MK5 Golf GTI
General => Detailing => Topic started by: monte on December 21, 2009, 01:05:52 pm
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Well I had quite a long drive yesterday and passed at least 3 gritters on the various motorways. Anyway the car is filthy to say the least, although it is covered in snow still.
Is it ok to just get the hose out, blast off the snow, and give the car a hand wash? Any tips? Should I be using cooler water/shampoo mix in the bucket?. Hot water is a no-no i'm guessing?
Thank you in advance!
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snowfoam ...then pressure wash then snow foam again...your car will be covered in road salt....be carefull you dont scratch it to death mate
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If your pipes arent frozen then just do as per normal :happy2:
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make sure you drain the pressure washer and hose lines/pipes afterwards too, to avoid any of your kit freezing! ;)
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What's the point? In this weather I just hose it off, seems very little point making any effort if it's going to be ruined after a few hundred yards of driving.
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bit of fairy liquid and a sponge should do the trick :happy2:
:surprised: :P
JOKING !
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bit fairy and a sponge should do the trick :happy2:
:P
[Sits back and waits for the fall-out from that one...] :popcornsoda:
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Tell you what mate, be careful it's not to cold. I made this mistake on friday, it was colder than i thought it was and the car ended up freezing. I have ice everywhere. I'd be surprised if the same didn't happen to yourself.
p.s be careful if you cleaning on a concrete floor, as the water off the car ended up freezing the floor also, and almost put me on my ass a number of times lol.
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bit fairy and a sponge should do the trick :happy2:
:surprised: :P
JOKING !
you had me doing this in the office! :scared: :scared: :scared:
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3 weeks of road grime and a trip to Scotland and back this weekend, its now so dirty Im scared to bathe her :chicken:
(although it does seem to 'self clean' once it gets really bad and sheds alot of it), car was cleaner after the motorway yesterday than the day before!)
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..........same here & i hate a dirty car.All i've been doing is wash the rubber floor mats & my alloys & windows/lights etc.I gave the body work a good couple of coats of wax/polish late in the year & it's still beading up.Loads of water down the doors + freezing temp = frozen door handles.I'll leave mine till it warms up a bit. :santa:
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imdefoleaving myn for now...the previous owner has done a great job car beeds well..ill book it in for a pro job ready for summer..but it gutting seein your pride and joy minging on the drive
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Id advise people to avoid doing a "contact" wash as much as they can in this weather with the salt and grit about.
If the car is well protected, then a snow foam (or similar pre wash) and high pressure rinse will get the majority of the crap off the car.
Maybe once every two or three washes, when you can spare the time, give it a full wash taking your time with two buckets! ;)
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I always think the car has a different kind of coolness at this time of year as the road salt makes it look like a bit of a battlescarred road warrior! The way the salt follows the aerodynamic flows of the car looks mean. Then hey presto, on Top Gear last night they did exactly the same thing with an F1 car using paint and light effects as art.
Ladies and Gentlemen you are currently driving around in works of art..........I'll get my coat...... :ashamed:
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i have to say while the snow and stuff is on the road i dont bother to much
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i have to say while the snow and stuff is on the road i dont bother to much
i can completely understand why!
i like to get all the salt off the car. i Know our cars are incredibly robust these days, but i have a Morris Minor in the unit thats mint. If it was holding as much salt as my golf is right now, it would completely kill it! haha!
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i have to say while the snow and stuff is on the road i dont bother to much
i can completely understand why!
i like to get all the salt off the car. i Know our cars are incredibly robust these days, but i have a Morris Minor in the unit thats mint. If it was holding as much salt as my golf is right now, it would completely kill it! haha!
yeh, i guess getting the salt of is a good idea, and i do wash it still, i just wonder why lol
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Well the sun is out now and it seems to be thawing the snow. Like I said it was real bad on the motorway. I just want to get rid of all that salt!
Im gonna do a real careful 2 bucket wash. I have just rinsed the car really well, and I'm going out with the born to be mild!
After that, I doubt i'll be getting stuck behind 3 gritters in 1 day again, so I will just use the hose/foam, until the weather gets a bit better.
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Well the sun is out now and it seems to be thawing the snow. Like I said it was real bad on the motorway. I just want to get rid of all that salt!
Im gonna do a real careful 2 bucket wash. I have just rinsed the car really well, and I'm going out with the born to be mild!
After that, I doubt i'll be getting stuck behind 3 gritters in 1 day again, so I will just use the hose/foam, until the weather gets a bit better.
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Pre winter I gave the car two coats of wax and to keep things going I foam the car, wash mitt of with the 2bm then use another product while wet and dry off as this has a carnuaba content and leaves a nice glossy finish and its cheap :drinking:.
Snow melted of the car today and beading still good.
For light dirt I am fairly coming round to this ONR method
Optimum No Rinse
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Id advise people to avoid doing a "contact" wash as much as they can in this weather with the salt and grit about.
If the car is well protected, then a snow foam (or similar pre wash) and high pressure rinse will get the majority of the crap off the car.
Couldn't agree more :happy2:
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Groub buy is now available - http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=10693.0
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Well the snow is going here in Harrogate & the air temp is going up so guess what i'm doing this weekend :jumpmove:.
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So far Iam chuffed with how the car has faired up this weather. I just foamed it on sunday and went round to Mini to get details of the new arrival and the sales guy was amazed that the golf was a 57 plate he says it looks new. that long sunday clean was well worth it now.
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I love having a clean car in the winter. I think I know why it always looks cleaner than clean too. Most cars carry a thick layer of sh*t becuase of the salt, then comes a detailed car and the difference is greater than that in the summer. It's a great feeling. Is that sad? But it doesn't stay clean as long as it does in summer. Good to know that it's fully protected!
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I dont know about your roads but with the salt running out the council here dumped tons of gravel everywhere it just ting ting ting when you drive with it firing all about, brutal.
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Yep I'm having to keep Like 300m behind anyone. It does my head in. Even when I'm driving nowhere near anyone I can hear loads from the arches. The front facing part of the side skirts in the arches are beat to sh*t on my sh1t on my car!
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I'm really considering buying a cheap pressure washer, so then I can get in on the group buy for the lance and snow foam :smiley:
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defiently recommend the pressure washer with snow foam it makes a big difference. Prior to cleaning my car sat it was covered in salt/dirt. The snow foam defiently helped removal prior to washing.
ONR - is this easy to use I have seen on other websites and was seriously considering this? Does it give as good performance as the better shampoos like dodo and lusso etc?