What do you do when its lashing it down

[VWKev]

As long as it's not lashing down (in which case you may wanna head indoors), you can carry on as guy says. I've detailed my car during light rain (wash, dry, clay, wax).

Cool, thanks.

p.s. thats an immense shine you have on your car in your sig. 

[stealthwolf]

p.s. thats an immense shine you have on your car in your sig. 

Thanks but guess what? No wax!!!

It was the first time I'd washed the GTI. Rinsed, washed twice using 2BM, dried, clayed and that's it! I didn't wax it until a few days later when the wax had arrived.

The shinyness is more down to the quality of the original paint than anything that I did, but bear in mind the car was about seven or eight months old at that point.

[VWKev]

p.s. thats an immense shine you have on your car in your sig. 

Thanks but guess what? No wax!!!

It was the first time I'd washed the GTI. Rinsed, washed twice using 2BM, dried, clayed and that's it! I didn't wax it until a few days later when the wax had arrived.

The shinyness is more down to the quality of the original paint than anything that I did, but bear in mind the car was about seven or eight months old at that point.

Wow.

Still though, it looks georgeous mate.

[northeast_gti-t]

carry on as much as possible

Sorry guy, do you mean just leave it till the weather breaks ?

no... just carry on regardless... the only thing you'll have trouble doing is polishing in wet/damp conditions

exactly the weather dont worry me regardless i'l still wash it even more so now towards the winter months as guy says just a bit of trouble with polishing etc i just hope for a decent warmish day over winter and go for it 

[Mikester]

I normally wash it, rinse it in the rain.

Then put it in the garage and dry it, and then do everything else.

[VWKev]

Thats the only thing I wish I had and thats a garage, we will be looking to move house some time next year so a garage is a must.

[dubber36]

I wash mine in the rain regardless of the comments I get from the neighbours.

If it does stop raining, I'll sheet the water off with an open hose then dry it using AG Aqua Wax as an aid.

[beth]

I washed and managed to polish mine today took me about 3 hours before it started to rain, good old sunny south wales lol.

[jimbooboo]

If its pissing it down...leave it?

The paint ain't gonna die if if its not washed and waxed 3 times a day.

Theres nothing like a nice shiny car but why do it in the rain. Let the rain wash all the dust off for you. Onces stopped, come out and clean the water marks off.

[VWKev]

If its pissing it down...leave it?

The paint ain't gonna die if if its not washed and waxed 3 times a day.

Theres nothing like a nice shiny car but why do it in the rain. Let the rain wash all the dust off for you. Onces stopped, come out and clean the water marks off.

It's not as easy as that. When its raining the crap and dirt from the roads when driving starts to build up, splashes etc from other cars, vans, lorries etc builds up too. Before you know it, its pretty dirty. In this weather lately, I might get an hour or two restbite but I'm not always sitting waiting for the rain to go off so I can run out and clean the car. The rain doesnt wash it off in the slightest.

Not sure about anyone else, but I hate my car with dirt on it. I like it looking clean and shiney both on the outside and in.