How To: Wash Your Vehicle In Winter Months

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How To: Wash Your Vehicle In Winter Months

Items Needed:
• 2 Five Gallon Buckets with Grit Guards
• Cobra Microfiber Mitt
• Autogeek Chemical Resistant Pressure Sprayer
• Optima No Rinse Wash and Shine or DP Rinse less Wash and Gloss
• Cobra Waffle Weave Microfiber Towels

Steps:
• Add 2.5oz of DP Rinse less Wash and Gloss or Optima No Rinse Wash and Shine to the Autogeek Chemical Resistant Pressure Sprayer and add water till it is completely filled.
• Now completely spray the vehicle down with this mixture to loosen all the salt, dirt, and grim.
• While the vehicle is soaking in this mixture Add 4-5 gallons of water into your 2 bucket. In one of the buckets add 3oz of DP Rinse less Wash and Gloss or Optima No Rinse Wash and Shine (One of the buckets is your wash bucket and the other is your rinse bucket)
• Now dip your Cobra Microfiber Mitt into the wash bucket and wash your vehicle from top to bottom with little pressure (let the wash solution do the work).
• After your have washed one section of the vehicle, now take the Cobra Microfiber Mitt and thoroughly rinse it in the rinse bucket.
• After you have fully washed one section of the vehicle dry it with your Cobra Waffle Microfiber Towel.

Note: Some section might take more than wash application to remove all salt, dirt, and grim. Also After you have washed all the paint you can use the same solution to wash your wheels and tires. Also it would be best to wash the vehicle inside a garage.

[Flash Gordon]

Nice write-up Shawn. Thanks for sharing

[sullysdetailing]

Thank you

[Jeff120]

LOL, your in FL, I didnt think this was a problem for you folks? You get a lot of snow in south Florida!?

[sullysdetailing]

LOL, your in FL, I didnt think this was a problem for you folks? You get a lot of snow in south Florida!?

I lived in Canada/Boston for a year. I made the right up for the people that live up North

[IID]

I lived in Canada/Boston for a year. I made the right up for the people that live up North

Thank You for sharing Shawn.
I will definetly try this process as I live in Wisconsin .
The winter last 4-6 month's

[TheGLL]

Good write-up Shawn.
Winter is coming...I hate winter!

[novaman]

I lived in Canada/Boston for a year. I made the right up for the people that live up North

Where in Canada did you live Sully?

novaman

[toxygene]

This is basically how I have been washing my cars ever since finding Autogeek a couple months ago. It has worked great this summer when the weather has been nice.

Now I am trying to imagine standing outside in several inches of snow doing this when it is 20-30 degrees outside. Supposing working inside of a garage is not option, would you just fill your buckets with hot water and dry quickly as you work to keep the water from freezing on the car? I know I have seen others post on here that they go to one of the high pressure car washes during the winter and spay off the dirt and salt. It seems like that might be more practical for me.

Another thing I'm thinking about is that my cars, being parked outside 24/7, will probably be covered in snow and ice before I even attempt to wash them. What's a good way to safely remove of all the snow without scratching the paint?

[sullysdetailing]

Where in Canada did you live Sully?

novaman

Innisfil, ON about 10 minutes south of Barrie, ON and about and hour north of Toronto