GIBBS Penetrant/restorer: Anybody used this?

neutral · Post by **neutral** » January 2nd, 2007, 8:31 pm

Any members here used or even heard of this stuff?

http://www.roadsters.com/gibbs
http://threepeaksproducts.com/cgi-bin/o ... alog=10000

Recently came into possesion of a set of otherwise good cond but filthy oxidized baked-on-brake-dust polished alloy AR-157 wheels and decided to restore em for install on my MX-6. Came across this Gibbs product while searching the Web. Pics are impressive but the stuff sure is expensive. Could not locate any user reviews on it. UBB search turned up nothing as well. Appreciate any opinions.

therealstasman · Post by **therealstasman** » January 2nd, 2007, 9:52 pm

neutral · Post by **neutral** » January 4th, 2007, 12:26 pm

Thanks for the link. I've bookmarked it for future reference. For these wheels, I'm cleaning them, followed by a polishing and protectant. They are alum alloy machined/polished with no clearcoat that I can detect. I've decided to use P21S gel for the cleaning http://www.autobarn.net/p2110001g.html
Never found anything that comes close to it and it won't harm the metal surface or tire the way harsher cleaning chemicals can on uncoated wheels. Then I plan on rubbing them down with the Gibbs product for protection. Talked to a friend who restores old muscle cars and he swears by the Gibbs, not just for alum and magnesium wheels but for all kinds of unpainted and rusty engine parts.