Winter washing

**orionz06** · 01-20-2009, 04:13 PM

Well, my house hunting has gone well into the winter, and i have come up with a more affordable way to remove salt from the car...

what you need:
car shampoo
bug sprayer bottle (the kind you pump up)
squirt bottle

1: I use megs hyper-wash, 1 oz per bottle, and fill to top, shake to mix
2: Fill bug bottle and pump
3: On one panel, spray with car wash mixture
4: Let the spray float down, lifting most of the grime
5: Once you think it has sat enough, spray top to bottom with bug bottle to rinse

this has kept me from the coin-op wash and in control of what touches my paint much longer than before... there is a chance of freezing and the wash method doesnt remove everything, but it reduces the stuff that will collect on the paint, and makes me cringe less... it also removes enough grime for me to safely use ONR when it is warmer... (when i use ONR, i spray with bug bottle as well to fully wet the surface and remove residual grime)

this method has also sparked a new desire to place myself in a new home sooner than ever...

**Emile** · 01-20-2009, 04:20 PM

I'm confused.

**orionz06** · 01-20-2009, 04:39 PM

spray with car soap/water from squirt bottle to soak the panel
let stuff run off the panel
rinse with bug sprayer

repeat

**AeroCleanse** · 01-20-2009, 04:44 PM

I use my steam cleaner, works amazingly well.

**orionz06** · 01-20-2009, 05:07 PM

Originally Posted by AeroCleanse

I use my steam cleaner, works amazingly well.

hot damn... i will be tryin this with mine...

**CharlesW** · 01-20-2009, 06:53 PM

What you people are doing is great, but it doesn't work very good in my area.
With temperatures staying in the mid 20s down to below zero, even the coin-op car washes are only open limited hours.
One thing that helps me handle it:
It's 59 days till Spring!

Or:

* 5,097,600 seconds
* 84,960 minutes
* 1416 hours
* 8 weeks (rounded down)

**orionz06** · 01-20-2009, 06:58 PM

Originally Posted by CharlesW

What you people are doing is great, but it doesn't work very good in my area.
With temperatures staying in the mid 20s down to below zero, even the coin-op car washes are only open limited hours.
One thing that helps me handle it:
It's 59 days till Spring!

Or:

* 5,097,600 seconds
* 84,960 minutes
* 1416 hours
* 8 weeks (rounded down)

its 7 degrees right now.... it was 8 earlier...

it will reach 10 tomorrow, but go back down later...

we have had it down to -5 last week...

**CharlesW** · 01-20-2009, 07:04 PM

Then the system you mentioned in your first post probably isn't going to work very good.
Around here, those temperatures don't allow much soap and water solution to run off.

**orionz06** · 01-21-2009, 06:18 AM

Originally Posted by CharlesW

Then the system you mentioned in your first post probably isn't going to work very good.
Around here, those temperatures don't allow much soap and water solution to run off.

used hot water yesterday and it worked pretty well... a steam rinse would be great though...

**AeroCleanse** · 01-21-2009, 10:48 AM

Originally Posted by CharlesW

What you people are doing is great, but it doesn't work very good in my area.
With temperatures staying in the mid 20s down to below zero, even the coin-op car washes are only open limited hours.
One thing that helps me handle it:
It's 59 days till Spring!

Or:

* 5,097,600 seconds
* 84,960 minutes
* 1416 hours
* 8 weeks (rounded down)

Steam works, trust me. Of course you have to be able to bear the temps to work on your car.