OK - I couldn't stand the salt spray any longer - the temps are a risen and I gotsta get out thar and wash her up!
As soon as it got tolerable outside - 40 degrees - I washed the clubby!

I feel sooo much better now - knowing that she is nice and clean! Temps look good for another 4 or so days! If tomorrow holds up - I'll play golf at Laytonsville with the Maryland Winter Pro-Am, they should open - since there is no snow there!

Get out there and wash her - especially if you don't have snow (sorry NC, NJ, VA, NY, PA and points North and East!).

 

And i did it when it was 32 degs

to you sir

 

Nice to hear it is warm enough somewhere to wash a car. Even my garage is only running at about 34 degrees. And the temps outside have reached a whooping 23 degrees. With the wind chill factored in its still in the single digits here in Central Mass.

 

I cant wait for it to break freezing here. I've slipped on water that froze on the driveway during me washing my car once lol... Key is warm water and a warm garage to pull into to dry...or just a slightly warmer one lol. That way you never really have to touch the coldness

 

Good job.

You could borrow a friend's "heated" garage or find an automated car wash.



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Up here in Colorado where I live at 9,600ft. I have washed my at an outdoor hose wash to get the mag chloride off at 4 degrees which is pretty frequent here in the mountains so I do it all the time. One time I did it, and when I got home pulled it into the garage went to get out and the door was stuck. I guess the water froze it shut. So I called into the house and told them I was stuck, my kids never laughed so hard and my wife of course thought I was a complete idiot for washing the car in the first place. I had to lower the back seats pop the trunk and crawl out the back. Heated garage took care of it over night.

 

I am doing the same thing! It has finally gotten warm enough here at the Mom's in NC. The snow is finally melting away. Supposed to be in the 50s by tomorrow, but thought I would get rid of the salt ASAP.

 

A couple of weeks ago it snowed a whopping 2in here in northern VA, but since we had some 50+ inches of snow last year, every time a flurry falls they dump nasty salt all of the road. My laser blue was becoming faded-jeans-blue and I knew the salt was terrible for it (ok, it was mostly because I want Clubby looking sharp..), so when it hit 40deg on a weekend finally, I decided to wash it.

I went at it with two buckets of warm water with a dollop of soap in each to give it a pre rinse, then warm soapy bucket, then about 8 buckets later of warm water rinse. All was going well until I got around to the last section of the car, and by now it was getting dark out and the temp was dropping pretty fast, I had ice on my car! At first I freaked thinking it would ruin the paint, but hey, cars ice all the time. So, I just warmed up my waffle weave and rubbed at it a bit and all was well.

Now I'm trying to find a decent weekend to get a layer of BG on Now that I know washing the car in the dead of winter isn't stupid, I'm all for it!

 

It's a balmy 77 here in FL.
Washed "Merlin" this morning.
Finally got decent weather.
Back to shorts and tshirt weather.
Hate it when it gets below 70.
Last time I saw snow was when I was in service.
Ah, thank goodness for sunshine!

 

Vollgas: I hear ya! I am so glad to have warm temps in South Florida! I got my New Year's detailing in, so I am set!

 

I'm ready for Spring Break!

 

I just finished washing my Mini. It was a sunny 43 out. It was past the time i need to get the salt off.

 

Lube your door seals - I like Mequire's #40 rubber treatment every 3 months when I do the leather seats. GM recommends a silicone grease on the door seals, that seems too slimy to me, but I know fighter jets use that on the canopy seals.

But I think washing a car in sub freezing temps is asking for trouble. Washed a PT Cruiser last year, then pulled in right into the garage. Next day both door unlock solenoids failed while sitting out in the cold at work - to the tune of $500 in repairs.