Cleaning apparatus for an article

A method for cleaning an article using a cleaning apparatus, wherein the article having a proximal end portion and an opposing distal end portion with a longwise axis spanning therebetween on the article, said method for cleaning the article comprising the steps of:

• (a) providing a cleaning apparatus that includes a base, a surrounding sidewall extending from said base, said sidewall being about a longitudinal axis, said sidewall having an interior surface and an opposing exterior surface, said sidewall terminating in an open aperture having a scarfed outlet margin in relation to said base, said scarfed outlet margin structurally results in said sidewall having a maximum extension distance from said base and a peripherally opposing minimum extension distance from said base wherein a remainder of said outlet margin has a varying extension distance from said base that is in-between said minimum and maximum extension distances, said sidewall interior surface and said base defining a cleaning apparatus interior, wherein operationally said scarfed margin facilitates said interior being filled to capacity with a liquid while said longitudinal axis forms a longitudinal axis acute angle with a surface, further providing a cleaning surface movably engaged to said base, said cleaning surface including a plurality of flexible elements, each said flexible element having a proximal end portion and an opposing distal end portion with an element length axis therebetween, each said element length axis are substantially parallel to one another wherein said plurality of proximal end portions are affixed to one another forming a substructure and said plurality of distal end portions have free independent movement to one another in a cantilever manner, and a means for imparting movement to said substructure to cause movement at said plurality of flexible element distal end portions;
• (b) filling said sidewall interior with a fluid;
• (c) tilting said base and sidewall such that said scarfed margin is substantially lateral;
• (d) placing the article distal end portion to be immersed in the fluid;
• (e) activating said means to impart movement to said substructure;
• (f) maintaining said means impart movement for a selected period of time;
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• (g) removing the article distal end portion from said interior.