Question to Detailers with a business - washing hot wheels

[shadow85]

I always wondered, is it ok to wash wheels when they are still hot from driving? For the pro`s out there who have there own business, how do you deal with customers who just arrive to your shop after a decent drive, where the wheels are still hot?

[RaskyR1]

I always wondered, is it ok to wash wheels when they are still hot from driving? For the pro`s out there who have there own business, how do you deal with customers who just arrive to your shop after a decent drive, where the wheels are still hot?



I allow them to cool before cleaning. I simply work on something else until they have cooled off enough.

[Dan]

The wheels aren`t nearly as big of a problem as are hot brakes.

[Nth Degree]

Don`t do it. Not only can you damage the wheels with the cleaner but you can warp the brakes by spraying them with cool water.

[Scottwax]

That`s one of the nice things about being mobile, usually the car has been sitting for a while by the time I get there. If the wheels are hot, I wait until they cool.

[DaGonz]

When I bring a client`s car to my house to detail, I spend the first 30 to 45 minutes setting up my pressure washer and foam cannon, filling the buckets with car wash solution and laying out all the products and pads I will be using. By that time, the wheels have cooled enough to safely clean them.

[Memphis]

I always do door jams first, then raise the hood so the engine bay can cool down, then clean the interior, then do wheels, then engine bay, then wash.



I do the door jams before the interior because I don`t want the dirt and water from the door jams getting into the interior after I`ve cleaned it. I always try to do the hardest parts/parts I like least first, so I can get them out of the way, so that`s why my work flow is set up this way. It also allows time for the engine and wheels to cool down.