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What do you use to wash your car?

Hot
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Offline rich83

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Hot... Or cold??
« on: June 22, 2014, 07:12:04 am »
What do you use to wash your car?
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Re: Hot... Or cold??
« Reply #1 on: June 22, 2014, 07:22:54 am »
Tepid swans tears for me, but if I ever run out its hot council water  :happy2:
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Re: Hot... Or cold??
« Reply #2 on: June 22, 2014, 08:53:59 am »
Hot water for me
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Re: Hot... Or cold??
« Reply #3 on: June 22, 2014, 08:57:15 am »
Cold as it makes her "pert"....

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Re: Hot... Or cold??
« Reply #4 on: June 22, 2014, 09:06:58 am »
Hot for me  :happy2:
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Re: Hot... Or cold??
« Reply #5 on: June 22, 2014, 09:25:51 am »
warm swan's tears
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Re: Hot... Or cold??
« Reply #6 on: June 22, 2014, 09:29:34 am »
A blend of hot and cold. Warm in other words.
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Re: Hot... Or cold??
« Reply #7 on: June 22, 2014, 12:43:48 pm »
Hot. Loosens dirt better  :laugh:

Do people do the washing up with cold water?
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Re: Hot... Or cold??
« Reply #8 on: June 22, 2014, 02:06:00 pm »
Hot water. Moreso in winter and when there's tree sap on the paintwork.
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Re: Hot... Or cold??
« Reply #9 on: June 22, 2014, 02:10:28 pm »
Hot/warm water would strip any protection surely???? :confused:
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Re: Hot... Or cold??
« Reply #10 on: June 22, 2014, 02:30:38 pm »
Cold for me.  Only got cold supply in the garage.  Seems to do the job though.
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Re: Hot... Or cold??
« Reply #11 on: June 22, 2014, 07:22:30 pm »
Quote from: Horatio on June 22, 2014, 02:10:28 pm
Hot/warm water would strip any protection surely???? :confused:

Hasn't stripped my Collinite in the 3yrs I've been using it  :happy2:
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Re: Hot... Or cold??
« Reply #12 on: June 24, 2014, 10:43:03 am »
I've seen a program where a pro that details super cars washes them at 37 degrees.

Anyway I'd say warm water is good enough
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Re: Hot... Or cold??
« Reply #13 on: June 24, 2014, 01:17:05 pm »
Cold pre wash spray then warm bucket wash.
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Re: Hot... Or cold??
« Reply #14 on: June 25, 2014, 08:44:45 am »
Cold pressure wash then hot, in hot I mean as hot as I can take it on my hands comfortably. Lets face it anything you can put your hands in without burning them isn't going to harm your car, also if the front end is badly splattered with bugs and stuff I'll chuck a bucket of hot over it and leave for a few mins before pressure washing as I find it helps soften things up a bit.
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