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General => Detailing => Topic started by: Guy on 17 April 2010, 19:54
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For vehicles:
Remove ash from your vehicle as soon as it is safe to do so. Prolonged exposure to volcanic ash and dust can damage the paint and glass.
Carefully wash the ash from your vehicle with a stream of water from a garden hose. Volcanic ash is very abrasive and can easily scratch your vehicle.
Never wipe, brush or mop the ash or dust that accumulates on your vehicle or windows.
Avoid prolonged driving in airborne or accumulated volcanic ash. Volcanic ash or dust can cause severe damage to your engine.
If your vehicle is exposed to volcanic ash, change your air filter and have your vehicle checked by a qualified auto mechanic as soon as possible.
Avoid using windshield wipers if at all possible as glass scratching may occur. Replace any windshield wiper blades that are damaged from the effects of the fallout.
in short, i wouldn't be 'blasting' the ash off... 'sheet' it off using a hose and then if you have it use snowfoam...
volcanic ash is pretty aggressive stuff by all accounts so easy as you go chaps :wink:
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Thanks for that guy :smiley:
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Both my cars have a brown haze to them today, looking closer I can actually see bits of sand/ glass it looks horrid I will try and get some photos later today, before I wash them... Think I'll be putting the mk2 inside after. :angry:
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just spent 10 minutes with the hose sprinkling the car(s)
then snow foamed them twice,
then a good jet off afterwards
thank fook I aint on a water meter :grin:
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spent half an hour on the car earlier... gotta say the contamination was pretty horrid... machine polish in order me feels :undecided:
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just spent 10 minutes with the hose sprinkling the car(s)
then snow foamed them twice,
then a good jet off afterwards
thank fook I aint on a water meter :grin:
Yeh its prettty sh!t when you are :cry:
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spent half an hour on the car earlier... gotta say the contamination was pretty horrid... machine polish in order me feels :undecided:
thanks, when you coming round - passat is overdue :afro:
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spent half an hour on the car earlier... gotta say the contamination was pretty horrid... machine polish in order me feels :undecided:
thanks, when you coming round - passat is overdue :afro:
when i get me rotary :wink:
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Mine has ash on it today, gave it a good clean and its looking fine again :smiley:
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Getting sick and tired of it now, got up this morning after it was bucketing down last night to find my car covered in the crap. The car will get a good bath tonight, a nice little rub down and a good cuddle from me though :smiley:
p.s. Does this ash eat away the wax layer ? I'm just wondering if its worthwhile using my Red Mist on it as a top up after washing it tonight ?
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My car is covered with it and cause it's in black colour it's more prominent. It needs cleaning asap. I guess need to put car cover to keep it safe from it and use second car till it's sorted
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I just washed her on Sunday :angry:
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Getting sick and tired of it now, got up this morning after it was bucketing down last night to find my car covered in the crap. The car will get a good bath tonight, a nice little rub down and a good cuddle from me though :smiley:
p.s. Does this ash eat away the wax layer ? I'm just wondering if its worthwhile using my Red Mist on it as a top up after washing it tonight ?
everything eats at the wax layer... thats why it is your sacrificial layer and not your clearcoat :wink:
looking at the deposits on the car I cleaned day before last I am not sure how much of it is ash and how much of it is pollen - either way it is better to be safe than sorry and certainly follow the guidelines above
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I just ran my finger over the roof and its got thin coating black stuff on it , looks like volcanic ash very fine though?? :angry:
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I just ran my finger over the roof and its got thin coating black stuff on it , looks like volcanic ash very fine though?? :angry:
Yer mate, thats the stuff, get it washed off asap. :smiley:
follow guys info.
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I just washed her on Sunday :angry:
Me too! Noticed the stuff yesterday. Not going to have a chance to get her washed until tomorrow :cry:
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I just washed her on Sunday :angry:
Me too! Noticed the stuff yesterday. Not going to have a chance to get her washed until tomorrow :cry:
Im working away from home at the mo so wont be back till Friday night, first chance I will get is Saturday morning, lets hope it isnt that bad down south.
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I just washed her on Sunday :angry:
Me too! Noticed the stuff yesterday. Not going to have a chance to get her washed until tomorrow :cry:
Im working away from home at the mo so wont be back till Friday night, first chance I will get is Saturday morning, lets hope it isnt that bad down south.
tbh Alan its not that bad down here - couple of inches at most i'd say :undecided:
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:D :D :D
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i saw someone wearing one of those filter mask things yesterday that doctors wear... he clearly thinks this volcanic ash contains something impressive. My car is also covered in it again... after waxing yesterday! i may have to invest in a car cover if this ash is staying around for a while. around 100 years ago this thing lasted just under a year didnt it ? wondering if anyone else can confirm this as its only the rumour on the street round here.
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i saw someone wearing one of those filter mask things yesterday that doctors wear... he clearly thinks this volcanic ash contains something impressive. My car is also covered in it again... after waxing yesterday! i may have to invest in a car cover if this ash is staying around for a while. around 100 years ago this thing lasted just under a year didnt it ? wondering if anyone else can confirm this as its only the rumour on the street round here.
check with Len, think he was around then :lipsrsealed:
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A bloke on UK mk4's posted this
http://uk-mkivs.net/forums/p/347006/2353387.aspx#2353387
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I work on Airplanes and everythign that has been given to us by the Experts that included data from Mt. St. Helens was DO NOT WASH IT OFF instead VACUUM it off. This was going to be a problem with 747 size aircraft as this would take a very long time with a very long extension cord.
Maybe it is different for cars than Airplanes but no way were we supposed to wash it off
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I work on Airplanes and everythign that has been given to us by the Experts that included data from Mt. St. Helens was DO NOT WASH IT OFF instead VACUUM it off. This was going to be a problem with 747 size aircraft as this would take a very long time with a very long extension cord.
Maybe it is different for cars than Airplanes but no way were we supposed to wash it off
that is fine but i could envisage problems with this...
1) in some cases, like on my car, the ash wasn't just easy to vacuum off... it was lightly bonded so wouldn't have come off without addition of a liquid
2) taking a vacuum to a car could cause more damage... i can imagine some might want to use the 'brush' attachment and I don't know what damage that might cause
c) most people only have domestic vacuums which aren't disposable, if you think that you would be heating up the vacuum (most vacuum cleaners get hot) I can see that the very fine particles and glass particles could cause damage to the vacuum itself... most vacuum cleaners cannot even cope with builders dust
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Good points..
PS get ready for round 3...
Its coming :embarassed: :sad: :angry: :cry:
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Snow foam lance all the way! Totally stunned how good it is at removing dust and ash from the car.