Brush Recommendations

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I have two areas that I can't seem to get satisfied with during my detailing process. Wheel wells and wheels. Can anyone recommend some good brushes for both of these areas? For the wheel wells I want a brush that is low profile enough to fit in the smaller gaps, and for the wheels themselves something that can get to the inner part of the wheel. I can't stand to have the face of the wheel clean and the inner surface pitch black. This is driving me nuts and any help would be greatly appreciated.
 
i'm just use some cheap deep pile MF wash mits on my wheels. They are plush enough to get in all the nooks and crannies, and my spokes are spaced out far enough to reach my hand though the wheel and clean the inner lip, having 22's probably helps with that though, heh. Another tip is to apply some sort of sealant to your wheels to help them shed brake dust and other contaminants better.
 
the meg's spoke brush is long enough to get to the inner parts of the rims, and it's thin enough to get into intricate spoke designs. for the wells, i just use an old sheepskin.
 
JoeJ said:
i'm just use some cheap deep pile MF wash mits on my wheels. They are plush enough to get in all the nooks and crannies, and my spokes are spaced out far enough to reach my hand though the wheel and clean the inner lip, having 22's probably helps with that though, heh. Another tip is to apply some sort of sealant to your wheels to help them shed brake dust and other contaminants better.
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Wheels are sealed, just need brush advice. My spokes aren't far enough apart to reach through, or for most brushes to fit through.
 
For the hard-to-reach areas on wheels, I usually poke a MF back in there, using a thin flat stick. The S8 has virtually no clearance between the caliper and the wheel, so if I'm not moving to car to gain access I clean that area with a large foam swab (Griot's and others sell them). That swab works OK for other areas, but it takes a while as it's pretty small.



I do a lot of my wheelwell cleaning with a Quickee Sponge Mop. It's a sponge on a plastic stick, made for cleaning glassware. I get them at the local grocery but I've seen them at Discount Drug Marts too. Just be careful to replace it before you really need to; the sponge is held on with a wire loop that could really do damage if the sponge wears enough for it to poke through. I buy those things by the dozen and even use them for the kind of wheel cleaning discussed above. Sponges aren't as good as brushes though, and if I can reach a spot with a small BHB (see Griot's pn #05520, $30 well-spent ;) ) I use the brush instead.
 
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