Felt rear wheel wells?

Mike Honcho said:
I'm just concerned that my pressure washer will do damage to the liner. I might try the wet/dry vac.
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It won't unless it's some crazy powerful gas one. I work at a BMW dealer where you clean every service car and everyone's felt wheel liners get pressure washed. Never a problem.
 
builthatch said:
i have a car with these in the rear and a car with them all around.

i rarely have to use more than the hose to get every single thing out. i just flood the heck out of them and put the sprayer on the hardest stream and hit them hard in an organized pattern. on rare occasion i will spray some Power Clean and agitate a bit with a Daytona.

my wife ran over an exploded container of some sort of industrial expanding foam. it got all over the place including all four fabric wheel wells. a power washer obliterated every single piece of that junk. so, that is my last stop if the regular hose doesn't do anything.
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:iagree: I don't know where tape and brushes come into play here ,pressure washer it ,or a hose start with jet force pattern then fan it.
 
GSKR said:
:iagree: I don't know where tape and brushes come into play here
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Along with some of my other reasons:
-When a free flowing water source is not available
-When removing debris, such as described by the OP,
doesn't really call for a power washing---and showering
surrounding components.
-When "gentleness" is one of the requisites.


Bob
 
I'm going to go the gentle route to start, like Bob suggested, and kick it up from there.
 
The felt liners suck. My cars have them.

The only thing I have known to do the job is the pressure washer, and I stick the sprayer right into the wheel well to blast the liners. It doesn't damage the liner and there is a sh*t-ton of debris that always comes out. Much worse in the winter time and in the spring when I swap out my wheels.

I have been thinking of using a spray liner like Rust-Oleum truck bed liner spray. I don't know if this would even stick or whether it would improve the situation at all.
 
I'll have to look into this pet brush. How durable is it? I suspect it's designed for interior upholstery.

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I found out today that this tire brush works very well for the felt wheel wells. They were dry when brushed. I don't think it would have worked as well if they were wet.

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I found out today that this tire brush works very well for the felt wheel wells. They were dry when brushed. I don't think it would have worked as well if they were wet.

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Thank you Kevin. My new Cadillac has felt wheel wells and traditional cleaning method wasn't working. Tomorrow I'm off to auto parts store to get a tire brush.
 
The wheel wells on the new Kia are the same way. I just spray them with Megs [email protected] and hit them with a strong stream of water. I've never had a problem with them not coming clean so far.

From the looks of it, I'd try that repeatedly before taking a brush to them. They look like they might be delicate and I wouldn't want to scrub through the felt.
 
Although I said mine are felt, I don't think they so. They're definitely fabric. I prefer the sprayer method, but I don't always have it out, and in the middle of winter, it isn't always available to knock off all the thick dried out dirt and salt mixture from the winter roads. If I had my druthers, I'd spray it as well. Not always practical.

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GSKR said:
:iagree: I don't know where tape and brushes come into play here ,pressure washer it ,or a hose start with jet force pattern then fan it.
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That's what I'm sayin'

Mike Honcho said:
I'm just concerned that my pressure washer will do damage to the liner. I might try the wet/dry vac.
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...i simply use the power washer up inside (or spray nozzle from hose) and go up and around the entire thing. You're not going to damage anything, I mean I've never done it any other way aside fromusing a hose when power washer wasn't available...you'll be fine. Sometimes I do have to go pull out the rando, stubborn leaf, or like you mentioned, a pine needle with my fingers. Don't think you need to go the wet/dry vac, but hey give er a try and report back to us

P.s...like Eldorado mentioned, you might want to go easy with the brush as it is a felt-ish/fabric and scrubbing it might pull up all the fibers and mess up the liners. Just my 2¢...good luck mate



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