I agree with Nogoslim but there are a few things you might want to consider , I have the american wire 100 spoke rims and I live in the tropics , I spent 4 hours cleaning it the first time , yes tooth brush and I could see i wasn't going to do that again , I bought a chrome spoke wheel cleaner and to my surprise it worked awesome , takes under 4 minutes a rim , thats worth it , I used it from eagle one , be sure to follow the dirrections careful , also it wont clean the rust off but I have bought some light scouring pads with soap built in and they do wonders .