Mike Phillips
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How to wash Ferrari Wheels and Tires
Recently we detailed a 1987 Ferrari 328 GTS for the winner of the silent auction to raise money for Autism Speaks at the 9th Annual Detail Fest.
Helping me with this project was my friend and forum member Frank or FrankS on the forum who has become a very good detailer since joining our forum and attending our Thursday night projects. So good in fact I completely trust him to tackle any aspect of detailing this Ferrari.
We detailed the entire car, including
This first write-up documents how we removed the greasy tire dressing and then restored a clean, dry finish to the tires and coated the wheels with Black Label Diamond Wheel Coating.
Wash Wheels & Tires First
First up is machine cleaning the tires. All my life every time I've read an article, book, webpage, or watched a video the person telling me how to detail a car is always telling me that when it comes to washing a car you,
Start at the top and work your way down.
I 100% disagree and in fact do just the opposite, I start with the wheels and tires FIRST and after the wheels and tires then I start at the top of the car and work my way down. I explain why in my how-to book.
Tire Cleaning
These tires had some type of oily, greasy tire dressing on them and we're going to change things up a little with a product that stays dry to the touch and cleans easier into the future.
In this shot I'm spraying Detailer's Wheel Cleaner, which can also be used to clean tires onto the sidewalls and then machine scrubbing using a Cyclo Grey Ultra Soft Upholstery Brush on a Griot's Garage polisher.
Note: Be sure to use common sense when using any electric tool around a source of water and always plug into a GFI outlet.
Safety First - Always plug-in to a GFI or Ground Fault Interrupter
Wheel Washing
After I cleaned the tire Frank takes over to clean the wheel. For this he's using the same product, that is the Detailer's Wheel Cleaner only it's in an Autogeek Z-011D Tornador Air Foamer HP .
What's cool about the Tornador Air Foamer is it will foam just about ANYTHING! Try it and see for yourself.
Now check this out!
Yeah I know... it's kind of overkill but it makes for a great picture!
Here's Frank using the Speed Master Wheel Brush to clean in-between the spokes the back of the spokes and the back of the wheel barrel.
Flexible and bendable
What's cool about the Speedmaster Wheel Brush is you can custom bend it to fit your wheels. This enables you to get to areas you normally could not reach without removing the wheel.
Next Frank uses the Wheel Woolies Boar’s Hair Wheel Brush
to safely wash the face of the wheels. I love this brush! If you don't have one get one. If I were to make a list of my top 10 favorite tools this would be on the list.
Next it's time to clean the lug nuts and lug nut barrels using the Professional Lug Nut Brush which does a great job of getting into these tight areas to remove road film and brake dust.
Fenderwells
Next Frank's going to get the fenderwells with some foamed Detailer's Wheel Cleaner and Mothers Fender Well Brush which has a long hand and angled brush head to make cleaning these hard to reach areas a breeze.
Time to rinse...
We then used this same process to the other three wheels. If you really want to see the pictures I have them.
:xyxthumbs:
Recently we detailed a 1987 Ferrari 328 GTS for the winner of the silent auction to raise money for Autism Speaks at the 9th Annual Detail Fest.
Helping me with this project was my friend and forum member Frank or FrankS on the forum who has become a very good detailer since joining our forum and attending our Thursday night projects. So good in fact I completely trust him to tackle any aspect of detailing this Ferrari.
We detailed the entire car, including
- Interior - Using the Dupray Hill Injection Steam Cleaner and Black Label interior products. Wait till you see the before and after results from steam cleaning.
- Engine compartment
- Exterior paint
- Spare tire and spare tire compartment
- Wheels and tires
This first write-up documents how we removed the greasy tire dressing and then restored a clean, dry finish to the tires and coated the wheels with Black Label Diamond Wheel Coating.
Wash Wheels & Tires First
First up is machine cleaning the tires. All my life every time I've read an article, book, webpage, or watched a video the person telling me how to detail a car is always telling me that when it comes to washing a car you,
Start at the top and work your way down.
I 100% disagree and in fact do just the opposite, I start with the wheels and tires FIRST and after the wheels and tires then I start at the top of the car and work my way down. I explain why in my how-to book.
Tire Cleaning
These tires had some type of oily, greasy tire dressing on them and we're going to change things up a little with a product that stays dry to the touch and cleans easier into the future.
In this shot I'm spraying Detailer's Wheel Cleaner, which can also be used to clean tires onto the sidewalls and then machine scrubbing using a Cyclo Grey Ultra Soft Upholstery Brush on a Griot's Garage polisher.
Note: Be sure to use common sense when using any electric tool around a source of water and always plug into a GFI outlet.
Safety First - Always plug-in to a GFI or Ground Fault Interrupter
Wheel Washing
After I cleaned the tire Frank takes over to clean the wheel. For this he's using the same product, that is the Detailer's Wheel Cleaner only it's in an Autogeek Z-011D Tornador Air Foamer HP .
What's cool about the Tornador Air Foamer is it will foam just about ANYTHING! Try it and see for yourself.
Now check this out!
Yeah I know... it's kind of overkill but it makes for a great picture!
Here's Frank using the Speed Master Wheel Brush to clean in-between the spokes the back of the spokes and the back of the wheel barrel.
Flexible and bendable
What's cool about the Speedmaster Wheel Brush is you can custom bend it to fit your wheels. This enables you to get to areas you normally could not reach without removing the wheel.
Next Frank uses the Wheel Woolies Boar’s Hair Wheel Brush
to safely wash the face of the wheels. I love this brush! If you don't have one get one. If I were to make a list of my top 10 favorite tools this would be on the list.
Next it's time to clean the lug nuts and lug nut barrels using the Professional Lug Nut Brush which does a great job of getting into these tight areas to remove road film and brake dust.
Fenderwells
Next Frank's going to get the fenderwells with some foamed Detailer's Wheel Cleaner and Mothers Fender Well Brush which has a long hand and angled brush head to make cleaning these hard to reach areas a breeze.
Time to rinse...
We then used this same process to the other three wheels. If you really want to see the pictures I have them.
:xyxthumbs:
