Boars hair brush, good or bad?

[mtnbiker]

I'm thinking of buying one. I own a pick up & tired of standing on the front wheel & climbing in the bed to wash. Trying to make life a little simpler. I'm not sure by looking at it if it will clean as well as by hand or will I be dissapointed after spending all that money.
Also, not sure of my wheels ( coated/uncoated) & what products I should be using on them.
Thanks in advance for your advice.
Rich

[great2c4me]

I use a brush that's extremely soft, synthetic boars hair -
well, the idea of washing, every time washing, we offer friction - friction causes scratches as we know, so minimizing and guarding against friction is key.
Mitts scare me. when do I know that I have picked up something nasty and now, it just rolled over a couple of my finger and is lodged deep into my wool mitt? I like my super soft brush that I rinse every time, sud and use on all my clients vehicles.
food for thought.

[unclestu]

I purchased a Montana boars hair brush and extention pole from AG. to clean my Escalade, after I read how much Meghan loved using her's. It is safe and is a definate time and back saver. I always make sure that the vehicle is foamed up real well with the foam gun before I break out the boars hair. Never use it on a dry vehicle as I heard one member did. Doing so will end up with an unfavorable result.

[mtnbiker]

Thanks for your reply. Makes a lot of sense & will save my back.
Rich

[ScottB]

while I refrain from brushes for washing period ... if I chose a brush it would be Boars Hair indeed.

[Mike Phillips]

I used the Meguiar's Wide Body Brush for years on our black Honda Pilot always using good technique and never found it to scratch the paint. They discontinued them years ago so I was excited to test out the Boar's Hair Brush on this car,



I found it worked just as well to wash a car plus the hairs can get into cracks and crevices to loosen dirt particles so you can rinse them off plus when you're done it rinses out really well, as in any dirt in the boar's hairs will rinse out, that's a plus.


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After washing the wheels, tires and exterior of the Lexus we then dried the car using the Cobra 16 x 24 Guzzler Waffle Weave Microfiber Waffle Weave Drying Towels. (http://www.autogeek.net/microfiber-waffle-weave.html)

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After washing the car it's a good practice to rinse your tools clean before storing them. The Boar's Hair brushes rinse out easily to insure there's no trapped dirt in the hairs.
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For the wheels, Montana Original 360° Boar’s Hair Car Wash Brush (http://www.autogeek.net/moor36bohawa.html) - safe for clear coated wheels
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You can use this brush by hand or with a telescoping handle (http://www.autogeek.net/teha.html).
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[Bunky]

It must be nice to be able to detail at the PMBA place with all those goodies in the warehouse a few steps away.

[Mike Phillips]

It must be nice to be able to detail at the PMBA place with all those goodies in the warehouse a few steps away.

Since you've been here and toured through the facilities then you can appreciate the old saying,

"I fell like a kid in a candy store"


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But the answer is "yes", it is very, very nice. It's a tough job, but someone has to do it.


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[nrengle]

Need an assistant Mike??? Or how about a product tester to try products on not your every day details? IE drums, cymbals, guitars, hardware? :-)

[Mike Phillips]

Need an assistant Mike??? Or how about a product tester to try products on not your every day details? IE drums, cymbals, guitars, hardware? :-)

We're always looking for cool Guitars to buff out, (seriously), cymbals would be fun too!

Come on over anytime, give me a call a few minutes before hand so I can unroll the red carpet.


:)

[sqeekykleen]

I've been using the boars hair brush to clean my Dodge 4x4 truck and have never had a problem with scratches. It sure does save my back, cleans up really easy also.

[nrengle]

Mike that'd be hard for me to come over LOL. I'm on tour pretty much 11 months out of the year. Currently with Chimaira and Hatebreed for about 3 more days, month off, and then with Mastadon and Dethklok. I believe we'll be in the area though, if so, I'll hook it up!

As for cool guitars my guitar tech just found about a week ago a 25 year old Dean Custom Freddy Krueger guitar. Got it for 100 bucks. I'm friends with the owner of the company and he hasn't seen one of those in 20 years, offered him a grand on the spot HA!

[ryandamartini]

If I get that new car this year, I will stop by for a long weekend.

[BlackSunshine01]

Mike that'd be hard for me to come over LOL. I'm on tour pretty much 11 months out of the year. Currently with Chimaira and Hatebreed for about 3 more days, month off, and then with Mastadon and Dethklok. I believe we'll be in the area though, if so, I'll hook it up!

As for cool guitars my guitar tech just found about a week ago a 25 year old Dean Custom Freddy Krueger guitar. Got it for 100 bucks. I'm friends with the owner of the company and he hasn't seen one of those in 20 years, offered him a grand on the spot HA!

nice! metal FTW! i feel bad because i havent cleaned any of my guitars in a long time as well. i know its horrible but i end up going to the washateria and using the brushes there. its raelly hard to wash my car in the drive because of the extreme heat. all the soap just dries up on the car.

[nrengle]

Black, I find that using a good pre-wax cleaner type product like the Wolfgang paintwork polish enhancer or something else along those lines, works great for cleaning. Then I usually top with DGPS.

Anyways, back on topic, sorry for the threadjack.