Touchless vs. doing nothing

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stoneweed1

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I placed a layer of blackfire polish and the polymer wax in sept and gave it a deep gloss spray quick detail two weeks later, however now my car is "COVERED" with white salt for almost a month.



I doubt i'll be able to clean it at home this week due to the cold conditions, and then i'll be out of town for about a month, which leads me to my question....



would one be better off taking it thru a touchless car wash in which the possibility of having a harsher soap remove my application of blackfire since the september application of blackfire has whithered away and is virtually nonexistent or......



the Blackfire is still on there and its better to let it stay on than to take it thru a touchless carwash?
 
I doubt there is a large amount of BlackFire still left on your car.



It's up to you, would you rather have your clearcoat covered in salt or clean and covered with nothing.
 
Im having the same problem here....



But because the car is black, im more worried about the swirlies and such than not having protection...



I've actually put on a coat of NuFinish about 3 weeks ago, so I think it's pretty well covered as far as protection, but which is worse... the salt, or the scratches...





god, what a brutal choice...
 
well, just spraying it down with warm water will wash of someof that nasty crap but it will not look to clean after. If I had no choice I would toake it down and spray it off. But then with it being this cold you have to wory about suff freezing also. it is up to you, I remember before I had a garage I would just spray it off on a warm day. Like I said though, it didnt look good but it looked better......
 
Yeah, I have a garage, just not an inside water source....



since it's 13F out, im afraid to do anything involving water with the car...



I was considering one of those 'QD washes' but am hesitant to do even that....



it looks so bad right now too, black shows everything, so imagine how a month's worth of road salt and dirt look...



:mad:



:sosad



:nixweiss
 
Get your garage warm, use warm to hot water to wash your car and right before you bring your car inside after it is rinsed off just spray the warm/hot water all of your car, it'll melt the ice if there is any and you can dry your car inside your warm garage.



My car HARDLY fits in my storage bay, such a tight fit I can't do anything in there, I can only fit the car in..... tight as a glove too.
 
I'm of the opinion that the car needs to be cleaned once a week for as long as i own it. So if that means me loosing some fancy wax (polymer) so be it. I will take care of the finish first chance i get when it warms up. A clean car last much longer than a neglected one.
 
Salt, Ice, whats that....?

Im in California, please elaborate.... !



Sorry guys, I had too......

BTW, its 71.8 outside, 73.4 inside......Oh, a couple clouds too...
 
you lucky s... lol, im lucky enough to hand wash indoors once in a while, other than that, ill run through the touchless no problem:up just remember NO CAR WASHES WITH BRUSHES:scared
 
Patrick said:
Salt, Ice, whats that....?

Im in California, please elaborate.... !



Sorry guys, I had too......

BTW, its 71.8 outside, 73.4 inside......Oh, a couple clouds too...
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Careful, you smart aleck Californians are begging for an earthquake....
 
ryeh2o said:
I'm of the opinion that the car needs to be cleaned once a week for as long as i own it. So if that means me loosing some fancy wax (polymer) so be it. I will take care of the finish first chance i get when it warms up. A clean car last much longer than a neglected one.
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:confused:

Having the car is obviously important but... what about the clear coat... that is the question?
 
As long as it is very cold, the 'reactivity rate' of the various chlorides (salts) is minimized. As the temps approach 20-25 F, they begin to react.



How 'warm' is the garage?
 
Careful, you smart aleck Californians are begging for an earthquake....
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Ya had to say that didnt ya !!

I'd take the cold over the quake.........
 
stoneweed1 said:
I placed a layer of blackfire polish and the polymer wax in sept and gave it a deep gloss spray quick detail two weeks later, however now my car is "COVERED" with white salt for almost a month.



I doubt i'll be able to clean it at home this week due to the cold conditions, and then i'll be out of town for about a month, which leads me to my question....



would one be better off taking it thru a touchless car wash in which the possibility of having a harsher soap remove my application of blackfire since the september application of blackfire has whithered away and is virtually nonexistent or......



the Blackfire is still on there and its better to let it stay on than to take it thru a touchless carwash?
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Salt only hurts your car when it is wet. It needs the moisture as an acting agent.
 
blackntan said:
since it's 13F out, im afraid to do anything involving water with the car...
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Don't worry, all that salt on the car will give you freeze protection well below 13F... Just kidding. If you are worried about freezing, then how is a touchless wash going to help? Your car will be just as wet afterwards. I would go to a nearby spray wash, spray the car down, then wash it in the garage when I got home (actually, I do this). If you don't want the drivers door to freeze up, coat the rubber weatherstripping with silicone grease first. No water will get past that. Then, any bits of ice that do freeze (much of the water will blow off first, especially if your car has warmed up a bit from driving) will melt off in the garage (so as long as you don't open the other doors or anything, who cares if they freeze for a few minutes) and you can do your wash to complete the cleaning.



Stoneweed1, you didn't mention whether you have a garage or not.
 
Patrick said:
Ya had to say that didnt ya !!

I'd take the cold over the quake.........
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Sorry about that. I can't separate them in my mind. Especially when I think about California.



In Januanry 1994 Montréal and the East Coast were having a really serious deep freeze. Yippee, I was off to SoCal for my Dad's birthday and warm weather.



I had been there for less than two whole days before I was shaken awake by the Northridge Quake. I was in Orange County, so just shaken, no damage.



At least I know how to dress for the cold. How do you dress for an earthquake? ;)
 
Heres my earthquake attire prep work:

1. Zest everything, head to toe....

2. Clay

3. BF polish

4. BF II protectant x 2



This way I slide like (Explicative) to safety when the shakin starts...

Works everytime.....(Why do I feel like Im living on borrowed time now ?):xyxthumbs



On a more serious note, I feel for you folks back east, must suck to be that cold and have to do things the hard way.....

I did a 01 Lexus 430 (Pearl white) today, when I got home at 4:30 pm, it was 77 deg's. So you can imagine how warm it was earlier....

Dont ya feel for me ???:(
 
I go every weekend and pressure wash the car with just water, sometimes I use the pressure wash soap (it's blue coral) when it's really dirty. It doesn't clean the car, but it removes most of the residue and that's fine with me.
 
Patrick said:
I did a 01 Lexus 430 (Pearl white) today, when I got home at 4:30 pm, it was 77 deg's. So you can imagine how warm it was earlier....

Dont ya feel for me ???:(
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Honestly.....NO:cool:



It's gonna be -2 here tonight. wanna trade?
 
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