mjlinane
My name is Mike
In a different thread, I'd posted that I wasn't happy with any of the wheel brushes I had. I have a couple of CG offerings (Weasel and Raccoon) and a number of OTC offerings. They all "worked" but shared a couple of things in common: a metal spine and bristles. For my customer's cars (customers who didn't realize people actually cleaned wheels much less even knowing they have inner barrels), these worked fine - sometimes digging out years of caked on brake dust. But for my treasured cars (who look better than the day they drove off of the lot 1 and 9 years ago), they seem too aggressive and ill-suited for the rinseless washes I am generally consigned to doing. They also don't fit well behind the calipers. I also say "seem" because, after a year's worth of washes, I see no damage to the wheels. Still, just didn't think was the optimal solution. Then GG sent me an email last week advertising the MF Wheel Wands and Foam Swabs so I decided to give them a try.
When they arrived, I was a little surprised, They were somehow smaller than I was expecting. The MF Wheel Wands also use a stiffer MF than I'd seen before also but is was much softer than an bristled brush I owned. I really liked the spine was a thick plastic. The Foam Swabs looked like very large wooden spined QTips.
I tried them today during today's rinseless wash of my DD. The wheels were quite clean but you can't let a little thing like that get in the way of a good story. I use a grout sponge for the faces of the wheels and took the larger MF Wheel Wand to the inner barrel. It turned out to be an excellent fit and reached all of the inner barrel without any of that disconcerting metal-on-metal sound that I sometimes heard this the other brushes. I used the smaller one in the narrow areas in the spokes. I especially like that it didn't spray me with liquid brake dust while working between the spokes. The Foam swab fit nicely between the calipers and inner barrel.
So far, I'm quite pleased. If they last more than 6 months or so, I'll be ecstatic.
I'll continue to use the older brushes on my customer's caked-on wheels but like these so far. And, for the $26 total shipped, they appear to be a winner.
When they arrived, I was a little surprised, They were somehow smaller than I was expecting. The MF Wheel Wands also use a stiffer MF than I'd seen before also but is was much softer than an bristled brush I owned. I really liked the spine was a thick plastic. The Foam Swabs looked like very large wooden spined QTips.
I tried them today during today's rinseless wash of my DD. The wheels were quite clean but you can't let a little thing like that get in the way of a good story. I use a grout sponge for the faces of the wheels and took the larger MF Wheel Wand to the inner barrel. It turned out to be an excellent fit and reached all of the inner barrel without any of that disconcerting metal-on-metal sound that I sometimes heard this the other brushes. I used the smaller one in the narrow areas in the spokes. I especially like that it didn't spray me with liquid brake dust while working between the spokes. The Foam swab fit nicely between the calipers and inner barrel.
So far, I'm quite pleased. If they last more than 6 months or so, I'll be ecstatic.
I'll continue to use the older brushes on my customer's caked-on wheels but like these so far. And, for the $26 total shipped, they appear to be a winner.
