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I am not sure if this is considered a wheel cleaning technique, or maybe a bad habit, but here's my question.

I was going to use the Mothers wheel cleaning brush for my tires, obviously. Can this brush be doubled up and used on both the rims, and the tires? Or is it better to use two different brushes for this? It says "wheel" brush, so does that mean the whole wheel, the rim, or just the tire?
 
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I use a stiffer (Tuf Shine) brush for the tires, and a (multiple) softer brushes for the wheels
 
For maintance washes in between when you apply the tire dressing or tire coating. Absolutely a brush that's softer for the rims works great on the tires too. As briarpatch mentioned the Tuf Shine Tire Brush is an awesome tire brush for getting the tires deeply cleaned. When I use a tire coating I don't use the Tuf Shine brush as it's very aggressive. As most tire brushes with shorter bristles are. So these shorter harder bristle brushes I use when I'm going to apply the tire coating or dressing. Otherwise I use the longer bristle brushes for maintance cleaning. Then I don't useally needs to be useing a tire brush when I have a tire coating on the tires. I get a great cleaning from the prewash foam and PW clean rinsing it off the tires thoroughly and that's enough for me. If I see a dirt build up after this I use the longer softer feathered bristle brush with the wheel cleaner which useally also is needed to be done then. Just like the Mothers Wheel Brush.

Here's the link to the Mothers Wheel Brush on AGO.

Mothers Wheel Brush makes cleaning your wheels more comfortable with a rubberized grip. Clean your wheels with Mothers Car Care Products!

/ Tony
 
crankbait09 said:
I am not sure if this is considered a wheel cleaning technique, or maybe a bad habit, but here's my question.

I was going to use the Mothers wheel cleaning brush for my tires, obviously. Can this brush be doubled up and used on both the rims, and the tires? Or is it better to use two different brushes for this? It says "wheel" brush, so does that mean the whole wheel, the rim, or just the tire?
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In the AG world of detailing a wheel brush means the face of the wheel (rim) including the barrels. A tire brush is for scrubbing the tires.

On a coated tire a much softer brush such as the Mothers wheel brush could be used as you not trying to remove the coating, but just the surface dirt and brake dust.

I often clean my coated tires and coated wheels with a mf towel and a waterless wash.
 
I see.....thank you for the responses. So it sounds like both brushes are needed, especially at first when trying to deeply clean the tire. Then the softer bristle brush to maintain.

so let me ask this, in regards to the barrels. I am certainly no detailer, other than cleaning my own vehicles. Is it very common for people to actually clean the barrels? I would have never thought to clean the barrel, especially when I can't ever see them. Out of sight, out of mind. Or does this fall in to the category, "If you're gonna do it, do it right, and not half ass".
 
crankbait09 said:
I see.....thank you for the responses. So it sounds like both brushes are needed, especially at first when trying to deeply clean the tire. Then the softer bristle brush to maintain.
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Exactly. And the brushes aren't really expensive in the long run.

You'll have them for years.
 
crankbait09 said:
I see.....thank you for the responses. So it sounds like both brushes are needed, especially at first when trying to deeply clean the tire. Then the softer bristle brush to maintain.

so let me ask this, in regards to the barrels. I am certainly no detailer, other than cleaning my own vehicles. Is it very common for people to actually clean the barrels? I would have never thought to clean the barrel, especially when I can't ever see them. Out of sight, out of mind. Or does this fall in to the category, "If you're gonna do it, do it right, and not half ass".
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If you were really hard core (anal), you would pull your wheels off to do a thorough job. LOL!!
 
Rsurfer said:
If you were really hard core (anal), you would pull your wheels off to do a thorough job. LOL!!
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That's what I do on my personal truck! Every time I rotate the tires (at 7,000 mile intervals) I thoroughly clean and wax the barrels while they're off the vehicle. In between tire rotations I just clean the barrels on the vehicle with a wheel brush or by simply wiping.
 
I could certainly see doing it during tire rotation, good idea. But taking the wheels off every car wash time to clean barrels? ah, hell naw. I aint that dedicated.
 
crankbait09 said:
I could certainly see doing it during tire rotation, good idea. But taking the wheels off every car wash time to clean barrels? ah, hell naw. I aint that dedicated.
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Ahh then you can't join the Auto Geekers Club.
 
Rsurfer said:
Good to see you post. I was just thinking about you, how are you doing?
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I’m doing much better now, thanks for asking.

Btw has anyone else had trouble getting on this forum lately? I’ve been getting an “error” message alot of the time for the past couple of days.
 
Good to see you back postin and yes on the error code. I’m getting it through tapatalk


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Eldorado2k said:
I’m doing much better now, thanks for asking.

Btw has anyone else had trouble getting on this forum lately? I’ve been getting an “error” message alot of the time for the past couple of days.
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You get a new Caddy yet? That Caddy might have just saved your life.

Yes, kept emailing Jason about it. It just happened an hour ago.
 
Eldorado2k said:
I’m doing much better now, thanks for asking.

Btw has anyone else had trouble getting on this forum lately? I’ve been getting an “error” message alot of the time for the past couple of days.
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I have too, thought it was my phone until I tried the laptop

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Rsurfer said:
You get a new Caddy yet? That Caddy might have just saved your life.

Yes, kept emailing Jason about it. It just happened an hour ago.
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This is getting ridiculous... I tried getting online several times yesterday and couldn’t get it to work. I’m shocked it’s finally working right now. Lol.

...And yes, I bought a new Caddy. Well not brand new, but you know.

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I’m very fortunate I was in a full size car. I’m also fortunate the side impact airbag worked as planned... But most importantly I was wearing my seatbelt. I never drive without buckling up.
It’s a big reason I’m still here today.
 
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