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Subject:Re: Wheel Cleaner Spray Bottle Rant
From:Stan Wilder
Date:Mon, 17 Jun 2002 12:33:01 -0500

Made in China pumps. NWAS (p-mail for definition)
I use a tire brush and a plastic bucket with Wesley's Bleach white,
cheaper than the FuFu stuff and cleans your Pop-Top too.

Stan Wilder
83 Air Cooled Westy
On Mon, 17 Jun 2002 09:01:49 -0700 luvoldvws <luvoldvws@YAHOO.COM>
writes:
> To all,
>
> Has anyone else notice this?
>
> The last two bottles of spray wheel cleaner that I
> purchased, the pump spray quit working before I used
> up the contents of the bottle.  In both cases I
> purchased a cheap empty pump spray bottle at my local
> variety store and filled it with the remaining
> contents of the wheel cleaner.  This new pump spray
> bottle worked for only a couple of applications before
> the pump sprayer quit also.
>
> Possible conclusions:
>
> 1.  I am the victim of bad luck, most pump sprayers
> work well beyond the depletion of their contents.
>
> or
>
> 2.  There is a property of wheel cleaner that wears
> out pump sprayers prematurely.
>
> or
>
> 3.  Wheel cleaner manufacturers want to sell you more
> wheel cleaner and design the pump sprayer to fail
> early.
>
> What say the list?
>
> Oh, BTW mandatory Vanagon content:  Keep your alloy
> wheels clean.  Brake dust build up can erode the metal
> of the OEM alloy wheels and do permanent damage.
>
>
>
> =====
> Dennis Lockwood
> 91 Carat
> Original Owner
>
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