Washed my car the other day, was nice and sunny and not too cold. Decided to put a layer of Colinite 476 on there to last the winter. Applied it, went inside for lunch to let it harden and it decided to snow...as if it's not a hard enough wax to buff off, let alone when it's frozen to your paintwork. Managed to get most of it off but I left it on the wheels rather than buff it off as they were filthy in no time again.
Cleaning your car when its -4c
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Grr, some bloke in my street did this, washed his car, I fell flat on my arse walking down last night, not happy.
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I washed mine today, looks the business since it has not rained today and I don't have work over the xmas period either so will sit there looking nice through to the new year
So you wont drive your car again this year?! Why not? Surely you WANT to drive it?
I wash my car all the time but for the reasons Muncher says - so I can enjoy it looking good for a few days. You cant do that in this weather, so I see little point in giving it 3 hours of my time but will of course hose it down regularly to get rid of the salt.
Really don't understand why people bother to wash their cars in this weather. Bit sad if you ask me
To get rid of the salt and crap that rusts your brakes/suspension/exhaust etc?
Really don't understand why people bother to wash their cars in this weather. Bit sad if you ask me
They should do something less sad like calling people sad on the internet
They don't put salt on the roads anymore though, it's urea?
Best thing since sliced bread imo.
I only wash my car myself now when the weather is perfect.
It tastes like salt. I got a mouthfull this morning.
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I wouldn't let a bloke who can't speak english near my car, probably use one bucket and a 10p sponge, scratch the **** out of the apint, to be honest, a good carwash is supposed to be the best option in the winter.
You are joking right?
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My car has about 3" of snow on it, i meant to clean it and wax it before the crap weather to protect it but never got round to it - ooops !
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[TW]Fox;15570190 said:
Thats what I've read on the detailing forums.
I washed mine every weekend up until this one, I'm doing far too many back road journies at the moment so it's really not worth my time for the sake of a few hours looking good
Still hose it down and give it a quick once over just to get rid of the bulk of it, but don't spend much time on it
Still hose it down and give it a quick once over just to get rid of the bulk of it, but don't spend much time on it
Nobody on a detailing forum would ever suggest using a car wash!