how many of you soak wheel & tire tools in a bucket while cleaning them?

[briarpatch]

Since this evolved/devolved into an informal poll, here goes…

How many of you OCD types drive each tire up onto a beveled piece of 2x6 about 2’ long so the outer tread/sidewall are off the ground so you can get the entire outer sidewall and edge of the tread scrubbed and treated




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uummmm....guilty as charged.....helps when applying tire dressing as well

 

[MisterSnoop]

I just always park with the part of the tires down so no one can notice it.

I'm wheels/tires first

 

[opie2]

Re: how many of you soak wheel & tire tools in a bucket while cleaning them?

Since this evolved/devolved into an informal poll, here goes…

How many of you OCD types drive each tire up onto a beveled piece of 2x6 about 2’ long so the outer tread/sidewall are off the ground so you can get the entire outer sidewall and edge of the tread scrubbed and treated




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Oh my...i must refrain from picking up that bad habbit. That just might be the craziest thing ive heard, i will forever now think of you chilly when i scrub my tires. Its probly good i dont know what you look like so i can just picture a penguin instead lol

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[dgage]

Since this evolved/devolved into an informal poll, here goes…

How many of you OCD types drive each tire up onto a beveled piece of 2x6 about 2’ long so the outer tread/sidewall are off the ground so you can get the entire outer sidewall and edge of the tread scrubbed and treated

Not a 2x6. But less for the scrubbing and more for applying tire dressing completely.

 

[DFB]

Since this evolved/devolved into an informal poll, here goes…

How many of you OCD types drive each tire up onto a beveled piece of 2x6 about 2’ long so the outer tread/sidewall are off the ground so you can get the entire outer sidewall and edge of the tread scrubbed and treated




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I may be totally crazy when it comes to detailing, but not that crazy! :laughing:

 

[Bosko]

Ever think of driving the car forward 2 feet and treating the low spot on the tire.....LOL

 

[opie2]

Ever think of driving the car forward 2 feet and treating the low spot on the tire.....LOL

Lol ive done that a time or two. Much faster than other methods. But again....to each their own

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[Desertnate]

Hmmm. Interesting conversation.

I don't elevate my tires, but I do understand the problem. I typically will dress the tires as they sit, and then later in the day or after pulling the vehicle in the garage, I'll go back and touch up the spot I couldn't get to before. Fortunately this is really only for one of our cars. My car has low profile tires and the sidewall is completely accessible. It's the wife's SUV where the tires bulge a bit at the bottom which prevents a proper dressing.

As for the brushes, I normally just blast them off with the hose when moving between wheels, which I do wash before doing the rest of the car.

 

[Pats300zx]

Since this evolved/devolved into an informal poll, here goes…

How many of you OCD types drive each tire up onto a beveled piece of 2x6 about 2’ long so the outer tread/sidewall are off the ground so you can get the entire outer sidewall and edge of the tread scrubbed and treated




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Why not just pull the car ahead a few inches to get the tire that is at the 6 o'clock position? I think this is faster than getting out 2 x 6 boards and driving the car up.

 

[dgage]

Ever think of driving the car forward 2 feet and treating the low spot on the tire.....LOL

Didn’t realize that was an option. That’s usually what I do but putting the tires up on small ramps keeps the tires off the concrete and away from water. Works better when the temps are lower and the concrete doesn’t dry as well. But it is also a heck of a lot easier to apply dressing when the tires are elevated.

 

[PouncingPanzer]

Since this evolved/devolved into an informal poll, here goes…

How many of you OCD types drive each tire up onto a beveled piece of 2x6 about 2’ long so the outer tread/sidewall are off the ground so you can get the entire outer sidewall and edge of the tread scrubbed and treated




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Hey, that works!

I just accept the fact I can't reach 3% of the sidewall and go over it with dressing still afterwards, can never notice I didn't scrub those small areas, that said, my tires are never more than just dusty so the dressing blends those spots just fine with the scrubbed portions.

 

[Rsurfer]

Why not just pull the car ahead a few inches to get the tire that is at the 6 o'clock position? I think this is faster than getting out 2 x 6 boards and driving the car up.

Doing it twice (washing/dressing) is also a hassle.

 

[chilly]

Doing it twice (washing/dressing) is also a hassle.

Yeah, it's kind of a pick your preferred hassle scenario

I think a lot of my habit developed because I almost always worked on gravel and dredging a scrub brush or a dressing applicator near gravel/dirt was never appealing, plus pressure blasting off the lower portion of a tire sitting on gravel is a recipe for disaster

Getting it off the ground in one move always seemed preferable to me

I was never a big fan of Dallas Paint Correction but he did a video using the same method but utilizing those giant leggo RV leveling blocks and if I hadn't already made some ramps out of 2x6s I would have probably gone that route

To each his own

Peace

 

[MisterSnoop]

Definitely makes sense if you're on gravel

 

[The Guz]

I have never heard of this in storing the brushes in water. I just rinse them off, shake them out and leave them in an empty bucket.