Touch less care was and convertibles??

[imported_uflraptor]

I have a friend with a 2000 convertible mustang. They have turned to me for advice on washing. The question is: is it safe to run a convertible through a touch less auto wash?



Itâ€â„¢s hard to keep cars clean in Ohio during the winter months. I know a touch less was is not as good as a hand was but at least she cares enough to get it clean.



Thanks in advance for the advice.



Shawn

[q_tip98444]

I have never had a problem doing that in the past. As long as her top is in good condition she should be fine. I would put convertible cleaner on it before she ran it through to make sure it comes clean.

[Peter Crowl]

It`s my belief that the detergents in a carwash would be harmful to the top as would any additives in the process that enhance gloss.



I refer to



http://autopia.org/kb/index.php?page=index_v2&id=29&c=21



as my source for this.



Peter

[q_tip98444]

Originally posted by Peter Crowl

It`s my belief that the detergents in a carwash would be harmful to the top as would any additives in the process that enhance gloss.



I refer to



http://autopia.org/kb/index.php?page=index_v2&id=29&c=21



as my source for this.



Peter



After reading that article I was interested in learning more about convertible tops so I found



site on Ask Jeeves. It has more technical information on the tops if your interested.



:EDIT: I tried that link to make sure it worked, it didn`t, but its fixed.this (www.convertibletopguys.com/convinfo.shtml )

[togwt]

To enable `touchless` systems to clean vehicles they have to use a very strong alkaline detergent, which is the last thing you`d want to use to wash a fabric or viynl convertable top with. I understand that we all want an Autopian clean vehicle to drive, and a northern states winter would make that very difficult, so my suggestion would be to use QEW



JonM