My wheel brushes are all grown up now

[pingable]

Beside the SS mitts I use on all my wheels, I now have more brushes to add to err....my existing set.



This is purely subjective but I've always preferred SS mitts as my media of choice for wheel cleaning. These are usually old retired SS mitts that are not worthy of paint no more. Never a fan of a boars hair brush on the wheels. Maybe it's just my technique but the plastic head of the brush has touched the wheels once too many times when I tried using that type of brush.



And yes....the baby sponge tools you see is much softer for my choice as a spoke brush than the EZ Detail brush. We'll see how these Powersticks fare out now..



I've always wanted a more faster, efficient way of getting inside the wheels without cutting my hands up ....which have had it's fair share of cuts on those pesky dust shields. I was a skeptic on the Powersticks but everyone that has owned one....sofar, has had nothing but +++++ experiences with them.

 

[Ben Kenobi]

Nice brushes, have you ever tried a Tampico style one? I find they work much better than the nylon ones to clean both the spokes and barrel. For the face I love my Oxo or Meg's soft wheel face brush. I also use an old SS mitt, have to get as much life out of them as possible.

 

[Setec Astronomy]

Nice brushes, have you ever tried a Tampico style one? I find they work much better than the nylon ones to clean both the spokes and barrel.

Hmmph. I'm going to have to finally try one of those Meg's wheel spoke brushes that I bought.

 

[imported_themightytimmah]

Hmmph. I'm going to have to finally try one of those Meg's wheel spoke brushes that I bought.

Don't wear anything you remotely like when using those brushes - they tend to really fling the dust/wheel cleaner mixture when you pull them out of spokes.



Chefwong - looks like a nice set of brushes. Which cleaner are you using? I need to pick up a non-acid one for my collection.

 

[twitch]

Don't wear anything you remotely like when using those brushes - they tend to really fling the dust/wheel cleaner mixture when you pull them out of spokes.

Very true! ALL of my "detailing" t-shirts have stains on them from the brush. I try to be more careful but when I'm really working it's easy to forget to pull the brush out slowly.

 

[BuffMe]

Don't wear anything you remotely like when using those brushes - they tend to really fling the dust/wheel cleaner mixture when you pull them out of spokes.

Haha, that's the truth! My face and shirt look like a leopard by the time I'm done.

 

[Setec Astronomy]

Don't wear anything you remotely like when using those brushes - they tend to really fling the dust/wheel cleaner mixture when you pull them out of spokes.

I truly appreciate that warning. IIRC a.k.a. Patrick complained rather loudly about that brush.

 

[pingable]

For wheels, I use 3 products. Summer wheels only see car wash solution every 2-3 days, and depending on how grimey they get (NYC roads are terrible), I usually reach for the P21S Gel every 3 weeks.



Winter wheels - if it's powdercoat wheels, I use car wash soap if I get to it, and when it's warm enough to wash, then I'm using APC 1:4. I don't like using APC as much as some peeps do on wheels ....but that's just me.



I can see how the Pro Detailers needs to use them on neglected customers wheels.....but I try to stay as mild as I can.

 

[imported_MacTexas]

I just used a Powerstick for the first time on my BMW and it is without a doubt the best wheel cleaner I have ever used. Just be sure to keep it wet