What do mobile detailers do in the winter?

**tnecniv** · 12-12-2013, 08:16 PM

I'm not exactly sure how the water tanks work (haven't looked into them). But I imagine you can get a water heater thats used for aquariums/fish tanks to place in the water tank to keep the water at a desired temperature.

**Znig22** · 12-12-2013, 08:19 PM

Down in SC. I hook the foam cannon up and go at it like its 85 and sunny out.

**jgibson2980** · 12-12-2013, 09:31 PM

Originally Posted by 215Detailing

hope this helps
Allied Precision The Premier Line 742G Bucket Water Heater - Amazon.com

Purchase that today will see how it works in the coming up week .
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**jgibson2980** · 12-12-2013, 09:33 PM

Originally Posted by Znig22

Down in SC. I hook the foam cannon up and go at it like its 85 and sunny out.

Thats what I plan to do . Just have to un hook the pw at night . And hopefully the bucket heater keeps the water warm enogh so I dont have to drain the tank every night .

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**hernandez.art13** · 12-12-2013, 09:42 PM

What temperatures do you guys reach? When I am at work and having to wash cars. I am freezing off my "buttocks" (Forest Gump voice

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^ these temperatures are freezing! (Brrrr...) lol

**OnsiteDetailing** · 12-12-2013, 10:03 PM

Originally Posted by Mirror Detailing

I think the worse I have washed a car in was when it was a high of 28 and over cast.

Ouch!

**OnsiteDetailing** · 12-12-2013, 10:15 PM

The temperature has to be in the low 40s during the day, with little wind, for me to take any detailing job. When it is too cold to work, I use that time to catch up on business-related activities (i.e., bookwork, marketing, etc).

I store my cleaning agents, polishes, waxes, and so on inside. To keep my steamer from freezing, I have a cap on the back of my pick-up truck and insulated the floor of the bed and the sides up to the windows, and at night I have two heat lamps that keep the bed pretty warm.

**215Detailing** · 12-13-2013, 07:54 AM

Originally Posted by jgibson2980

Purchase that today will see how it works in the coming up week .
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Best of luck keep us updated (photos/videos)

**jgibson2980** · 12-13-2013, 09:32 AM

Originally Posted by 215Detailing

Best of luck keep us updated (photos/videos)

Will do .

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**Detailed Josh** · 12-15-2013, 11:56 AM

I tried to get people to get polishing/etc. work done before winter, but didn't work so well they want to wait till after. Not sure if I want to bear in this weather with doing washes/etc.

Can you even do things like headlight restorations when it starts to dip below 32F or is it too dangerous to do that?