Drill brush for cleaning tyres?

[Webbage]

I am looking for a brush to mount on my DeWalt drill mini drill/screwdriver to clean RC tyres with. Especially when crawling, you at least what to *start* with clean tyres Anything that fits in a standard drill chuck and isn't too big ought to do.

I think steel would rip into them too much, maybe a stiff ylon bristle (nott he coated nylon ones they look too aggressive). If it was right I'd probably use it for cleaning the axles and chassis too. Looking for something about 1-inch round. I looked around but can't find anything of that sort of idea.

To give you an idea, the carbon fiber brush on my dremel is perfect, it's just WAY too small

Any ideas?

 

[h8z2luze]

what about the mothers polishing ball or whatever its called.

 

[Webbage]

The what??

 

[h8z2luze]

this thing...

http://www.mothers.com/02_products/05140.html

 

[Rolex]

That's meant for polishing things like alloy wheels on big cars.
Try the housewares aisle. You will probably have to cut off the end of the twisted wire handle, but you'll find what you're looking for.

 

[h8z2luze]

Ya I know I was just thinking maybe it would work for his application also.

 

[Webbage]

I was really looking for something the stiff-bristled to get mud out of the tread on my tyres and scrub it off the chassis and axles. Something less aggressive than steel wire brush heads, but stiff enough to grub out dried on dirt.

 

[scoobydoo2u]

http://www.brooms.it/images/Articoli/1330 - Pennello WC bianco 00.jpg

You could find one that you can fit in your drill if you cut some of the handle off and maybe even trim the bristles so they are shorter and stiffer.

It's a round toilet brush, I'm sure you could pick up a used one real cheap somewhere.

 

[CharliesTheMan]

I take my wheels off, put some modeling clay or something like that in the air holes, and wash the wheels and tires with Dawn in the kitchen sink. I don't see how that brush would work good at all on something as soft as crawler tires, but I could be completely wrong.

 

[Webbage]

Washing tyres at home is no problem. I can pulle em off and do that if I really want to. What I want the brush for is cleaning them between runs at a crawler comp. It doesn't have to do a perfect job, just get the worst off the tyres to stop it inhibiting the grip.

I use a Dremel nylon bristle brush atm and that does a pretty good job, but they wear down and they don't cover a very large area.

 

[CharliesTheMan]

I see, I'll keep an eye out for you. Once you get sponsored by Losi, HPI, or Panther you wont have this problem anymore, you'll just toss your tires after each course on put on new ones. But for the time being, I'll see what I can find.

 

[Webbage]

Hmmmm... I don't think I can be fashed with changing the tyres on those Mayhem beadlocks at every comp, I'd get carpel tunnel in my wrist undoing all the screws!

I found a better bristle brush from Dremel, number 404, that is a brush end not a disc, and spreads out to a 13mm work area. That'd probably be a lot better. Other t6han that I haven't found a lot.

Oh I was off the mark about the dremel brush wearing down, it doesn't it was just me seeing things

 

[CharliesTheMan]

No goofy, lol, I knew you were going to say that. The tire companies will make sure that you always have enough wheels that you just change the wheels and tires together, a person would never have time to change beadlocks between courses, unless they had a top fuel style pit crew

 

[Webbage]

Meh. I hardly think ProLine, Panther or Losi would stump up for multiple sets of Mayhem Beadlocks just to keep me in tyres, I'd probably be forced to use sub-standard plastic ones - oh the humanity!!!