Snow brushes?

[mobiledynamics]

Does that Oxo have enough bite ? I literallly live 1/2 mile from the water. If the car if leftoutside during a snowfall, 90% of the time, the snow is wet and heavy. Usually, depending on temps, I could get by by sliding the entire sheet right off, but you need to catch it while the layer ontop of the panel is wet. I do this with caution , only when I know the paint underneath is clean...

If questions or dirty, I just just your typical snowbrush and get down to within reason and leave a layer on.

[Accumulator]

I`ve had exactly *one* type of plastic-bristle brush that didn`t mar paint...and:

-that was only OK on very hard clear and with minimal applied pressure
-maybe one out of every four examples was OK on that hard clear, the others failed the CD-test
-with a little wear even the good ones marred and it was basically impossible to tell when they`d worn that much
-they`ve been out of production since the late `90s (they were sold by TOL)

Every other plastic-bristle brush I`ve ever tested (and that`s not just six or eight) failed the CD-test, well...unless I tweaked the test ("cheated") to make the test invalid anyhow. "Would you use it on the hood of a black Bentley while the owner watched if the owner were a dangerous person?"

For that matter, even the softest BHB will usually mar paint unless it`s softened up by being soaking wet. Test `em dry and it`s just like testing a dry sheepskin wash mitt- FAIL.

But as Dan pointed out...

It should never touch the paint..

[skibik]

If it shouldn`t touch the paint then why waste the money on an overpriced piece of styrofoam.

I guess mine is the SnoBrum that I bought off this site and after it showed up I was just not impressed with what it was made out of and it is overpriced besides. JMO.

[Accumulator]

The SnoBrum does work OK for clearing snow off of stuff other than vehicles, pretty gentle on shingles compared to many Roof Rake materials. I was kinda surprised that it held up OK (well, pretty OK...) to such use, so it`s not like I threw it or the SnowJoe away. They screw onto standard extension poles too. As Christmas gifts go, they weren`t useless (and no, I didn`t say "I`d never use that on my cars!" even though that`s what came to mind upon unwrapping `em).

[mobiledynamics]

Heh. It`s very rare but today, I was able to just use the blower and blow all the snow off the wifes car this morning.
More often it`s heavy and dense.

[Accumulator]

mobiledynamics- Ah, lucky you! We were glad to have everything indoors, heavy wet stuff here.

[mobiledynamics]

Heh. Don`t remind me. She`s hating me. I got her bay filled up with all sorts of parts that I just need to button up ;-/

[pgp]

Last year I wrapped a microfiber towel in a window squeege. It worked ok, but did ice up a bit. I did try to leave a thin layer on the car. I thought it would be better than a brush.