Cleaning honeycomb plastic grilles?

[evo77]

What was linked was the wheel woolie brush, not a wheel woolie.

Gotcha. Might be a great tool with a car shampoo but wonder how good with a rinseless wash.

I used this assortmant of brushes from Harbor Freight. The black cone shaped brush fits but the slinging of rinsless solution makes a mess. And the nylon bristles don't really do well at cleaning. The other black one with the brush tip didn't fair too well either since the bristles are too soft and collapse easily offering no good scrubbing.

[mcleod52]

Good info folks. I have such a grill on my old F150 and just recently repainted it so may do the coating thing or get me some of those brushes.

[Paul A.]

I use a 4" wide paint brush. Every weekly wash gets this area with my regular paint wash soap and a 4" paint brush (covers more area than a smaller brush). About every 3rd or 4th wash I spray APC on my lower fascia grille for a deeper cleaning and then work it with the paint brush. I'm not worried about using a boars hair brush and don't worry about any scratches a regular paint brush may induce. I've never noticed any ill effects from this method. I then have a seperate 4" paint brush dedicated only to dressing and do the same thing after i have blown it all dry after washing. Spray in some dressing and work it for more complete coverage with the brush.

Just my method anyway.

[medicscott]

I tape off area and use an airbrush filled with DLUX. By far the easiest way.

[281]

Once you get them clean up real good, coat them with CarPro Dlux

[AGOatemywallet]

+10 on CarPro DLUX

[rlmccarty2000]

Microfiber gloves and give them the finger.

[FUNX650]

plastic honeycomb grilles.
It's very tedious to clean in each hole.
Using a MF towel wrapped around my finger
works best but takes forever!

How do you tackle these kind of grilles and what are the tools you use to make the job fast and easy?

I think a plastic coating should be next on my list to help them repel water spots and stay cleaner longer.

Yes...
Those honeycombed vehicle components
are a little tedious to maintain.

Instead of using your microfiber towel wrapped fingers...
try one of these:

Lug Nut Brush,Clean Wheel Brush,clean brake calipers, clean lug nuts, boar's hair wheel brush, best wheel brush, wheel lug nuts


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Microfiber Gloves/ Pair


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Also:
A microfiber-wrapped Chopstick can
also wok...OOOPS!!...work into all of
the honeycombs' "nether regions".


Then...After the initial cleaning is done:
-CarPro DLux Plastic & Wheel Coating;
or:
-Wolfgang Exterior Trim Sealant (WETS)



Bob

[davidc]

I cleaned mine 6 Months ago (tedious) and then applied Sonus Trim and Motor Kote

Dave

[wasodetail]

I spray it with megs all purpose then take a brush and scrub then power wash and blow dry followed by some sprays of the megs water based dressing and let dry on its own

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