Winter Detailing tips

I guess I'm still confused about if your car is excessively dirty with dried on salt. If I used an air compressed pump sprayer to spray down most of the dirt, I think I could just move from there to QEW....



Carl
 
I LOVE the cold, I am down here in Georgia, and granted its great detailing weather, but its hotter than heck! I did a wash and wax on my car over the weekend....80 degrees with 60% humidity :mad: ...for me, nothing is better than washing the car in freezing weather with a bucket of hot water to warm my hands!:D Next summer we are moving up north and getting out of this crap in the south...I HATE heat and humidity!...I really do love washing my car and my wifes car in the cold.
 
land said:
I LOVE the cold, I am down here in Georgia, and granted its great detailing weather, but its hotter than heck! I did a wash and wax on my car over the weekend....80 degrees with 60% humidity :mad: ...for me, nothing is better than washing the car in freezing weather with a bucket of hot water to warm my hands!:D Next summer we are moving up north and getting out of this crap in the south...I HATE heat and humidity!...I really do love washing my car and my wifes car in the cold.
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I hate heat and humidity too, but when you move north, you're going to hate the cold. It gets too cold and stays too cold for too long.
 
Dont get me wrong...I am sure the cold gets old...thats why my folks moved here from Michigan, and my wifes folks from Wisconsin...I am just ready for a change. I want to see the snow just slide off a fresh wax job!...I would assume it does that...Does it do that?
 
Usually it does...I prefer to have my car cover on during snow storms. Then I just lift the snow off, and have a perfectly clean car ready in the driveway!

Raindrops can't hold on to my car, but snow must have a little more grip on the paint (horizontal surfaces) cuz it doesn't usually slide off as quickly as raindrops do. After 5 minutes at 55+ though, the majority of it has slid off.

On vertical areas, the snow will almost never stick to my car...the only exception being a windy snowstorm where my car is slowly enveloped by a snowdrift.
 
pigeonbus said:
What if the vehicle is excessively dirty (i.e. lots of salt and sand), and you need to rinse? How would one use the QEW method with a vehicle that is dirtier (hasn't been washed all winter)



Carl
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That's a good question. I obviously have not had a chance to try it out, and hopefully it won't snow and I won't need to worry about it (yeah right)



But in that case I was planning on taking it to the coin-op self wash and use the hot water hi-pres. wash to get most of the stuff off. Then follow with QEW and dry. QEW may be able to handle the job alone but for the $2 it costs at the coin-op I will not risk marring the hell out of my black paint!
 
I haven't used QEW yet. I have gotten by in the past with just using a wash mitt or very wet towel and a bucket of clear water to rinse off the scum left by the wash and rinse at a coin-op carwash. The QEW will replace the clear water rinse.



It took me $6 dollars to get the crud off on my last trip through the coin-op.



You're sure that QEW leaves no residue. I use waffle weave microfiber towels for drying.



Tom :cool:
 
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