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R50/53 I thought about washing my MINI today, and now it's raining.

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Old Mar 25, 2004 | 01:09 PM
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Wow.

Nature is reading my thoughts.......
 
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Old Mar 25, 2004 | 01:14 PM
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I washed my MINI at 5:00AM today, and now it's raining!
(But I knew it would. Weatherman said it wouldn't, and
that's how I knew!)

Dogspeed.

 
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Old Mar 25, 2004 | 01:35 PM
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you were lucky, i washed, polished and waxed mine last sunday, 30 mins after i finished it started raining!
 
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Old Mar 25, 2004 | 01:46 PM
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I had plan to give my MCS a well deserved bath and a few extra coats of Zaino Z2, Z5 and Z6. The weather in Miami today has been a mix of rain, clouds, sun and lotsa wind and it changes every half an hour!

Not very encouraging. So I have postponed the wash until tomorrow morning, hoping the weather is on my side.
 
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Old Mar 25, 2004 | 01:54 PM
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Mine got rain-washed. It looks good, but I took a paper towel to the wheels to clean off the dirt and brake dust.
 
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Old Mar 25, 2004 | 02:14 PM
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Its bright and sunny in SoCal. I'm going home to wash my car in a few hours
 
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Old Mar 25, 2004 | 02:32 PM
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It's crazy raining in Northern California right now, but that's OK because I get to wash and polish my MINI this weekend :smile:
 
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Old Mar 25, 2004 | 02:37 PM
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Sunny in Atlanta, and looks that way for the next few days...ran through the car wash today and the Zaino is holding up great for a beautiful shine!
 
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Old Mar 25, 2004 | 07:27 PM
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Man, I can't wait til it gets in the 50s up here to spend a day giving the MCS a nice bath. Spring in Maine can have many seasons in 1 day
Anybody have something that takes the wax off of the plastic trim around the wheel wells?
 
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Old Mar 25, 2004 | 07:41 PM
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Hi! i've used Meguiar's Gold Class Trim Detailer to remove the wax from the plastic trim. It works great! also there are some hints in Meguiar's home page about removing wax from plastics, you should take a look at it
 
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Old Mar 25, 2004 | 08:54 PM
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Raining right now. I think it's safe to take my winter tires off now, God I hope it doesn't snow again (although I do remember having snow on May 1st a few years ago)....
 
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