Saw this in my FB newsfeed

[dooyaunastan]

http://i.imgur.com/OUiejLz.jpg

I understand the issues a gravel driveway poses but :doh:

[Mike Phillips]

I lived in Oregon most of my life and being a "Car Guy" I often washed my car in the rain.

When I was done, my car would be clean, and wet, but at least it would be clean. Remember, in areas where it rains a lot you can't avoid having a wet car, especially if your car is not parked inside a garage.

At the same time, in areas where it rains a lot you get Road Film on your car's paint and on everything else, glass, chrome, plastic etc. In fact I mention this on a segment with Dennis Gage as a way of educating the audience, why they need to polish their car's glass.



Back to road film... road film builds up on the exterior of your car and doesn't go away until you wash it off, it's usually an oily film as it's a mixture of all the fluids cars drop as they are driven down the road mixed with the rain water sprayed onto your car by the cars in front of you.

It's usually a dirt or brown color as it build up over a few week in a very rainy area like I lived in back in Oregon.

So if I wanted a clean car, and I mean if I wanted to remove the road film building up on my car so that even if my car was wet it was still visually clean, then I had to wash my car in the rain. Waiting for a sunny day could take a while.

I often washed my Milk Truck in the rain because it didn't fit in the garage and I used it for business and it's important when you detail cars or sell detailing supplies to drive around in a clean, shiny car, or in my case, a clean shiny Milk Truck.


1966 Milk Truck (http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/off-topic/24968-1966-chevy-milk-truck.html)

http://www.showcargarage.com/gallery/files/1/MilkTruck3.jpg




Washed it in the rain, right in the middle of this driveway for 3 year before moving to California with it. Parked the Caddy in the garage, (barely fit), and the T-bird is my best friend Brian's and he still owns it today. (I buffed out both the Caddy and the T-bird of course).

http://www.showcargarage.com/gallery/files/1/CaddyAndTbird.jpg


I never did like the guy in the FB page did and pour dish washing soap over any of my cars but instead used a dedicated car washing soap.


:D

[banzaitoyota]

Washing after you arrive home in the rain is effective. All the undercarrige is pre-soaked

[dooyaunastan]

I'm right there with you Mike, necessity washing is, well, a necessity. We had 10 days of rain forecasted ahead of us and it had already been 8-10 days since the cars were last washed, so I weigh biting the bullet, getting the grime off, feeling better, or going the lazy route and cleaning it when there's finally some sunshine. Went ahead and washed them of course.

I just thought I'd share this as a good reminder of the steps we (or I) have come from before we even knew what a 2 bucket wash was.

[BillE]

I have to laugh with Mike...spent 40+ years in the Seattle area, just wash in the rain (didn't rain that hard) and pull it into the garage to finish. Then HOPE the streets would be dry enough when it came time to drive them.

Bill

[hernandez.art13]

I see these post on my FB from my Los Angeles friends.

I understand for you guys that live where it's constantly raining. But it rains about 27 days in LA. That is a lot of days of NOT washing your car.
27:365 that's a big ratio Lol

I like the comment of adding soap to your car while it's raining hahaha

[BorisC]

I wonder if they shower in the rain while washing the car as well??? Since you & the car are just going to get dirty again & to save money on the water bill. :dunno: