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01-02-06, 09:15
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BMW645 is offline
Join Date: May 2005 Location: New England Posts: 55 | Brushing snow off a car. So what's the proper way to brush snow off your car to minimize any scratching?
I have a ice scraper/snow brush that I keep in the trunk of my car in the winter. I'm wondering if the bristles of the brush can scratch the body of my car? Are the bristles just meant to brush the snow off the car glass?
Are you better off just brushing snow off the body of your car with just your gloves, and leaving perhaps a 1/4 inch of snow before you touch the car body?
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01-02-06, 09:40
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Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: NE Ohio Posts: 20,886 | Quote: |
Originally Posted by BMW645 I have a ice scraper/snow brush that I keep in the trunk of my car in the winter. I'm wondering if the bristles of the brush can scratch the body of my car? Are the bristles just meant to brush the snow off the car glass? | Yes, even the boar's hari bristles of high-end snowbrushes will scratch paint. Yeah, use the brush only on glass and be careful using it even on that. Don't miss and hit the paint Quote: |
Are you better off just brushing snow off the body of your car with just your gloves, and leaving perhaps a 1/4 inch of snow before you touch the car body?
| That's what I do if I can't just warm up the car and let it melt (or if it's been outside long enough to get a lot of snow on it). You could use a SnoBrum to do this too, but always leave that last layer of snow. | |
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01-02-06, 10:43
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Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Stevens Point, WI Posts: 6,888 | I agree completely with Accumulator. I also wipe of the majority of the snow, leaving just a little left on the paint. The remainder will blow/melt off as you drive.
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01-02-06, 10:43
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Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Colchester, UK Posts: 101 | Would it harm the paintwork to get the snow really really wet (by drenching it with water) and then just gently push all the snow off? (Getting it wet causes the layer of snow on the bodywork to melt and therefore the snow just slides off)
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01-02-06, 10:47
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Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,561 | I have really never brushed snow off of any painted areas of the car. I just clear all of the glass and then begin to drive. Of course, some snow will fly off as you begin to get up to speed. The rest of the snow then begins to melt away as the car warms up.
My thinking is that by the time the car warms up, there's less of a chance of ice particles rubbing directly against the paint. Also, by the time the car warms up, there's always a bit of melting water between the paint and the melting snow. That extra bit of water may help to reduce the chance of any remaining snow having an affect on the surface. | |
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01-02-06, 03:11
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Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 5,666 | sliding chunks of snow will definitely scratch paint-several of my worst scratches are from making that mistake 
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01-02-06, 05:01
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Originally Posted by mirrorfinishman I have really never brushed snow off of any painted areas of the car. I just clear all of the glass and then begin to drive. Of course, some snow will fly off as you begin to get up to speed. The rest of the snow then begins to melt away as the car warms up.. | Yeah, I like to just do it this way when I can too. Heh heh, there are limits to this though, when my car has a foot or more of snow on it I'm not gonna blind the guy behind me with all that blowing off  Back when I had a car outside 24/7 I'd get some *significant* accumulation on it, especially if I didn't drive it every day. | |
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01-02-06, 06:11
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Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Stevens Point, WI Posts: 6,888 | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Flynn Would it harm the paintwork to get the snow really really wet (by drenching it with water) and then just gently push all the snow off? (Getting it wet causes the layer of snow on the bodywork to melt and therefore the snow just slides off) |
You can't spray a car with water when it's below freezing. Well, you could....
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01-02-06, 11:30
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Originally Posted by White95Max You can't spray a car with water when it's below freezing. Well, you could.... | You may well have a point there.
It doesn't really get that cold here so I don't have that problem.
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01-03-06, 01:18
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01-03-06, 04:41
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Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Southport, CT Posts: 6,689 | I clear glass/lighting only.
The snow will blow off the paint quickly (usually). Being that your vehicle is soiled 99% of the winter (if you get snow), I would not trust myself putting pressure on the finish to remove some packed powder ultimatley risking lots of marring. Having the wind get under it and fly off seems more logical to me.
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01-03-06, 07:49
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Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Mexico & USA Posts: 727 | Someone suggested the use of a wash mitt. I wonder however how you deal with the fact that sometimes the snow will slide in a full chunk even if you tried to remove only a layer..... | |
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