Washing a cabrio
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Washing a cabrio
My Mini is really really dirty and I need to wash it. I wanted to know if I could bring it to a DIY wash place. I'm mostly concerned that the power spray is going to damage the roof or the bonnet stripes, but I need a little power to get the salt off and my hose at home is frozen solid. I won't be using their soap or sponge.
What do you all do?
What do you all do?
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I seriously doubt that a DIY place has enough pressure to harm a softtop or they'd probably get shut down from lawsuits. My cabrio gets subjected to jets everytime I get him clean and not one problem ever. Looks great too. I have him washed about once a week and waxed quarterly. The next "wax" job will be a synthetic wax that's suppose to last a year or more. I've seen cars that have it done and not even a bumper sticker can stick to it! Imagine what it could do for road salt and grime!
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Originally Posted by Threat
My Mini is really really dirty and I need to wash it. I wanted to know if I could bring it to a DIY wash place. I'm mostly concerned that the power spray is going to damage the roof or the bonnet stripes, but I need a little power to get the salt off and my hose at home is frozen solid. I won't be using their soap or sponge.
What do you all do?
What do you all do?
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I work in Hoffman Estates (found a Busy Bee DIY place there), It got the salt off, but after I stopped at the dealer to ask a few questions they offered to wash it because it was still very dirty (thanks Adam!).
Since the weather is so warm I am going to move my hose into my garage (Mt Prospect) so that it totally thaws, then I can pull it out and wash my Mini in my driveway on warm days like these (a little rain isn't going to hurt me). I'm fairly sure there aren't any hand wash places around that aren't stupidly expensive.
Since the weather is so warm I am going to move my hose into my garage (Mt Prospect) so that it totally thaws, then I can pull it out and wash my Mini in my driveway on warm days like these (a little rain isn't going to hurt me). I'm fairly sure there aren't any hand wash places around that aren't stupidly expensive.
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