Snow Brushes

Which would you use?

  • Sno Brum

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  • Boar's Hair

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I used the Oxo brush last winter and had some marring, but it was very. very minimal. Much less than any other brush I have tried. That boars hair one looks interesting, but a bit pricey.
 
The car will be garaged every night, but will be sitting in an open parking lot during the day, so snow buildup should be pretty minimal.



I've considered wrapping a squeegee with a microfiber towel, but if there's sand or salt on the paint than there will still be scratching/marring.
 
dmehak said:
The car will be garaged every night, but will be sitting in an open parking lot during the day, so snow buildup should be pretty minimal.



I've considered wrapping a squeegee with a microfiber towel, but if there's sand or salt on the paint than there will still be scratching/marring.
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You hit the nail on the head with that last bit, and there *will* be stuff on the paint :(



Finding some way to get some of the snow off, and then letting the car warm up for a while, is about all you can do. Wash frewuently so stuff doesn't stick to the paint, use a slick LSP, and have as many layers on there as you can to act as a sacrificial barrier between the paint and the winter conditions. I had to deal with this exact situation when I was still teaching and all you can do is work with the factors that are actually within your control...the primary one being damage that *you* might do if you get too carried away with trying to get the snow off.
 
Accumulator said:
It's hard enough to wash without marring, let alone push stuff off "dry" without doing it. Get a piece of grit between the snow and your paint and look out..Since I don't see any way around the risk of marring (when there's a lot of snow on it) I just leave that last 1/2" or so and hope it doesn't mar too badly when it melts and slips off.
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Well put! Exactly what I wanted to say. It's not just the brush that marrs the paint it's also the dirt between the paint and the snow. Pushing the snow off drags the dirt along the paint creating marring. Basically, there's no way to avoid marring your paint during the winter if you live in an area which gets snow.



If you're REALLY crazy though, here's an idea . . . carry a converter in your car and a heat gun. Use the heat gun to melt the snow & ice off your car. This way nothing touches the car. My only concerns would be looking like a TOTAL idiot and the rapid change in temperature the paint would experience. It's not really good for any object to go from freezing cold to boiling hot in a short amount of time.
 
Over-saturate the snow clouds with ONR, and it will encapsulate its own dirt particles...



Or spray the remaining thin snow layer with warmed double-QD strength ONR...
 
I made a huge mistake not removing the snow from the top of my 4Runner last year. It would warm up then freeze everynight. I don't drive far to work, so the snow stayed on the roof. Water ultamitly found it's way into the bolts that hold the roof rack on and made it's way into the headliner for some nice water staining.



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I place to MFs over the top of the bristles the remove only the top layer of snow..the rest will eventually melt when i put the car in the garage..
 
Mikeyc said:
If you're REALLY crazy though, here's an idea . . . carry a converter in your car and a heat gun. Use the heat gun to melt the snow & ice off your car..
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Ah, but the melted water might find its way somewhere serious (like your door handles, locks, etc.) and then freeze ;)



SHICKS- Shouldn't those areas be water-tight? I'd pull the rack and put something down in the bottom of the mounting holes to keep that (or something else along those lines) from happening again.
 
Accumulator said:
Ah, but the melted water might find its way somewhere serious (like your door handles, locks, etc.) and then freeze ;)



SHICKS- Shouldn't those areas be water-tight? I'd pull the rack and put something down in the bottom of the mounting holes to keep that (or something else along those lines) from happening again.
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Yes, they "should" be water tight. I took the bolts out and put silicone on them. It's better now, but the headliner is stained. It's a 2002, so it's not that old either.



Steve
 
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