Cleaning 15 spoke wheels

[Panamax]

OK, what's the answer. My wheels have got more nooks and crannies than you can shake a stick at and it's pretty much impossible to get them clean by hand without spending hours on the task. I've had enough.

Holding a wheel brush and spinning it in my fingers is one of the more effective ways of tackling the dirt but it's a real PITA. Got me thinking - is there some sort of brush suitable for cleaning wheels that might fit in a variable speed electric drill? I've never seen one.

Suggestions please.

[Gigamoons]

Would this set work for you?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Attachment-Scrubber-Clean...

[bitchstewie]

Got a photo of the wheels?

[Lincsls1]

Bilt hamber auto-wheel
Brilliant stuff.

[Sporky]

Lincsls1 said:

Bilt hamber auto-wheel
Brilliant stuff.

I was going to suggest that. More or less witchcraft.

[Skyedriver]

Toothbrush & patience?

[Some Gump]

Yep. Multispokes are the devils wheels.

I'll never own an alpina forr 2 reasons - wheels and the 4 hundredweight of badges on the back. Other than that, i quite like em!

[Belle427]

Wheel woolies are pretty good at getting in the small spaces.
A set is not cheap but they are the best in my opinion.
The vikan soft brushes are good too.

[Panamax]

Skyedriver said:

Toothbrush & patience?

Precisely. It's that traditional method I'm seeking to sidestep with some sort of powered solution.

The set of brushes someone posted [above] from Amazon are the kind of thing I have in mind but much too wide for this fiddly job. I might have to go with something like this and devise a way to fit the skinny ones into the chuck of my drill,
https://www.amazon.co.uk/lesasas-Cleaning-Includin...

[Gigamoons]

Panamax said:

Skyedriver said:

Toothbrush & patience?

Precisely. It's that traditional method I'm seeking to sidestep with some sort of powered solution.

The set of brushes someone posted [above] from Amazon are the kind of thing I have in mind but much too wide for this fiddly job. I might have to go with something like this and devise a way to fit the skinny ones into the chuck of my drill,
https://www.amazon.co.uk/lesasas-Cleaning-Includin...

If you need something smaller maybe you're into Dremel territory.

[vikingaero]

When I know I'm cleaning two or three cars in a row and some of them have fussy wheels, the best tool is a small mechanics seat to take the pressure off your back.

There are loads of different sized brushes from scrubbing tyre walls, small and large barrel brushes, wheel face brushes etc etc. I have 3 items that I mainly use - a combined tyre wall and wheel face brush, a small barrel brush and a pointy Lidl paint brush for the nooks and crannies.

[Panamax]

vikingaero said:

When I know I'm cleaning two or three cars in a row and some of them have fussy wheels, the best tool is a small mechanics seat to take the pressure off your back.

Your point is well made. I sometimes run one side of the car up onto ramps for exactly the same reason.

Someone mentioned Dremel - that's smaller than I need. Mind you, perhaps a second-hand electric toothbrush from ebay....