell out of it for a while to clear it off!
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The dribble that is coming from the door trim left a horrific stain on mine... It was like rust. Only way I could shift it was to polish it out with SRP.
Was odd as even after rinsing the Iron X off it kept dribbling from that corner.
I was always told to keep Iron X away from painted calipers. But I've seen many people use it and so it must be ok
Yes I got that too, horrible rust coloured stain. Luckily it was whilst i was prepping with QD before putting on some EGP so a bit of elbow grease (didn't seem like it was going to shift after first few rubs :scared:) and the nasty looking stain was gone :jumping:
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Well I used the iron x paste on my wheel centre between brake discs and alloy and it had no effect Lolita turned purple or stuff but I think not strong enough to remove the rust and embedded brake dusts that well . Need a machine and some sort of abrasive stuff to clean that one
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