Tips for regular, maintenance washing honeycomb grills?

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icehole

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Speaking of soft bumper plastic, rather than hard, radiator grill plastic, if that matters.





I don't mind doing it really thoroughly every month or so, but IMO that's too much work to do w/ every wash. I treat it kinda like vacuuming the interior and it only gets attention when it gets to that point.



Usually, I take my wheel brush and press the bristles into the holes and try to get the corners well. Then when it's drying time, I bump the bottom of the bumper w/ my hand to knock most the water out, and blot it with the towel I dry my wheels with. I know the leaf-blower would help, but I'm not gonna bust it out for every wash. Also, I tried putting the cheap spray tire dressing I use for wheel wells on it, so that I wouldn't have to do each slot, but it would collect dust - no more of that.



Still, it never comes out perfectly. I'm thinking about spraying it with wheel cleaner next wash and seeing what that gets me. I don't mind getting into it once every (other) month, but wondering how everyone else deals with this on a regular basis.







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I wash those with the same stuff I use on the rest of the vehicle- BHBs followed by mitts. When needed (rarely), I'll do each opening with a large swab.



I use the Klasse twins on them. Yeah, it takes a while, but once I get six or so layers of KSG on there all I have to do is wash for a good long time (many months). A little spritz of FK425 when drying doesn't hurt either.



I still use both the AirWand and air compressor for drying though, can't imagine drying any vehicle without them.
 
swan said:
S100 engine brightener

I have used this on my billet grill with good success.
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Never thought of S100 EB or Pig Spit. The longevity is good on wrinkle black engines... gonna have to give it a try on the grillwork. Good tip!



TL
 
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