Hello folks. I am looking for a tire brush that has very short bristles, yet can still contour around the tire. What I found is that with a typical brush of 1" or longer bristles, the fibers just bend over when scrubbing the tire, and thus tend to miss spots around the very small raised lettering of the tire. Also the brush feels wobbly and is fatiguing to use.
I`m thinking that the ideal tire brush would be something that has short (1/4" -1/2") dense bristles, kind of like an extra wide toothbrush. This way, with the back-and-forth scrubbing action, the short bristles can reach all the areas around the raised lettering. Is there such a brush like this? Otherwise, I`m thinking of something like a doormat with the bristle texture. When cleaning my tires with the TufShine tire cleaner (which works well, BTW), I was using the scrubbing side of a dishwasher sponge. That worked ok, but because it does not have any "pile", it still missed little spots.
In the same vein, I am looking for a tire dressing applicator. I like to put on a light layer and scrub it in, for the matte look. The usual foam one will also miss these spots. I have been using a terry cloth to scrub in the dressing, but after a while, the raised lettering tears the fuzz off the cloth and again I start missing spots due to lack of pile. I haven`t tried this yet, but I was thinking of using one of my older, beat-up microfiber towels that doesn`t have soft fuzz, but rather little raised stumps by now. Any other ideas how to do this?
I`m thinking that the ideal tire brush would be something that has short (1/4" -1/2") dense bristles, kind of like an extra wide toothbrush. This way, with the back-and-forth scrubbing action, the short bristles can reach all the areas around the raised lettering. Is there such a brush like this? Otherwise, I`m thinking of something like a doormat with the bristle texture. When cleaning my tires with the TufShine tire cleaner (which works well, BTW), I was using the scrubbing side of a dishwasher sponge. That worked ok, but because it does not have any "pile", it still missed little spots.
In the same vein, I am looking for a tire dressing applicator. I like to put on a light layer and scrub it in, for the matte look. The usual foam one will also miss these spots. I have been using a terry cloth to scrub in the dressing, but after a while, the raised lettering tears the fuzz off the cloth and again I start missing spots due to lack of pile. I haven`t tried this yet, but I was thinking of using one of my older, beat-up microfiber towels that doesn`t have soft fuzz, but rather little raised stumps by now. Any other ideas how to do this?