Disadvantages of winter..

joshcaro

joshcaro

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These may be obvious or stupid questions (well not stupid..not questions are stupid) but why do people store their cars for winter? Is it because of the ice..snow..or what? What does winter do to the paint that makes people put their cars away. I figured if ice or snow gets on it, it can create scratches and swirls, but they can easily be taken care of with a PC correct?



Im just trying to understand why people "get ready for winter" with Collinte and other durable waxes. Is it because it gets too cold for them to detail their car as regulary as they would during other months, so they prevent doing it all by using a durable wax and sealant?



Thanks guys..im just trying to figure out if I should "get ready for winter" or if its just because its too cold to do much, I can handle that. Detailing is literally my stress relief in my life..come rain, sleet, snow, ice, Im constantly wanting to take care of my car.
 
O ok..if thats the case I dont have MUCH to worry about. We may get a few inches a snow every year if we are lucky and even then our town is really geared for snow so everyone pretty much stays in. I would never drive my car if it were snowing or icing, Id drive my moms car:) I have a sports car that I adore and at all times of the year I usually keep my car under the carport. That is if mom doesnt get home before I do and even then I will move her car into the yard and pull up under there. :)
 
CutNAction said:
These may be obvious or stupid questions (well not stupid..not questions are stupid) but why do people store their cars for winter? Is it because of the ice..snow..or what? What does winter do to the paint that makes people put their cars away. I figured if ice or snow gets on it, it can create scratches and swirls, but they can easily be taken care of with a PC correct?



Im just trying to understand why people "get ready for winter" with Collinte and other durable waxes. Is it because it gets too cold for them to detail their car as regulary as they would during other months, so they prevent doing it all by using a durable wax and sealant?



Thanks guys..im just trying to figure out if I should "get ready for winter" or if its just because its too cold to do much, I can handle that. Detailing is literally my stress relief in my life..come rain, sleet, snow, ice, Im constantly wanting to take care of my car.
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Winter brings a set of problems like no other. Severe cold and snow make detailing next to impossible. The roads and highways are covered in snow, slush and salt. It is virtually impossible to keep a car clean for more than a few days or often a few hours. Salt is particularly hostile to cars and especially exposed metal. Most snow storms are met with salters and gravel. Very, very easy to get stone chips in this environment.



For most people in the northern climates, winter brings the need to use car washes. Many of these use cloth or synthetic material to slap the dirt, grime and salt off your car. These brushes or cloths get embedded with grit and salt and will mar your paint. Touchless washes are better but they don't remove the salt film very well.



Salt is the biggest problem. Salt gets into every crack and crevice and will accelerate rust on any exposed metal. Lots of northern climate cars have serious rust issues. Salt also dries white in these cracks and crevices and is very hard to remove. Black cars, in particular, look like crap for the duration.



So if you buy a really nice car, you may wish to store it winters to keep it in pristine condition. Many northerners buy an old junker to drive during the winter months. This keeps their nice vehicle clean and new while driving a junker on the slippery hazardous roads.



You really need to spend a winter in Wisconsin or Minnesota to understand.
 
HAH thanks for the response. The more I read the more I think im pretty safe. Like I said, we very rarely get much snow..well let me take that back, any amount of snow is enough snow to get everyone excited and schools shut down here. If we literally get a few snowflakes schools are ready to shut down. When we do get snow, its not enough for salt I dont think. Now other than the salt there is no apparent danger correct? Just the cold alone will not do anything besides making detailing miserable?
 
jfelbab said:


You really need to spend a winter in Wisconsin or Minnesota to understand.
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Come on up here and see the joys of a cold, salty winter.

It's basically too cold for anything detailing-related during the winter here. From December to March, it's cold, snowy, often salty.

I try to keep my car clean all year-round, but it's hard when the roads are filthy.
 
Along with the veritible rust catylist salt (they use calcium chloride as well, yikes!) the spread cinders all over the place. Heck, half the country probably doesn't even know what cinders look like. Probably the same half that don't know what Wooly Bears are ;)
 
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