Washing off Hardcore Mud

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alex spanos

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Well I have an 04 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon, and today I did some 4-wheeling. Needless to say, its pretty muddy. Now, Im going to leave it there for a few days, which i assume will do nothing, but when it comes time to wash it off is there anything special i need to do? I have a foam gun, and ill probably presoak it. But other than that, is there anything? Thanks.
 
brwill2005 said:
A pressure washer.
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+1 and if you don't have one, take it to a car wash and blast off as much clingy mud/dirt as possible.



Then soak/foam gun, 3 bucket method.



Good luck.
 
Some freinds of mine, when they go four wheeling and they want to clean their undercarriage, they park their trucks over a lawn sprinkler, the kind that goes back and forth, on their lawn and let it run for about an hour. Cleans their mud off, fills their lawn in and waters the lawn. Or, the other option, go to the car wash and leave all that dirt there in the bay for a few bucks...
 
cajunfirehawk said:
Some freinds of mine, when they go four wheeling and they want to clean their undercarriage, they park their trucks over a lawn sprinkler, the kind that goes back and forth, on their lawn and let it run for about an hour. Cleans their mud off, fills their lawn in and waters the lawn. Or, the other option, go to the car wash and leave all that dirt there in the bay for a few bucks...
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Theres no way running back and forth over a lawn sprinkler will have any worthwhile effect at cleaning an undercarrriage. Your best bet would be to soak the entire undercarriage, wheel wells and probably the engine bay area as well with a strong APC then blast away with a pressure washer powerful enough for the job.



My detail trailer is equipped with a skid mount 13hp Honda pressure washer. I installed a a gun that has no steel lance, or whatever its called so that its possible to clean all the hard to reach areas. Its just a gun with a a 40 degree spray tip on the end.
 
clnfrk said:
Theres no way running back and forth over a lawn sprinkler will have any worthwhile effect at cleaning an undercarrriage.
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Apparently you understood their effort of clean and assumed it was meaning the same has our understanding of the word clean ,:dance to people that 4 wheel, tru die hards, clean means no big clumps of mud, sticks, or grass hanging around. :chuckle: I would imagine all it does, is make the mud softer and fall off? The autopian connoisseur would still want to spray down said vehicle with his/her cleaner of choice followed by a vigorous power wash, then finish with a nice grape smelling undercarriage spray such as Adams. :waxing:



YMMV :buffing:
 
For the wheel wells and the underbody use every horsepower you have with the pressure washer. Blast away!! On the other hand, I usually just use what my electric PW puts out for any other part of the car. The only reason being is that I have used some seriously powerful PW's (gas powered) on other things like siding and wood decks. I couldn't imagine pointing some of those PW's at the side of my car or a customers car. Most wands on PW's have different settings to control the strength of water pressure coming out of the tip. But it didn't sound like you have one for yours ("just a gun"). So maybe just show a little bit of caution when using 13hp. All this obviously IMO!! Happy dirt clog removing!!
 
Just go by the car wash and blast all of it off... get all the wheel wells/body where there is mud, then put in a few more dollars and get all the undercarriage clean. Then go home and clean it. 2/3 bucket method and a foam gun helps...
 
Joseph K said:
Just go by the car wash and blast all of it off... get all the wheel wells/body where there is mud, then put in a few more dollars and get all the undercarriage clean. Then go home and clean it. 2/3 bucket method and a foam gun helps...
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I would reccomend doing it at night at the pay and spray. My buddy had a pretty heavily modded (for 4wheeling) Wrangler, and he got thrown out of the pay and spray more than once. :D
 
Well I'm in a suburb of Boston and the weather isnt warm to say the least, so I just washed it in my garage. I hosed it off at my regular hoses maximum pressure, and most of it came off. I then just washed with 2 buckets, and alot of shampoo. It looks pretty good. Im not too worried about swirls, but I dont think i put any more in, surprisingly. Washing a Jeep takes about 5 minutes, because there is so little surface area. You have the hood, and the doors. Thats pretty much it.
 
Yea, just spray it all out really good with a pressure washer.



It may take along time but its worth it. Leaving mud and such under your Jeep will wear parts out quicker. Bearings, pinion seals, , balljoint+suspension, etc. Jeeps look better dirty but its not good for it. Engine also runs hotter since the mud insulates it.
 
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