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Title: Winter washing!
Post by: musicman87 on 27 November 2010, 14:39
The joys of freezing fingers and toes are upon us again! Just tried to wash my car and look what happened: Sorry for the poor pics, taken with my crappy camera off my phone

(http://i742.photobucket.com/albums/xx65/Jon_Birch/CIMG00322.jpg)

(http://i742.photobucket.com/albums/xx65/Jon_Birch/CIMG00332.jpg)

(http://i742.photobucket.com/albums/xx65/Jon_Birch/CIMG00342.jpg)

Ended up washing it with warm water and moving it up the road into the sun to dry it before the water froze! All tucked up in the garage now!

On a different note, chavvy bloke in my girlfriends apartment building has a nice R32 but i've never seen it clean... Look at the wheels!

(http://i742.photobucket.com/albums/xx65/Jon_Birch/CIMG0025.jpg)

Why does he deserve such a nice car?!
Title: Re: Winter washing!
Post by: xkaty_h on 27 November 2010, 18:43
Ooh that doesn't look fun at all!
Having access to a unit when it's cold really does make life so much easier!
 
I hate car cleaning in winter, it's way too cold. The car will have to remain dirty as there's no way I'm getting a chill.
Title: Re: Winter washing!
Post by: Guy on 27 November 2010, 18:53
yeah... I had this problem the other day... with 6 cars  :lipsrsealed:

pressure washer soon sorted it  :grin:
Title: Re: Winter washing!
Post by: Tazzy on 27 November 2010, 19:56
hmmm, im meant to be cleaning my car tomorrow, think ive changed my mind now...
Title: Re: Winter washing!
Post by: Dan J on 27 November 2010, 21:35
welcome to world of winter detailing:D
Title: Re: Winter washing!
Post by: Tazzy on 28 November 2010, 17:29
found a solution today after the pressure washer freezing up, obviously using a hose was no good, so we just used lots of buckets of hot water, lol, ok, so its not the best, but the car is clean till i use it next...

(ag fast glass froze up as well)
Title: Re: Winter washing!
Post by: Chris MKV on 28 November 2010, 18:28
yeah... I had this problem the other day... with 6 cars  :lipsrsealed:

pressure washer soon sorted it  :grin:

Guy - how clean are you getting cars with the pressure washer? I always end up hand washing afterwards.
Title: Re: Winter washing!
Post by: Guy on 28 November 2010, 18:52
yeah... I had this problem the other day... with 6 cars  :lipsrsealed:

pressure washer soon sorted it  :grin:

Guy - how clean are you getting cars with the pressure washer? I always end up hand washing afterwards.

sparkling!  :laugh:

i use hazsafe as a pre wash... you will always need to clean with a mitt afterwards but bear in mind a pressure washer will remove the majority of surface dirt so you are minimising swirls!
Title: Re: Winter washing!
Post by: tech1889 on 28 November 2010, 19:20
he does not deserve a r32..
Title: Re: Winter washing!
Post by: xkaty_h on 28 November 2010, 19:45
yeah... I had this problem the other day... with 6 cars  :lipsrsealed:

pressure washer soon sorted it  :grin:

Guy - how clean are you getting cars with the pressure washer? I always end up hand washing afterwards.

sparkling!  :laugh:

i use hazsafe as a pre wash... you will always need to clean with a mitt afterwards but bear in mind a pressure washer will remove the majority of surface dirt so you are minimising swirls!

I *heart* my pressure washer!!
Hate swirls! Pat drying cars ftw!
Title: Re: Winter washing!
Post by: musicman87 on 29 November 2010, 18:19
he does not deserve a r32..

Tell me about it! He gets in it first thing in the morning and red lines it up the road on a cold engine... The tyres are most definitely illegal too, suprised its not blown up yet...
Title: Re: Winter washing!
Post by: tech1889 on 29 November 2010, 21:37
and some idiot will buy it off him for good money ! i want it  :evil:
Title: Re: Winter washing!
Post by: Cov golf on 10 December 2010, 20:33
he does not deserve a r32..
1+ what a w@nker it would be well  shiny if I had it   
Title: Re: Winter washing!
Post by: LazyLunatic on 15 December 2010, 15:42
he does not deserve a r32..

Tell me about it! He gets in it first thing in the morning and red lines it up the road on a cold engine... The tyres are most definitely illegal too, suprised its not blown up yet...

This has actually pi$$ed me off :angry: