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Mike Phillips
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Must Have Wheel Cleaning Brushes that make cleaning wheels fast and easy
I wash a lot of wheels and tires. I'm lazy by nature but OCD at the same time. (how does that work?). I ALWAYS wash wheels and tires first and then wash the car. Besides avoiding water spots and the fact that the order you wash a car is relative. When it comes to any job, I've always practiced tackling the hardest aspect of the job first. This is another reason I wash wheels and tires first. Washing body panels on a car is pretty easy and straightforward, but when you wash wheels and tires you have to sit your butt on the ground and w-o-r-k. That's 2 reasons I knock out the wheels and tires first.
At all my detailing classes I also focus on EXTREME CAR WASHING. Yeah I know, kind of dramatic huh? But in my opinion and experinec,e THE most important aspect for most detail jobs STARTS with getting the car SURGICALLY CLEAN. Every other step gets easier and your results are better if you first start with an incredibly clean car.
Wheel and Tire Brushes
When it comes to getting your wheels and tires clean, how fast you can do it and how WELL you can do it always comes down to your TOOLS. If you have crappy brushes it's going to take you longer, you're not going to do a very good job so you get crappy results. What I teach in my classes and what I practice is to invest in great car washing tools. You'll get the job done better - faster. And then you can move on to the next steps.
Here' what I use...
Wheel and Tire Brush Bucket
If you ever join the IDA - one of the questions on the Skill Validation tests is how many buckets does it take to do a proper car wash and the answer is 3 buckets. The third bucket being your Wheel & Tire Bucket. There you go, I just gave you an answer for the test.
Some soap for the brushes - helps to clean the wheels better and also helps to clean the brushes when your done.
Start by putting your DRY brushes in the bucket.
Speed Master Wheel Brush
The Speed Master Wheel Brush makes getting the barrels and backs of the spokes clean fast and easy. The only way to do a better job would be to remove the wheels so for most people, this brush is a must-have tool.
To get your car's wheels clean - start with the Speed Master Wheel Brush and clean the wheel barrels.
Next, bend the flexible vinyl coated shaft to make a U-shape
Now clean the back of the wheel spokes...
Removing stubborn brake dust and road film in hard to reach areas
The Speed Master Wheel Detailing Brush works great to get into tight areas around the brake calibers to agitate and remove stubborn brake dust AND ROAD FILM.
IF you don't know what Road Film is and where it comes from, read my article here, the pictures tell the story.
Road Film - If you drive your car in the rain your car has road film
More action shots of the Speed Master Wheel Brush....
Then if you're the OCD type of person that needs the back of the spokes clean, (no one will ever see them but what the heck), then bend the brush to get the back of the spokes.
Get your here,
Speed Master Wheel Brush

I wash a lot of wheels and tires. I'm lazy by nature but OCD at the same time. (how does that work?). I ALWAYS wash wheels and tires first and then wash the car. Besides avoiding water spots and the fact that the order you wash a car is relative. When it comes to any job, I've always practiced tackling the hardest aspect of the job first. This is another reason I wash wheels and tires first. Washing body panels on a car is pretty easy and straightforward, but when you wash wheels and tires you have to sit your butt on the ground and w-o-r-k. That's 2 reasons I knock out the wheels and tires first.
At all my detailing classes I also focus on EXTREME CAR WASHING. Yeah I know, kind of dramatic huh? But in my opinion and experinec,e THE most important aspect for most detail jobs STARTS with getting the car SURGICALLY CLEAN. Every other step gets easier and your results are better if you first start with an incredibly clean car.
Wheel and Tire Brushes
When it comes to getting your wheels and tires clean, how fast you can do it and how WELL you can do it always comes down to your TOOLS. If you have crappy brushes it's going to take you longer, you're not going to do a very good job so you get crappy results. What I teach in my classes and what I practice is to invest in great car washing tools. You'll get the job done better - faster. And then you can move on to the next steps.
Here' what I use...
Wheel and Tire Brush Bucket
If you ever join the IDA - one of the questions on the Skill Validation tests is how many buckets does it take to do a proper car wash and the answer is 3 buckets. The third bucket being your Wheel & Tire Bucket. There you go, I just gave you an answer for the test.
Some soap for the brushes - helps to clean the wheels better and also helps to clean the brushes when your done.
Start by putting your DRY brushes in the bucket.
Speed Master Wheel Brush
The Speed Master Wheel Brush makes getting the barrels and backs of the spokes clean fast and easy. The only way to do a better job would be to remove the wheels so for most people, this brush is a must-have tool.
To get your car's wheels clean - start with the Speed Master Wheel Brush and clean the wheel barrels.
Next, bend the flexible vinyl coated shaft to make a U-shape
Now clean the back of the wheel spokes...
Removing stubborn brake dust and road film in hard to reach areas
The Speed Master Wheel Detailing Brush works great to get into tight areas around the brake calibers to agitate and remove stubborn brake dust AND ROAD FILM.
IF you don't know what Road Film is and where it comes from, read my article here, the pictures tell the story.
Road Film - If you drive your car in the rain your car has road film
More action shots of the Speed Master Wheel Brush....
Then if you're the OCD type of person that needs the back of the spokes clean, (no one will ever see them but what the heck), then bend the brush to get the back of the spokes.
Get your here,
Speed Master Wheel Brush
