[Jambo1]

Of all the years of detailing my own car and getting to a point settling on all the car care products that work really well for me (pretty much all the Carpro/Koch Chemie/Geist/Bilt Hamber products), I'm stumped with what I've experienced today.

I recently sold my 789M gloss black wheels and replaced with satin gunmetal wheels.

I was excited to be able to use my EZ Detail brush set (couldn't use this on gloss black due to certainty of scratching) - but noticed it wasn't cleaning it well at all. So I bust out the Microfiber Madness Incredibrush Flat AND the Wooly Wormitt, and still no dice.

I could take a clean rag and wipe dirt off after having cleaned the wheels.

The chemical for wheels I've settled on is P&S Brakebuster (my favorite is Sonax Wheel Cleaner Plus - but that gets super expensive).

I've never really detailed anything matte or satin, so what am I missing here? I get satin will have a more rough texture, but this stumped me today.

All help appreciated!

[NSXR]

It sounds like you know exactly what you're doing, so if you're stumped we might all be stumped.

Maybe try something like PPG SX330? Painters use it to prep paint before sanding, and I've used it for years to clean wheels/cars before paint correcting.