Need: wheel well brush for tight clearance...

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What wheel well brush is everyone using on tight wheel to well clearance.... I have the Mothers one that works great on our Denali...but my Hyundai Veloster work car came with the bigger 18" wheels that fill the well up pretty good and the mothers brush won't fit.
 
I used to clean my VT's wheel whell with trimmed bristles Carrand 94039 brush. Also, try to park car on slope that it would make car lean on one side this way you could have a bit more access to the other side.
 
A brush that works for tight fender wells doesn't seem to exist. I've heard of people trying toilet brushes. I tried that as well and it works Ok, but not great.

What I've done so far is to get a cheap fender well brush from Walmart and cut the bristles down to about half their normal length. It's still not perfect, but works better than anything else I've tried.
 
I just use a terry towel in my hand and if that's not enough I'll jack the car up and get a regular fender brush in there.
 
I don't think wheel well cleaning warrants a special brush.I only clean what is visible to the customer,now on Tahoe and pickups I will drench the wheel wells with apc and hit it with a pressure washer then dress them.The only time I agitate a wheel well is if it's colored like the Silverado for example.If your into that then just buy a hand mitt and only use it for that purpose .Then coat the wheel wells with some quality dressing where you can't reach .I always see 20 hr projects where the wheel wells and tires look dead,for me the little things like that tighten up the job.I even dress the wire harness housing in the door jambs if you spend less time on making the paint 120 percent your average customer will not even care,they care about the finishing touches like cowl door jambs spare tire all those little things if you point them out to them when they pay you,they will ever forget that you never missed a thing and will be a customer for a long time.
 
FUNX650 said:
^^^This^^^ :xyxthumbs:

Or:
•Hose-off/pressure-wash as best as possible
•Pull the tire/wheel assemblies.
(After cleaning: Re-torque to specs.)


Bob
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Your majority customer base will not compensate you to do that .some will hear wheel removal and it's a automatic no for liability wise.make sure your getting paid to to that.me personally would not get involved in that ,just clean wheel barrels good and wheel wells the best you can.I can see if a guy is driving a 911 turbo all year round and in the winter,then removing the wheels would be worth the effort if he is gonna pay for all that labor.
 
Guess I will try cutting one down from Walmart.... The plastic liners sit flush with the edge of the fender lip and look like total crap against a nicely dressed tire... The plastic doesn't like releasing dirt without agitation.... At least the Walmart option is s cheap one.... Thanks for the help!
 
GSKR said:
Your majority customer base will not compensate you to do that .some will hear wheel removal and it's a automatic no for liability wise.make sure your getting paid to to that.me personally would not get involved in that ,just clean wheel barrels good and wheel wells the best you can.
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I didn't say I'd do it without:
1.) being compensated; or:
2.) if a Customer said not to.

In these above scenarios:
They'll have to live with the results of
my best wheel-well cleaning practices.

GSKR said:
I can see if a guy is driving a 911 turbo all year round and in the winter,then removing the wheels would be worth the effort if he is gonna pay for all that labor.
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If he's crazy enough to drive that 911 turbo around
my neck of the woods (Ohio) year 'round...including
the Winter season...Then:

I really don't think I could trust him enough
to compensate me for my labor---no matter
the "detailing task". :D



Bob
 
GSKR said:
Your majority customer base will not compensate you to do that .some will hear wheel removal and it's a automatic no for liability wise.make sure your getting paid to to that.me personally would not get involved in that ,just clean wheel barrels good and wheel wells the best you can.I can see if a guy is driving a 911 turbo all year round and in the winter,then removing the wheels would be worth the effort if he is gonna pay for all that labor.
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OP asked about his own car.
 
builthatch said:
daytona.
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Like Bob mentioned:
•Hose-off/pressure-wash as best as possible


and

I also read recommendations if you're dealing with the felt material that the rubber pet hair removal brush works good at getting off any debris.
 
Just buy 1 of these dishwashing brushes from the 99cent store. They work great for narrow wheel wells. I have several of these for different uses including scrubbing rubber matts and another for my carpet art.

$1 each!

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