Wheel Cleaning Buying Advice

flimper

flimper

Veteran
 Hampshire
I've been using the Bilberry cleaner with a Vikan brush but the end of the brush shows bare metal after a while and can scratch :evil:

Looking for some new kit and had looked at the following, any advice before I spend a few £££...

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I've had an EZ brush before and the handle seemed to be very easily bent, I presume that is by design, did annoy me for some reason though. Also looking to get a pressure sprayer, something along the lines of...

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Is 7l enough and will it do a half decent job, mainly on a rinse of the wheels? Any thoughts appreciated as always on the above products or stuff I've overlooked :)
 
I have the two EZ brushes, no metal points. Big one and small one - just don't push too hard as it will bend the stem.
 
Clean your car site? ;)

Just bought another set of Wheel Woolies as have left my original set with my father oop north. Would highly recomment, but you can't go wrong with the Daytona or EZ brushes. FYI some wheel/brake setups (mine, for example, 224s with standard Z4M brakes) require the EZ mini... but I much prefer the woolies personally. For the faces/bolt holes I use a Dooka wheel mitt and an Envy Detailing Brush.

Bilberry is really not necessary if your wheels are sealed. Mine are sealed with a product similar to GTechniq C5 - i.e. a ceramic sealant that lasts for circa 2 years. It protects against road grime and helps with caked on brake dust - usually just requiring warm soapy water to remove the aforementioned.
 
Job done, cheers for the advice, Ultimate Finish have a special offer code SRP325, free AG SRP up till midnight tonight on orders of over £40 :thumbsup: Also got a pressure sprayer from Wilko for a tenner, surprisingly it's not total crap :)

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I use bilberry neat by the way and even with that I would give it 4 out of 10 for action. I use it on the Audi as that does not have any protection on it to clean the wheels but it does not touch the brake dust that was collected in a weeks use. Not got around to waxing the wheels so can't comment on the effectiveness in waxed wheels.
 
I used to think Bilberry was great, but using it 1:4 it isn't perfect, up for other options next time around
 
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