Cold weather wash?
11-14-2004 | 11:02 AM
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White and Nerdy
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From: Cranberry, PA
Cold weather wash?
Its getting freakin' freezin' up here!....any way to effectively clean dirt off of a car without having to run a hose (maybe with a bucket of warm water?). Maybe something that could be done while the car is garaged?
Any fellow northerners have any success with a less chilly way to wash one's car in the winter?
Any fellow northerners have any success with a less chilly way to wash one's car in the winter?
11-14-2004 | 10:17 PM
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I take it to my local coin-op wash. They have a heated washing bay, as well as using warm water. I only use the gun (never the brush), and spray the whole car with soapy water, and then rinse with clean water. I usually don't dry the car off, but I may start doing that (bring my water blade along).
However, I think the major goal in winter is to get the majority of the salt and grime off the car, and not worry about getting it "summer perfect", so I think for the winter, water spots will be somewhat okay.
However, I think the major goal in winter is to get the majority of the salt and grime off the car, and not worry about getting it "summer perfect", so I think for the winter, water spots will be somewhat okay.
11-14-2004 | 11:27 PM
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From: Secret Laboratory
Originally Posted by MikeMa
I take it to my local coin-op wash. They have a heated washing bay, as well as using warm water. I only use the gun (never the brush), and spray the whole car with soapy water, and then rinse with clean water. I usually don't dry the car off, but I may start doing that (bring my water blade along).
However, I think the major goal in winter is to get the majority of the salt and grime off the car, and not worry about getting it "summer perfect", so I think for the winter, water spots will be somewhat okay.
However, I think the major goal in winter is to get the majority of the salt and grime off the car, and not worry about getting it "summer perfect", so I think for the winter, water spots will be somewhat okay.
Same thing here Alberta buddy!
11-15-2004 | 07:44 PM
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Wouldn't using warm water damage the paint. I thought it was like when you take a frozen/cold glass then pour hot water into it. The glass pretty much shatters. So by that wouldn't the paint get damaged? If I'm completely wrong then ignore me.
11-15-2004 | 07:49 PM
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When I went to school in the middle of Texas, some of the students who grew up near the mexican border and never got frost on their cars before would get the really bad idea of throwing some hot water on their windshileld to melt it. Every year, after the first frost, you'd see some car with its windshield busted to hell...
As for the effect on paint, I have no solid info, but I would assume that a hot engine under the hood would be somewhat similar, so I figure most paint would be resistant to most temp changes. My own obsolute guess would be that warm water would be OK, but hot water would not be good.
As for the effect on paint, I have no solid info, but I would assume that a hot engine under the hood would be somewhat similar, so I figure most paint would be resistant to most temp changes. My own obsolute guess would be that warm water would be OK, but hot water would not be good.
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11-15-2004 | 08:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Godwhacker
When I went to school in the middle of Texas, some of the students who grew up near the mexican border and never got frost on their cars before would get the really bad idea of throwing some hot water on their windshileld to melt it. Every year, after the first frost, you'd see some car with its windshield busted to hell...
As for the effect on paint, I have no solid info, but I would assume that a hot engine under the hood would be somewhat similar, so I figure most paint would be resistant to most temp changes. My own obsolute guess would be that warm water would be OK, but hot water would not be good.
As for the effect on paint, I have no solid info, but I would assume that a hot engine under the hood would be somewhat similar, so I figure most paint would be resistant to most temp changes. My own obsolute guess would be that warm water would be OK, but hot water would not be good.
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