KOCH CHEMIE MAGIC WHEEL CLEANER | FILTHY ALLOYS CLEANED | QTT EP025

[@Just_Bald_Chris]

Having seen the results it really was a no shit sherlock moment when you placed it on the shelf. I like Koch Chemie stuff and this is another winner. Great video, love these wham, bam and thank you mam style of tubes.

[@SparkleanAutos]

Haha thank you Chris. Yip, definitely no surprises at the end of that one!! 👍🏼

[@JJS432]

Probably the best spray on, rinse off wheel cleaner out there. I use this in my satin black rims every wash. Have had no issues!

[@SparkleanAutos]

👌🏼 can't argue with that, so effective 👍🏼

[@danieldiamond7790]

I usually stick to autowheel for wheels but I do love kochs reactive rust remover for getting surface rust off motorcycle chains, nuts and bolts, and pretty much any surface rust. Great to have different strengths of iron remover available. If I were forced to stick to 2 brands it would for sure be koch and bilt hamber, great range of products. I've been using their protector wax recently and love the instant protection even on rougher paint.

[@SparkleanAutos]

👌🏼 can't disagree with you Daniel, both great, reliable brands for just getting the job done, no nonsense 👍🏼

[@alantaylor2]

Great video Mark, it looks a very handy weapon to keep in the arsenal. Cost isn’t really an issue if the product is doing exactly what you want. 👍

[@SparkleanAutos]

My sentiments exactly Alan. For a product you only use a couple of times a year, cost isn't a massive factor for me - I'd rather pay extra to get the job done in one go 👍🏼 Thank you 😊

[@pigeonpoo1823]

Looks a potent little product. Very impressive. Looking forward to seeing how the other KC products in your collection perform.

[@SparkleanAutos]

Thank you 👍🏼 yeah KC are just one of those brands who make excellent quality, reliable products - plenty more to come 🙂👍🏼

[@pmbrowny]

Looks like another great product from KC, good for those deep cleans every couple of months. 👍🏻

[@SparkleanAutos]

👍🏼 agreed Paul, if they make any bad products I certainly haven't found them yet!!

[@patrickvennard838]

It looks good mark is it better than Bult Hamber Auto Wheel which is a lot cheaper. I also like the GT fall out remover for the wheels because it has so much lubricity and cleaning power.

[@SparkleanAutos]

Better??? Can't answer that as haven't compared the 2 side by side, certainly every bit as good and the fact that this doesn't dry in at all definitely gives it some points over BH. The cost doesn't bother me as I only use these 2 or 3 times a year - so spending an extra couple of pounds isn't a massive deal if the product is more enjoyable to use. The trigger system is miles ahead of BH too. GT iron oxide is another fantastic product - in fact this is similar in terms of user experience but with the visible reaction of Auto Wheels... So I suppose you could say it's the best of both worlds! Thanks for taking the time to comment Patrick, always appreciated 👍🏼

[@owensteele1645]

We use the Koch Chemie Felgenblitz which comes in a heavy 11-litre square drum. I don't know if it's the same product (light pink gel liquid), but it is really thick and potent. It foams up really well when agitated.

[@SparkleanAutos]

It certainly sounds very similar Owen, very good stuff 👍🏼

[@BarryCoombs1]

Looks like a decent product but can't see me moving away from BH Auto Wheel for a proper wheel decon every 3/4 months anytime soon. Finding that regular washes with GT Wheel shampoo means there's not much for BH to do these days but it's handy for other cars that have never seen any kind of cleaning.

[@SparkleanAutos]

I've used Auto Wheels for years too and it certainly beats this on price. But price isn't at the top of everyone's selection criteria so I might just have to do a head to head very soon and compare the 2 👍🏼

[@BarryCoombs1]

@@SparkleanAutos BH Autowheel has been added to my, 5 star buy it in 5 litres collection along with AutoGlanz Rebound you used. That stuff just gets out gunk that regular APCs just leaves behind.

[@SparkleanAutos]

@@BarryCoombs1 Rebound is phenomenal... I was on the fence at first but now I wouldn't do without it! Because I test so many different products I rarely buy in 5L quantities but that is one product I don't hesitate to buy 5L of 👍🏼

[@BarryCoombs1]

@@SparkleanAutos Yeah, 5L would be way too much you detailers testing products all the time but I've just started to narrow down my products to just one I really like and save money in the long run by buying them in bulk. Thanks for the videos BTW - always good to watch. 👍🏾

[@SparkleanAutos]

Thank you Barry, I appreciate the kind words 😊

[@M.E63]

Great to see Koch chemie on the channel, I’m a fan of there products and good video

[@SparkleanAutos]

Thank you Imran - agreed, very good brand 👍🏼

[@M.E63]

@@SparkleanAutos Yh I think most of there products are cost affective, I can presume there even cheaper on Germany but I think a French company owns them, kind of off topic but I saw good reviews of the turtle wax graphene acrylic trim restorer and I used it and I thought it was quite crap and if it goes on your hands or clothes then it’s hard to come off but it’s not great as a trike restorer, I don’t know if you used it and your thoughts ?

[@shinychariotdetailing9707]

That was a great result the wheel looked class.

[@SparkleanAutos]

Cheers bud, yeah you can't argue with those results 👌🏼👍🏼

[@DavidMcBay]

Excellent video Mark, i sometimes feel people are to quick to say they dont like this kind of product but when you are only using it as a once every 2/3 months deep clean, its well worth having on the shelve.

[@SparkleanAutos]

Definitely Dave, they have their place and when they perform like this, they're worth every penny in my view! Thank you mate 👌🏼👌🏼👍🏼

[@Detailing_Dogma]

very well done demo thanks!

[@SparkleanAutos]

Thank you 🙂👍🏼

[@ObsessiveCarDetailer]

Hi Mark, the performance doesn't surprise mw although this is one of the few Koch Chemie products currently not on my shelf although that may change after watching the video 👍

[@SparkleanAutos]

Not the cheapest for the size of bottle but for a product to be used a couple of times a year that doesn't really bother me 👍🏼 Thank you Martin 👍🏼

[@ObsessiveCarDetailer]

@@SparkleanAutos really enjoying the series mate👍

[@SparkleanAutos]

@@ObsessiveCarDetailer 🙌🏼 much appreciated Martin, your opinion means a lot 👍🏼👍🏼

[@chrisogrady1697]

Great video again Mark. I have this product and yes only need to use it every few months really. Its more on the acidic side too which I think helps cut through the brake dust and dirt that bit better. I reach for brake buster for the maintenance washes. Great video looking forward to the next one

[@SparkleanAutos]

Thank you Chris - it's an excellent product for those rare occasions when it's needed... It's just nice to know there's something there that can cut through months/years of dirt if required! 👍🏼

[@gillywash1487]

Looks like a nice product, I’ve tried quite a few bleeding wheel cleaners and while they do the job I don’t tend to return to them and just use what ever fallout remover I have for those odd decon wheel cleans.

[@SparkleanAutos]

Cheers Nick. I never used to be a fan but since I started using BH Auto Wheels a few years ago I started to see how effective they can be at both cleaning AND decontaminating the wheels at the same time, rather than washing and THEN using fallout - I've also never been a massive fan of using FR on wheels without removing them from the car first whereas these are (supposedly 🤷🏻‍♂️) formulated to do it with the wheel in situ! I only do this every few months on my own so I don't mind having a dedicated product for it - I just need to put this and BH head to head to see which comes out on top!

[@stevenjones19-m8i]

Hello Mark, another great video,the Koch Chemie has cleaned the wheel a treat from how it was.the exterior of this Skoda is a bit different and needs a good bath lol.

[@SparkleanAutos]

Hi Steve and thank you. It did a fantastic job and a good bath is exactly what the Skoda will get... But it won't be anything like you expect 😉

[@chrisbradley3224]

I tried this stuff as well and it is legit. Only thing that comes even close to touchless brake dust removal on my 6 piston Brembo setup. The problem is the price for only 500 mL. I used a LOT of product for 4 wheels with their sprayer.

[@SparkleanAutos]

Hi Chris. Agreed, it's not a cheap product, even the 5L version is around £90 at the minute... But then again it's not a weekly maintenance product so I guess it just depends on your own budget and how often you want/need to use it.

[@chrisbradley3224]

@@SparkleanAutos Unfortunately my brakes are dusty enough that in theory I could use it every week, lol. I might try the 5L and a pump sprayer on a monthly basis. I feel like their spray head isn’t well matched to the viscosity of the product and could fan out better. I normally use soap and agitate and it does work it’s just a lot of agitation. Tried P&S Brake Buster and it was very weak for me on the brake dust. Not much better than plain soap. Despite my complaints it’s still the best option I think. I wonder if it’s actually more gentle than the alkaline wheel cleaners when it comes to ceramic coatings. Most of them play nice with iron remover and mild acids.

[@decker0373]

Nice one Mark! I'll not comment on any other product, this video wasn't about any other product. This product looks very good, id be happy to try it and ill get some ready for the Autumn full decon, polish and wax. No questions today 😱. All the best buddy, great job as always.

[@SparkleanAutos]

👌🏼 absolutely perfect comment today Lee, you've no idea how much I appreciate that lol (not the lack of questions btw, I like the questions 😅) 🤜🏼🤛🏼

[@GMDetails]

Stunning product!, I take it also incorporates corrosion inhibitors too like Greenstar? Love the little production touches in the film like the text highlighting and the colour banner for the stages , all makes a fantastic video 👌

[@SparkleanAutos]

I'll be honest Graeme, I didn't look up the MSDS for this one but having experience with Koch Chemie products, I wouldn't bet against it. It's certainly a very effective product and one I wouldn't hesitate to reach for when wheels like this appear on the driveway!! And thank you, I love putting in the editing time even if that's not what most viewers are interested in 🙂👍🏼

[@johnbrown3951]

Looking forward to this.

[@SparkleanAutos]

Enjoy 🙂

[@Quint1975]

great vid, I've got autowheel from BH but this is another KC product i know I'll end up getting.

[@SparkleanAutos]

I've used BH AutoWheels for years myself so I plan on doing a comparison of the 2 very soon 👍🏼👍🏼

[@adrianlawrence7224]

Great demo, Mark. Really informative to watch. I can't help feeling though my approach would have been, on such dirty wheels, to do an apc wash first. That insane reaction was caused by so much dirt still on the wheels after the first rince. A way cheaper apc wash with a brush and mitt would have cleared the surface crud, ready for stubborn iron removal with expensive MWC. That's my way. Nevertheless, still enjoyed watching you put the product through a tough test.

[@SparkleanAutos]

That would normally be my way too Adrian, but the purpose of this series is to test the products as per the instructions and that's exactly what I did. As effective a product as this is, it certainly isn't cost effective to use as a maintenance product, but it's definitely up there with BH Auto Wheels to be used as part of a full decontamination process 👍🏼

[@paulquickmire4140]

Another great video mate 👏👏 Looks like a solid product. I've got a few of their products and 3 of the polishing compounds and pads, they've never let me down yet.

[@SparkleanAutos]

Agreed Paul, Koch Chemie polishes are my go-to products, have been for years - it's only since I started KZbin that I started to peak into the rest of their range and so far I haven't been disappointed with any of it 👍🏼

[@paulquickmire4140]

@@SparkleanAutos it was our good friend Martin at OCD that put me onto them, and you know him, if it's no good he'll sharp tell you 😂😂

[@SparkleanAutos]

@@paulquickmire4140 Martin is fantastic at calling out bulls***, nothing but respect for him

[@andywhite2930]

Top video Mark. Loving the tunes 👌 Product wise surely Surfex would nail this for cheaper right 🤔 🧐🤣. In all honesty it looks a decent product but like anything Koch they all seem to deliver. One of my favourite brands

[@SparkleanAutos]

Haha surfex does everything mate, I'm thinking of using it in the Ninja for cooking sausages 🥴 Koch are definitely one of those brands that just excel aren't they, I know we joke about stereotypes but there's just something very German about how efficient they are! 👌🏼

[@andywhite2930]

Make sure you get the PIR right with those sausages mate 🌭🤣

[@SparkleanAutos]

🤣 Put In Rolls 😉🤣🤣

[@andywhite2930]

@@SparkleanAutos 🤣🤣

[@SparkleanAutos]

@@andywhite2930 😁

[@alangligor]

Great video as always Mark!! 👍🤛

[@SparkleanAutos]

Thank you Alan, hope you're well buddy 🤜🏼🤛🏼

[@johnbrown3951]

That looks like a winner in my view as a twice a year deep clean chemical. How much did you use and cost of purchase would have been useful? I recently thought I would look into changing my wheel cleaning chemicals from GT then Autobrite to something new and plumped for the 3 Turtle Wax products but found I used half the bottle of Hybrid Solutions wheel cleaner but that was on four 22" Jaguar wheels. I was very impressed with the result and the blackness of the graphene infused tyre treatment also looks like a winner. My next product to try was going too be Yum but this Koh-Chemie looks like it may relegate Yum down a place. I do like a chrome wheel from the guy with 3 cars one with black wheels the other two have diamond cut with black inserts the other has grey. I do use a range of chemicals for maintenance washes, Auto Finesse, M & K and Angelwax which all give good results or they would have been binned a while ago. Another really good watch so thanks again for your content.

[@SparkleanAutos]

Thank you John, really appreciate that. You've named some really good products there and a lot of the time it just comes down to personal taste/preference - even down to branding itself for some users. As for this one, unfortunately on the day I didn't measure it out but I would estimate about 150ml... It seems like a lot spraying it on initially but then there's no need to spray anymore as it literally doesn't dry in! So cost per wash would be far from cheap - you could use less (I may have overdone it!) But you'd still be talking around £3-5 per wash... Having said that, this is for a deep clean a couple of times a year and for those instances, as a hobbyist, I just want the products to work and don't really mind too much spending an extra couple of pounds - that would be very different for weekly maintenance products!!! Thanks again John for the continued support 👍🏼

[@johnbrown3951]

@@SparkleanAutos Thanks again for the informative and detailed reply. I totally agree with you but at that price the Turtle Wax is probably on a par and it cleaned the tyres as well and the end result was the best yet. They looked like they had just been put on the car for the first time. I think I will be putting in a repeat order & the others can wait until I am bored with it.

[@SparkleanAutos]

Sounds like a good plan John 👍🏼🙂

[@Ecdetails]

Great video

[@SparkleanAutos]

🙌🏼 thank you 👍🏻

[@iamian7226]

Saw this, ordered that 👍

[@SparkleanAutos]

👌🏼 I doubt you'll be disappointed 👍🏼

[@garethdavies7564]

whats the diffrent with this product and bilt hamber auto wheel?

[@SparkleanAutos]

Well they're both excellent products and both will get you great results. I plan on doing a side by side comparison soon so I won't say too much but I will say that, in my experience, this one is a little easier to work with - I find the spray pattern better and it seems to give a much longer working time.

[@johnparkerzabala]

Nice

[@SparkleanAutos]

👍🏼 Thanks John

[@nigelbryant5932]

Would it remove baked on brake dust?

[@SparkleanAutos]

Well those particular wheels hadn't been washed for 12-18 months so it probably doesn't get much more baked-on than that! 👍🏼

[@DetailBase]

Really good video Mark. Have not tried this one yet! Looks really good from an effectiveness standpoint, though the only thing I'm not sold on is the price, it's a few quid more than bilt hamber auto wheel, if you've used that, how do you think it stacks up against it?

[@SparkleanAutos]

Thank you Ben 👍🏼 You're not the first to ask so I'll maybe have to do a comparison!! But in short... It costs more than BH, the trigger system is better than BH and the dwelling abilities seem to be better than BH.. I won't know which performs better until I run them side by side though to make it fair, so watch this space mate 👍🏼

[@Yiannis-T]

Is it bad if the spray reaches on the brake disc??

[@SparkleanAutos]

Not really, especially if you rinse it off thoroughly and only use it as intended, as in once every 2-3 months to decontaminate the wheels... The reaction you see is the product with the oxidation around the particles that have come off the pads, not actually with the iron/steel itself... So whilst I wouldn't recommend using it every week and leaving it on the discs to dry, using it now & again AND properly rinsing it won't lead to any issues within the normal lifetime of a brake disc 👍🏼👍🏼

[@Yiannis-T]

@SparkleanAutos allright, thank you!

[@SparkleanAutos]

Any time 👍🏼

[@InfiniteDetailing101]

I got a whole gallon of it. Does it dilute or do I use it straight?

[@SparkleanAutos]

You CAN dilute reactive wheel cleaners up to 50% but it's not generally recommended as it won't be as effective... Better to use it full strength every 2-3 months 👍🏼

[@williamdwallace6538]

Looks like an impressive product that mark has it a rotting egg smell?👍🚙

[@SparkleanAutos]

Nowhere near as bad as some to be honest, actually a very enjoyable product to use - fits in well with the other Koch Chemie products tbh! 👍🏼

[@pasolsvargas4531]

How much I can diluite 5L mwc to 32oz

[@SparkleanAutos]

It's not really a dilutable product, it's a reactive wheel cleaner that's ready to use but these products aren't really for regular use, maybe once every 2-3 months. I wouldn't recommend diluting it as it won't be as effective 👍🏼

[@pasolsvargas4531]

@@SparkleanAutos 5L I not concentrate?

[@SparkleanAutos]

@pasolsvargas4531 I don't think so, this is a ready to use product. But if you contact Koch Chemie they will confirm 👍🏼

[@am_9944]

is it smells bad like they say??????

[@SparkleanAutos]

This one doesn't smell anywhere near as bad as some fallout removers/reactive wheel cleaners ... But that's just a byproduct of the active ingredient - thioglycolic acid - and if you want to decontaminate, it's just something you have to put up with... Or wear mask lol 👍🏼

[@am_9944]

@@SparkleanAutos thank you ! should i also get myself the RRR ? also can i use it on the body car also for iron remov? or you suggest something else . btw i heard that these products dont work well in direct sun / hot country where i live.. is it a problem?

[@SparkleanAutos]

@am_9944 I'll be perfectly honest, I haven't tried RRR yet so I can't really advise you either way on it. What I will say is that MWC is marketed as a reactive wheel cleaner - as in it's formulated specifically for use on wheels for removing brake dust as well as iron fallout particles... Whereas RRR is specifically formulated for removing fallout particles on all exterior surfaces. Now I'm not a chemist so I wouldn't being to presume what those differences actually are, or if it is simply a marketing difference of a very similar product... A lot of brands do this - Bilt Hamber have Auto Wheels and Korossol - and from my experience, the wheel-specific product does tend to have more of a foaming action when agitated, so perhaps they do contain more foaming agents/surfactants etc. Sadly though, I can't really give you a definitive answer 👍🏼

[@SparkleanAutos]

@am_9944 as for using in hot/dry climates... It is a factor but I'd say work in the shade and don't allow to dry in for too long - if these products do dry in you can reactivate them with snow foam.. but obviously don't leave them on for hours lol

[@am_9944]

@@SparkleanAutos thank you for the advise !

[@STDl.s]

omg russian BANED

[@SparkleanAutos]

What???!! 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@cometroy]

Was this neat product Mark or do you have to dilute 👏👏👏 another great review

[@SparkleanAutos]

Thank you Roy... No, being a decontamination product, it's best to use it as it is. These products are specifically formulated and watering them down can seriously affect performance to the point where you aren't actually making them more economical at all, quite the opposite. Products like this and Bilt Hamber's Auto Wheels aren't the cheapest but they only need to be used 2 or 3 times a year so, from my point of view, the cost per usage isn't a huge issue.