Cleaning Carbon brake tracks

[MarginalChains]

Can anyone confirm if it’s ok to use methylated spirits to clean carbon brake tracks, or share their experience? Lightweight sell wipes (I’m concerned with meilensteins in this case but the question is general I suppose) but they’re expensive, dry out fast before cleaning a whole wheel and I’m working with some time constraints right now.

The research I’ve done is inconclusive, and it doesn’t help that it seems meths means different things in different countries (I’m in the UK).

[nickf]

When I clean my tubular carbon wheels before installing a new tire I always wipe everything down with acetone. Pretty much wipe the entire wheel down with it. Cleans well and dries fast. Never had any issues doing like that with multiple sets of wheels.

[DieselCondor]

To echo nickf- I've always used acetone on all
My carbon wheels. It won't harm the resin, a micro fibre cloth is perfect for application. If you wipe down whole wheel just be careful if you have any exterior stickers.

[pdlpsher1]

+1 on acetone. Just keep it away from the decals.

[KCookie]

Ive been using Acetone to clean my Lightweight brake tracks for years. No problems at all, but as stated keep away from any decals.

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[beanbiken]

Echo the above recommendations but also I have used methylated spirits numerous times with zero issues but as above I keep away from the decals to be safe….

[MarginalChains]

Thanks for the advice, certainly puts my mind at ease a bit!

Microfibre is definitely the way to go too, was going at it with kitchen roll for a while and getting absolutely nowhere. Much much better with the cloth!

[Butcher]

Dogpile. Acetone.

[kode54]

Is nail polish remover same as acetone? or slightly different?

[shimmeD]

I had to lol when I g'd it:
The main difference in Acetone and Nail Polish Remover is in its composition. ... Acetone is the most effective way of removing nail polish but Nail Polish Remover is not as effective as acetone. Removing with acetone requires less time and effort while Nail Polish Remover may take up to 20 minutes of scrubbing of nails.
Another answer is 90% acetone and 10% water.

[eurostar]

There are various types of nail polish remover - read the labels. Some have no acetone at all. The ones with acetone have different concentrations. Cutex Ultra Powerful is 98% acteone.