Better Than a Quickie Mop!

[Setec Astronomy]

I was at the junk store (dollar store) looking for some non-detailing junk and I came across this animal:

It's an Eagle Sure-Grip Twirl Scrub, sold by Eagle Home Products, Brentwood NY (made in Thailand). It has a much more substantial handle than the Quickie Mop, and it seems to have no metal at all. Seems to have a plastic spindle inside that is completely covered by the foam. Best of all it was 99 cents! I believe the Quickie Mop is $2.99



I haven't given this brush a full workout, but my friend Jr. used it today and gave it her seal of approval. I tried it on a few spokes, seemed to hold more wash than the Quickie. I may have to go clean out the store.



Plan on doing the same thing that I do with the Quickie...when it gets dirty/ratty, start pushing it thru to clean the backs of the wheel....and start with a fresh one for the spokes.



For those of you who don't know what I'm talking about, this is the Quickie Glass Mop available at some supermarkets:

which I use for cleaning wheels, depending on what day of the week it is. That's when I'm not using some lambswool device, and I haven't even ever used my Meg's wheel brush or the other one or two similar ones I bought.

 

[Djmigs]

Eagle Sure Grip looks simular to Power Puff except Power Puff has the blue scrub pad @ end never the less great $$



Very easy to use, wash off grit easy and no problems.two thumbs



http://autopia.org/forum/detailing-...l-spoke-brush.html?highlight=power+puff+brush

 

[stiffdogg06]

You just use this to get in between the wheel spokes?

 

[Setec Astronomy]

That's not an "Eagle One" product, it's Eagle Home Products. That Power Puff is more like the Quickie with the flat, flimsy handle, the foam is coarser, and of course that scrubber would be a no-no for a wheel that's in good shape. Actually trying to find that thread was what originally led me to the Quickie: http://autopia.org/forum/detailing-...t-brush-wheels-where-buy.html?highlight=wheel

 

[MikeWinLDS]

lol, I used to use that type of sponge brush to clean out between the lanes in a George Foreman grill. It fit in the grooves just perfectly, but damn was it greasy and gunky afterwards.

 

[Setec Astronomy]

You just use this to get in between the wheel spokes?

Are you asking me if I clean the spokes with it or just use it to get between the spokes to the back of the wheel? Yes. Lol...depending on my mood I will use it to clean the sides of the spokes and the corners, I usually use a Meguiar's Wheel Face brush on the face...or occasionally some other soft brush. Sometimes I use something else on the spokes as I noted above...it depends how dirty the wheels are, how scratch sensitive the wheels are, etc. But yes, lately I have been using the Quickie Mop to go between the spokes and clean the back of the wheel, something I never really did before except when I had the wheels off. Better than sticking one of those $6-7 lambswool brushes that are hard to find through there...and of course a $.99 brush is even better.

 

[BigAl3]

nice find, i'll have to keep a lookout for it!

 

[Accumulator]

Setec Astronomy- Good find! I found those *once* then never again Yeah, better than the Quickies, lucky to to be able to get them locally. What's the exact brand name and product name? Perhaps I can order them in bulk as I do the Quickies.



stiffdogg06- I use such things for the first passes through the spokes, gets the worst off OK. And they're great for wheelwells. Of course, they have all the shortcomings of sponges, but for some jobs that's not a huge issue.

 

[TigerMike]

Those look pretty neat for $0.99! I think I could definitely use them for wheel work. My wife drags me to the dollar stores every now and then, so next time I'll try to hunt something like this down.



Thanks for the heads up on this item!





Regards,



Mike

 

[Setec Astronomy]

I went back today and picked up a few more...it was kind of a bust...a couple of them were missing the molded-on handle, others had the foam glued on crooked, some had torn or contaminated foam, and others were just dirty or old looking. I wound up buying about 2/3 of the ones they had (I got 8 ), including the two without the "grip", which had good "heads".

What's the exact brand name and product name? Perhaps I can order them in bulk as I do the Quickies.

The tag says Eagle Home Products, Brentwood NY, 11717; their website has a different address: Eagle Home Products, Gloves, Sponges, Displayes, Mops, Brooms. It's a "Sure-Grip(TM) Twirl Scrub", and the tag says Patent Pending. I didn't come up with anything on a Google search.

My wife drags me to the dollar stores every now and then, so next time I'll try to hunt something like this down.

This place is kind of a cross between a dollar store and a Big Lots (if you can imagine). They seem to have predominantly name-brand items. WAIT!! This place is such a dive (if you can imagine) that I thought it was a one-off store...but it seems they are a chain: National Wholesale Liquidators...their website doesn't seem to work however. www.nationalwholesaleliquidators.com National Wholesale Liquidators - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia