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Cleaning off Snow

Old Dec 6, 2007 | 02:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Crashton
Any wet snow & it's just going to lay down & play dead.
Great visual there!
 
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Old Dec 6, 2007 | 05:02 PM
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I would bet that no matter how soft those OXO brush bristles are, those are NOT clearcoat safe and are leaving hazing/scratches/swirls behind....to be discovered come a sunny Spring day.

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Old Dec 6, 2007 | 05:06 PM
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Originally Posted by wolf617
I used a California water blade today. Worked great although I wasn't wearing gloves and my hands got a little cold and wet.
This is the best bet. I have been using one for years and love how fast it gets the snow off of a waxed MINI. You can even get an upscale squeege made of silicone and then you get a handle.
 
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Old Dec 6, 2007 | 05:21 PM
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Or you can do what I did - move to the sunbelt.... I don't miss standing in the parking lot after a long day at work scraping windows of ice!
 
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Old Dec 6, 2007 | 07:22 PM
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get a tarp for a few hundred dollars
 
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Old Dec 6, 2007 | 07:31 PM
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Looks like your MINI is camping in the back yard!
 
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Old Dec 6, 2007 | 07:34 PM
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Originally Posted by flaco
get a tarp for a few hundred dollars
OK, HOW do you get it out of there? Fence in back, garden in front.
 
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Old Dec 6, 2007 | 07:40 PM
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Originally Posted by amorican
I would bet that no matter how soft those OXO brush bristles are, those are NOT clearcoat safe and are leaving hazing/scratches/swirls behind....to be discovered come a sunny Spring day.

TJM
Nope. I don't push down on it very hard, and with 3 coats of Zaino on our MINIs, the snow tends to slide right off Now freezing rain is another thing. What I tend to do to deal with ice is tap the surface with my gloved hand, then it slides off.

Mark
 
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Old Dec 6, 2007 | 09:10 PM
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i bought a new Fit like 5 hrs ago and it's all under snow... before it
was a flatter white box..now it's just a taller rectangular white box.
 
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Old Dec 7, 2007 | 07:28 AM
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Originally Posted by flaco
get a tarp for a few hundred dollars
Originally Posted by ACEkraut11
OK, HOW do you get it out of there? Fence in back, garden in front.
Looks like a gate behind it

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Old Dec 7, 2007 | 07:56 AM
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Originally Posted by lotsie
Looks like a gate behind it

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The original picture is gone but that would make sense.
 
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Old Dec 7, 2007 | 08:10 AM
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Maybe the shrub folds down like in Batman
 
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Old Dec 7, 2007 | 03:11 PM
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Originally Posted by kenchan
i bought a new Fit like 5 hrs ago and it's all under snow... before it
was a flatter white box..now it's just a taller rectangular white box.
Congrats on the new Fit Ken. I really like those little swiss army knife kinda cars.

I have an idea for a license plate HISSY.

Now clean that snow off.
 
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