For you cold weather guys Last

[UncleDavy]

Man be careful, but aren't you risking cracking the glass with hot water or am I totally wrong?

The water is not that hot so there is not that much of a temperature differential. I start with hot water from the faucet which is about 110 degrees then dilute it with hose water to stir up the bubbles.

[DogRescuer]

The water is not that hot so there is not that much of a temperature differential. I start with hot water from the faucet which is about 110 degrees then dilute it with hose water to stir up the bubbles.

Thanks, just concerned.

[crovello]

I have a bathroom in my garage so I connect my hose to that and use warm water most of the time. If the water is nice and warm you can tolerate the cold weather much easier. I do lack water pressure doing this so I plan to install a 3/4" mixing valve in my garage for washing cars. I was wondering if I should also install some type of filtration. Is this something people do? What type of filter would you use?

[Maestro Sam]

Kind of off topic but got used to the cold while detailing cars outside. Been shoveling snow for 7 hours since we have 4 houses in the neighborhood that needs to be shoveled. Drinking heinkein as well while shoveling lol!

[UncleDavy]

Kind of off topic but got used to the cold while detailing cars outside. Been shoveling snow for 7 hours since we have 4 houses in the neighborhood that needs to be shoveled. Drinking heinkein as well while shoveling lol!

Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit drinking.

[sudsmobile]

We live/work in the high desert of SoCal. It can dip down into the high 20s/low 30s here in the morning and stay in the high 30s/low 40s until about 10am. We typically try to schedule jobs after 9am at least. On those day we can't, and even those days where we're starting at 7am, we prefill all our buckets with super hot tap water. We carry spot free water for our rinses but it's nice to not have to dunk your hand in a bucket of freezing cold water at 7am. That being said, even when we show up to detail at 7am and it's 31* outside, I'm still in shorts. I own two pairs of long pants, both golf slacks.

[MirandaAutoSpa]

Here in Richmond VA we have to work through the winter also. I always use hot water in my buckets and cotton gloves under my nitrile gloves. Its not fun but its manageable.
I have a video on just a few tips on winter detailing. YouTube