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Offline Jimble

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Cleaning my honeycombe grill
« on: 27 February 2011, 14:41 »
As per the title, it's a bit awkward cleaning the grill on my mk6, i've just been using one of these http://www.monzacarcare.com/cleaning-brushes/monza-professional-detailing-brushes/48/ but it's not ideal and doesn't really get in far enough, can someone recommend a nice soft thin brush to do the job? the problem is it's that glossy plastic that scratches easy which is the same as the B pillar trim which i'll start another thread for.

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Offline Dan J

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Re: Cleaning my honeycombe grill
« Reply #1 on: 27 February 2011, 16:23 »
you want something like this http://www.i4detailing.co.uk/acatalog/Vikan_Multi_Brush_1.html

got long enough bristles on it to get into the grill and they are soft enough not to scratch anything, very good brushes imo.
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Re: Cleaning my honeycombe grill
« Reply #2 on: 27 February 2011, 17:13 »
I was going to get one of those for the wheel arches, hmm now do i buy 2 or 1 and clean it between uses????
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Re: Cleaning my honeycombe grill
« Reply #3 on: 27 February 2011, 17:28 »
get this for wheel arches http://www.i4detailing.co.uk/acatalog/Vikan_Long_Car_Brush_1.html i got 2 yesterday and they are lovely to use on wheels and arches just dont get them mixed up.

buy 2 mate purely because you dont want the arch one being used for rims.
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Re: Cleaning my honeycombe grill
« Reply #4 on: 27 February 2011, 18:00 »
Cor blimey! i've gone from 1 to 3 :grin: quite good value though so not all bad! cheers mate.
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Re: Cleaning my honeycombe grill
« Reply #5 on: 27 February 2011, 18:07 »
these are excellent value for money and if treated well will last you years, ive still got my big vikan brush i bought 10yrs ago and its still going strong now,i only use it to rub the wheels round and the tyres then wash it out and its lasted that long, great bits of kit imo.

got this one last week aswell for wheel cleaning http://www.i4detailing.co.uk/acatalog/Vikan_Short_Car_Brush_1.html another very good brush to have in your cleaning arsenal.
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