Make a table out of those old wheels in your garage

Step 3 Clean your wheels

While you're waiting for the paint on the base to dry clean your wheels really good. You need to get all the dirt, tar, brake dust, gravel, and tire shine products off of the wheels, tire sidewalls, and tread. You don't want to have anything on there that's going to smell or get you, your floor, or your furniture dirty after you bring it in the house. I used Simple Green with a brush and a rag to clean mine. Set them aside to dry.