What`s your plan for winter and snow?!?!?!

[jjfrehe]

I was curious what you guys do when the weather is 20 degrees and snow is on the ground. Obviously you have to wash the car, but what`s your plan of attack? Do you:



1) Go to a auto car wash?

2) Go to a self-service bay?

3) Drive to a warm weather state, wash the car, and drive back? ;)

[klnyc]

I wont bother to wash, if temp are below freezin level (32f?). If its above 35+ deg, I bust out QEW w/2 bucket method :bigups

[ZaneO]

QEW in the garage.

[Scottwax]

I like option #4. Don`t live in anywhere that snow and ice is a regular winter occurance. ;)



QEW works fine down to the upper 20s as long as you work fast.

[Mikeyc]

I go to a wash that has no brushes and has a blow dry at the end. It doesn`t get the car extremely clean like a hand wash, but it gets the road salt off which is better than leaving it there. Also, the brushes in the usual car washes will put cob webs in your paint so I steer clear of them. The brushes in the self serve washes can do the same. I would do QEW, but I don`t know how on earth you could possibly not get your hands frost bitten without a heated garage.

[Scottwax]

I would do QEW, but I don`t know how on earth you could possibly not get your hands frost bitten without a heated garage.



I wear knit gloves with rubber gloves over them.

[stilez]

QEW in the garage.





...with luke warm water ;).

[JeffM]

Winter for me is anywhere between 40 and 75 lol, suckers !!!!

[jfelbab]

I head for Cape Coral and leave the snow and cold for others to worry about. My car likes this plan a lot.

[White95Max]

Wash with QEW in the garage. I drive the car first to heat up the engine and cockpit, then pull it in the garage, shut the door, and open up the hood and car doors. I take advantage of all that heat. Then I get some warm water and my QEW towels and get to work.

Two winters ago, I washed the car when the temp outside was 3*F! It was about 25*F in the garage though so it wasn`t too bad.

This winter I`ll have the luxury of having a garage that faces the sun all day. In the summer, it was 15-20* warmer in the garage than outside. Hopefully it will be the same way in the winter. It was still 50*+ in the garage this morning, with frost outside. Lookin` good so far!

[Mikeyc]

I wear knit gloves with rubber gloves over them.



Have you ever seen this before:



Insulated wash mit (http://www.griotsgarage.com/catalog.jsp?L1=L1_1000&L2=L2_1001&SKU=10259)



Pretty much what you are suggesting.

[White95Max]

That is a good idea, but I prefer to use towels rather than mitts for QEW. With Scott`s idea, you can use towels, or just your normal mitts if you want to.



If my car was really dirty/salty, I`d need several of those mitts for one wash, and that would get expensive at $16.99 each + shipping.

[jonw440]

I was curious what you guys do when the weather is 20 degrees and snow is on the ground.

SNOWPLOW :bigups

http://www.photodump.com/direct/jonw440/Boss-1.jpg

http://www.photodump.com/direct/jonw440/Boss-2.jpg

http://www.photodump.com/direct/jonw440/Boss-4.jpg



Serisouly, I try and go to a self service car wash and use the high pressure washer.

I take a detail spray and quickly dry the truck before it freezes(Keep the doors open so they don`t freeze shut) Don`t ask me how I know :furious:

[Scottwax]

Have you ever seen this before:



Insulated wash mit (http://www.griotsgarage.com/catalog.jsp?L1=L1_1000&L2=L2_1001&SKU=10259)



Pretty much what you are suggesting.



Not really even close. I`d have to remove it to handle the towels. With rubber over knit gloves, I don`t.

[jjfrehe]

I wont bother to wash, if temp are below freezin level (32f?). If its above 35+ deg, I bust out QEW w/2 bucket method :bigups



So what exactly is the "two bucket method"?