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I believe many of us enjoy maintaining and cleaning our cars and have amassed little tools and techniques we use for various things. I had the pleasure of meeting Mr Avery this past Friday and confessing he was one of the many that enjoyed cleaning his car I mentioned how much I liked my wheel woolies and was a bit surprised that he didn't have a set. So just thought I'd share. A friend introduced them to me a while back and they are amazing. Just a big cotton swab looking thing that allows you to reach the backside of your wheels very easily.


http://www.chemicalguys.com/Wheel_Wo...XWwaAuUH8P8HAQ

Those are great tools. Number one tool a AM owner should have is the Metro Master Blaster air machine. That way you dry your car with air, not a towel. Will help prevent scratches and swirls.

For wheels like yours (open wheels) I just use a mf towel. Easier with hands to get the barrel and behind the spokes. The wheel woollies just don't get into the cracks as easily as your hands. However with tight spoke wheels such as the DBS, they are a must.

If you put a coating on your wheels such as 22ple it will help clean them much easier.

Agree on that. I get the spokes with an old mit. Use the wheel woolies for getting the wheel rims way back on the inside. Since having them I notice a lot of cars whose wheels look great up to the back of the spokes and then they're filthy for the last 6 to 8 inches past that. The woolies are great for reaching that part. Ron had said he has a lift and can easily reach the backs of his.

Yes they are good for that, I reach by hand to get that area.

Funny, now that you clean yours, you start noticing how dirty everyone else are, and what they don't clean.

Same for Paint Corrections---- Since learning the process and do the work to all my cars, I easily notice how awful peoples paint is, even those who declare they detail their cars all the time. Ruins car shows for me too. Seeing a Ferrari, Lambo, even Koneiggsegg with swirls bothers me to no end.

Ha! I look at all cars a bit differently now. How are they gonna clean/polish that? Lots of factory rear spoilers are so low they'd have to be removed to get a good cleaning under them. Even the Vanquish boot lid spoiler. How can you polish under that at either end?

Quick question - so I'm ok at cleaning but I do have some white wax residue in some gaps that are a bit down there. Was thinking of a very soft toothbrush and some water? But afraid of leaving little scratches on the edges of the gap from the bristles.

What is a Metro Master Blaster air machine? Still learning...

Its a very fancy air blower. Think of it as a leaf blower that warms the air. It has a filter on the intake section so it wont be blasting air with a bunch of containments onto your paint. I was cheap and brought the sidekick which is a small version of it. I used a electric leaf blower with a filter covering the intake and finished it off with the side kick. It works really well if you use deionized water like the CR spotless water system.
My black car has opticoat on it. I wash car and rinse and just air dry it with leaf blower/sidekick. The less you touch it the less chance of scratches/swirls.

Hi..
thank you for explaining.... My car came with many swirls...Bought auto glym resin and helped a ton than applied zylom overtop...I can still see where bad areas are and must retouch up with something stronger..I never thought of air drying...Wow...So dumb at times...I appreciate...I will look up on net
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Thanks for the video, now I understand what wheel woolies look like. I must confess that I had my detailer clean my car today when I got home. He used his pressure washer to get all of the mud off of my car and the wheel wells. And he did a full detail. Now I will have to get my Vantage on my lift to detail the underside. That drive really did a number on my car. Thanks for the cleaning tip.
Ron

Ron...My wife is my detailer...Which means I must clean the car. Lucky man😁

I love my wheel woolies. Made life sooo much easier when it came to cleaning the barrels of my wheels.

So anyone here in Southern California with proper detailing tools and abilities want to help me wash my car? I'll compensate :)

I didn't know about this fancy blower.
I went ahead and bought a wired leaf blower with a little cloth filter to get her dry.

To clean my wheels, I use a wool glove.
This protects my hands and works pretty good.
I guess the WHEEL WOOLIE would help me to clean the wheels in the back easier but behind the spokes I still would need to get my glove on.

Since I love new gadgets, I will give it a shot. Thanks for the clue!

You mean these?


https://jet.com/product/detail/e5c86...a:2&code=PLA15


They're great for doing wheels, except that sliver between the spokes, and having to do manual labor. I'm sorry but when I was early 20's I detailed for a few years [piece work, I was in the best shape of my life, was all downhill from there]. Washing and waxing my car is no labor of love. It's just labor. Driving the car is where the love is.

Guys...So funny...I picture a guy with a leaf blower drying his car...😂 Funny so funny..
than the gloves...Ahhh killing me