scooby_slippers

First Sunday of Scooby ownership and itching to give her a wash. Question is - should i be washing and polishing today when temp unlikely to get much above freezing?

Opinions greatly appreciated

Osimabu

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As I assume you'll be using warm water in your shampoo and wash mitt rinsing buckets, you should be okay with the washing, but it may be a problem drying it off afterwards before you can polish it.

I was going to do mine today but I'm leaving it for the moment for that very reason.

GordonC

I braved it yesterday... took about 2 hours to get the polish off due to temp!!

scooby_slippers

Given its black and all the road scum thats about I am keen to do it even if i give polishing a miss. Can you over wash a car? Plan is to do it every week.

Hawkeye D

Snow foam is a good pre wash system.

It's contactless and pulls a lot of grit and salt off the car without even touching it. I've been using snow foam now for 3-4 years I guess. I swear by it.

scooby_slippers

Halfords stock that hawkeye?

Hawkeye D

I doubt they do.

It's a Karcher pressure washer attachment, and I get the 5 litre bottle of foam. It lasts ages.

I got mine here :
http://www.theultimatefinish.co.uk/c...am-lances.aspx

daz b

Try and wash in the sun (if its out!!) will dry a bit quicker.

craigybaby

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You should be ok washing mate polishing however might be difficult as the polish wont dry out properly cuz of the temperature so when u go to remove it will just smear every where I hate this time of year roll on summer

hedgecutter

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Try Auto Glymms Aqua Wax, or a similar product; you spray it on even if the car is still wet, and then polish it off and dry at the same time. It saves a lot of time at this time of year, and still beads up nicely. Still cant beat a full waxing though!

B0DSKI

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Did mine the other week and it was -3 when I started and worked fine.



If the polish is worked hard enough you'll be fine. If working by hand I'd give it a skip. People saying the polish won't dry is misleading as when a polish is worked properly It virtually disappears and goes clear so leaves no residue on the panel. Most people use far too much product and that's why you have it left on the panel when they think It's been worked enough.

If you're planning on waxing or sealing then make sure you put on the thinnest coat possible. So much so it should be only just visible on the panel. Work slow and do 1 panel at a time.

Hawkeye D

^^^
Just saw this in the detailing section, it looks amazing.

Can you recommend a decent tyre shine that doesn't cause spots everywhere?

B0DSKI

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I use either Migilore Tyre dress or Auto Finesse Gloss Tyre Dress both leave a nice not too ott finish

mrmadcap

The RB320 will wash the same as any other car

Hawkeye D

Cheers Boyd, and if you need a keen addition / expansion to your team, please PM me.

B0DSKI

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Lol will do mate.

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blackvenom

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huzzy1

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Mine was fine this morning:

huzzy1

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Fonzey

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You'll just get mad looks from neighbors and polish will be a pain in the *** to work in properly.

I've cleaned a car before and had the snowfoam freeze during dwelling - I gave up on that as a bad job once I managed to clean the literal snow foam off of the car!

scooby_slippers

Well braved the wash but not the polish. Then went out for a short pootle and some clown had gritted the roads!

http://i1324.photobucket.com/albums/...pse2399ac1.jpg

360ste

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This time of year I normally just snow foam then rinse. More interested in getting rid of the salt rather than going for a pristine finish.

F1 CJE UK

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Get a good wax on it and try not to wash her, this time of year it's easy to damage the paint.