No snow yet = no winter!

 

much snow here = winter in all parts of the world.

 

So, any thoughts?

 

I've done "hoseless" washes before a few different ways:

1) using a pump-up sprayer to rinse - low flow, so takes a while, and no big "blast" of pressure, so wouldn't work for caked-on stuff.

2) watering can with the "sprinkler" taken off... so you get a nice stream of water - again - no pressure, but good for rinsing off the soap

3) just pouring water from a small bucket or whatever - ditto

Another approach is take it to the local wand-wash and blast it off, or use a touchless to get it mostly clean, then drive home and use one of the methods above to follow up with a hose-less hand wash... then wax...

 

I did just take it to the touchless wash on Friday so it's not incredibly dirty. Watering can is a great idea for rinsing.

I thought about going to a place and driving home to wax, but it's raining so I assume even a short drive would get it dirty even a little, and I don't really want to be waxing with it dirty.

Ha, for a second I almost asked what the best way to get the car wet would be. Then I remembered it's raining....

 

if it's already raining, do the chow's wash. which is to place a
bar soap on the sunroof.

i miss chows.

 

Yeah. Me too.

Which is why I keep talking you out of selling your MCS.

I'd miss you less. But I think I might possibly still miss you a little.

 

nyuk nyuk blimey's showing his soft side i see. jokes aside,
i appreciate that.


but selling my MCS for a musical instrument was a joke.
i highly doubt my wife would go for a A4wgn anyway when she
knows she wants an odyesse. and im not about to sell my MCS
for some minivan.

 

Well in that case... sell the MCS. Go for it. Putz.

 

.... but that TT-S is kinda nice...

 

Nope, does not matter, just don't use much and buff it clear.

Not winter here yet, or what I would call winter, but the locals think it is, no snow, but it has been raining, going to the high 50's to 60 this weekend.

Mark

 

Whew.

It stopped raining by the time I got home, but my car was still soaking wet so I threw a little water on from the watering can and made sure to grab an extra lot of water with my mitt and I went to town. Used the watering can to rinse and voila! I can't really call it a wash since I really only did the parts with paint on them, but I really just wanted to get those parts clean so I could wax them. Besides, it's going to rain/sleet/snow tomorrow anyways so my car will look like complete crap again. :P

Epic'd the whole car with the PC and it's settinng while I eat dinner.

Wee!

 

watering can is a good idea.

 

Hm, I can't remember...what should I do with my PC pad after I'm done? Its got Epic on it...

 

Wash with Dawn and hot water!

 

Put Cooper side vents on Blimey tonight... and started blacking out the beltline... plan to plasti-dip my headlight rings and door handles.... then he'll be pretty much de-chromed on the outside... and removing all the Cooper S badging... will be badged as a British Leyland MINI

 

hey blimey- is that beltline tape kinda like e-tape?

 

actually warm water would be better not to damage the glue between the backing velcro and the foam....

 

Not really. It's 3M automotive vinyl - peel and stick - with a protective clear film on top. You *do* "stretch to fit" like you can with electrical tape, but you're peeling of the backing as you go, and when done you remove the protective top layer. It's a nice matte/satin kind of finish that blends well with the rubber weather seals.

 

Hey Paul, couple of questions. Where did you get that black out tape? When you paint the chrome parts, what do you do to prep them, light sanding, primer?

Mark

 

ahhh, interesting interesting. so you'd be using BW to
treat this stuff or something like Nero?

i think outmotoring had that stuff...

 

Yup, it's winter here now.. today is -16ºC

Winter in Midland
That was last week, there is more now.

 

jep,that's wat we looked like earlier this week.

 

Yep - outmotoring has it... it's just 3M Scotchcal Automotive Grade vinyl tape, 1/2" wide.... some places sell 150ft of it for about $25...

Yep - use Nero or 303 or whatever on it - it's vinyl.

For the door handles and headlight rings, the "in" thing to use right now is Plasti-Dip spray - you just alcohol-wipe the chrome and spray it on - no surface prep - and it's 100% reversible - just peels off if you don't like it or want to re-do it. And is proving to be very durable, and is a pretty good match for color/texture of black trim.

Here's the thread:
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...-gas-caps.html

 

Thanks Paul Looks like a plan is forming

Mark