A cleaning apparatus for an article and method of use are disclosed, wherein the apparatus includes a base and a surrounding sidewall about a longitudinal axis, the sidewall extending from the base forming an interior, the sidewall terminating in an open aperture having a scarfed outlet margin forming a plane, wherein the plane forms an acute angle with the longitudinal axis. Operationally the scarfed margin facilitates the interior being filled to a selected capacity with a liquid while the longitudinal axis also forms an acute angle with a surface. Further a cleaning surface is movably engaged to the base that has a structure to impart movement to the cleaning surface to clean the article that is immersed in a liquid within the interior while the longitudinal axis is at the acute angle with the surface to operationally facilitate ease of immersion and removal of the article from the interior.
