finally,a real wash!

**PA DETAILER** · 02-01-2005, 01:47 PM

with a bucket and hose! got warm enough today to do it. much better than saturdays popcicle incident! lol....used the last of the p21s body shampoo. not a bad wash. i stocked up on the meguiars car wash strips. i perfer them. well at least the salt is off and i found a truck underneath. it will proabably stay clean for 5 min. some water still on the roads. can`t wait till spring!!

**truzoom** · 02-01-2005, 02:19 PM

Do you find that the Meguiar`s car wash strips seem to lack suds?

**mynci** · 02-01-2005, 02:29 PM

Living in southern California, I guess I`m spoiled in terms of the weather. Here, we don`t really have to worry about "winterizing" our cars. We can pretty much wash and detail normally all year round. I`ll just stop rubbing your nose in it now.

I do have some sympathy for you and I`m glad you were able to get out and get a traditional wash in.

**doublel** · 02-01-2005, 02:43 PM

Originally Posted by ZR2

with a bucket and hose! got warm enough today to do it. much better than saturdays popcicle incident! lol....used the last of the p21s body shampoo. not a bad wash. i stocked up on the meguiars car wash strips. i perfer them. well at least the salt is off and i found a truck underneath. it will proabably stay clean for 5 min. some water still on the roads. can`t wait till spring!!

Hey I`m from PA and the weather is allowing us to keep fairly clean this week I feel your joy.

I even got a paid detail this weekend, she`s getting her husbands car detailed for Valentines Day. She`s a keeper.

**NYV6Coupe** · 02-01-2005, 04:11 PM

Yeah the "nice weather", which means anything over 32* in the NorthEast, definitely means it`s time to drag out the hose & bucket for a real wash.

Now I can take the main roads for a while because the car was looking so bad I had to take the backroads to avoid being seen.

My gf thinks I`m sick `cause I bucket wash when it`s so cold but I use water just a bit warmer than normal and some yellow dishwashing gloves & I`m not cold at all.

**CharlesW** · 02-01-2005, 04:22 PM

Warning:Thread hi-jack!

What is this real wash with a hose and bucket, anyway?
Is this a good thing?
I seem to have a vague recollection of something similar to this, but it was so long ago, I can`t remember the specifics.
Maybe in about 6 weeks it will be something I will want to try.
It is supposed to get into the high 40`s by the week-end so things are lookig a little better. If we could just get all the snow melted and the runoff down the drain, maybe I could drive a clean vehicle at least 8 to 10 blocks before getting it splattered again. I washed our 2 cars twice each in the past week (Spray & Wipe), and they are both dirty again.

Charles

**kimwallace** · 02-01-2005, 04:27 PM

Charles ... it sounds like you are having withdrawal symptoms!
Actually it sounded like you are having a whine fest

I feel your pain

**Hawaiianelement** · 02-01-2005, 04:30 PM

its been raining soo much here in Hawaii lately. I`ve lost quite a chunk of change on xld details. oh well at least its still in the 70`s huh..
I can`t complain , I know you guys got it rough. I`ll be visiting family in Denver and Michigan this month ..I`ll get a taste of the cold first hand..

Aloha

**NYV6Coupe** · 02-01-2005, 04:48 PM

"many have been cold but few have been frozen"

detailer 1:3

**CharlesW** · 02-01-2005, 04:50 PM

Originally Posted by kimwallace

Charles ... it sounds like you are having withdrawal symptoms!
Actually it sounded like you are having a whine fest

Do you really think so???

Oh yeah, I am so sick and tired of winter you wouldn`t believe it. And I know I`m not alone in this, but I`m still not handling it very well.

Charles

**rabbi** · 02-01-2005, 08:04 PM

Why do you prefer the Meg`s wash strips? What other carwashes have you used?

**tguil** · 02-01-2005, 11:16 PM

Charles,

Good news. The roads are fairly dry in eastern Nebraska. Central Iowa is next. :beer (Root beer of course!)

Tom :cool

**PA DETAILER** · 02-02-2005, 12:43 PM

Originally Posted by truzoom

Do you find that the Meguiar`s car wash strips seem to lack suds?

i really don`t have a favorite wash. i like to try new things. i found the meguiars car wash strips effective. granted..in a 5 gallon wash bucket i use 2 strips. then fill it about half way. plenty of suds. then i have some mothers california gold car wash to try out.