Recommendations for Detailing Brushes

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Loki

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Can someone recommend a good set of beginner detailing brushes that aren't too expensive. I'm more interested in exterior ones for cleaning wax out of creases and also for agitating light soiling in the jambs, wheels, and wheel wells. Interior brushes would be nice to know about too. I've seen the Meguiar's brushes in threads, but haven't heard to much about them or their pricing.



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Theres a great brush at Home Depot/Lowes for about $8. Its soft as hell and I use that for P21S wheel gel applications and what not. I like running it over my fingers every now and then since it feels so soft lol :)
 
These won't exactly fall into the "aren't too expensive" category but if I had spent the money for these sooner I would have sure saved a lot of time. First is my favorite wheel brush, the World's Greatest Boar's Hair Wheel Brush:



World's Greatest Boar's Hair Wheel Brush



Before I got this I would need at least two or three different brushes to get my wheels clean. As long as I don't neglect my wheels and let them go for weeks w/o washing this is the only brush I need. The long soft bristles clean in all the hard to reach places and even do a good job around my lug nuts.



Next is the set of BHB brushes from Griot's that Accumulator always recommends:



Two Boar's Hair Detail Brushes - Detailing Tools - Tools - Griot's Garage



The Boar's Hair Brushes are soft and easy to clean after use. The Meg's brushes you see have been discontinued for a while, but occasionally you'll still see one for sale like this spoke brush:



Meguiars Wheel Spoke Brush - Waxes and Rim Care



Another wheel/spoke brush that a lot of members seem to like is the EZ Detail Brush:



EZ Detail Brush, E-Z detail brush, Wheel Brush, Tire Brush, Detailing Brush, Corvette brush, Mercedes brush, sport wheel brush, brush for spoke



As some others have suggested you can find a wide assortment of brushes at Target, Wal-Mart, etc. Don't restrict yourself to just the automotive isle, sometimes you'll spot just the right brush in the dish washing or housewares section.





Edit: Sorry, your statement, ".....I'm more interested in exterior ones for cleaning wax out of creases.....", didn't even register. Like Accumulator said the BHB's wouldn't be too useful for that. Unfortunately a brush stiff enough to do that might mar your paint. I'd try some QD on a nice MF or a Detailing Stix (kind of like a Q-Tip) to get residue out of the creases.
 
I wouldn't use brushes for cleaning wax/etc. residue off painted areas. Brushes like this need to be used *wet*, and by the time you dampen them with enough water/QD to soften the bristles sufficiently they're not gonna remove anything tenacious.



Used correctly/safely, soft-enough brushes are too gentle for that. Used aggressively enough to remove such residue, any brushes I'm aware of (and that's a pretty extensive list ;) ) can mar many automotive paints.



TOL used to sell a little synthetic-bristle detailing brush with flagged tips that was soft enough yet effective for that job, but it's been off the market for maybe a dozen years. The flagged tips were almost like *foam*.



And yeah, those smaller BHBs from Griot's are what I use to wash doorjambs/etc., I use 'em at *every* wash. They changed their offerings recently, now you only get two instead of three...I'm gonna miss that bigger paintbrush-style one; it's my fave for jobs like this. That round one is my wheel lug brush, works well for recesses around tirevalve stems too.
 
Black Magic Brush kit available at Auto Zone/Advanced Auto Parts does the trick pretty well; very reasonable and available locally as well.
 
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