How to clean the car in this -0.? weather

[Scottie]

Well I can't :argh:


jet wash at garage frozen and my Pressure washer has been out the garage and in my house for the past couple of weeks (don't want it to get knackered):blush:

Can't even get the interior hoovered.:ragin:

At first it didn't bother me the manky look now it's getting on my nerves.

[Craig]

:lol: my car hasn't been cleaned in over 3 weeks and it's boggin.... :thumbs up:

really want to get it cleaned soon tho, or I will have to go into therapy.. :lol::Whistle:

[Mini Ecosse]

Both cars manky Hot soapy water only on lights and number plates at present

[Craig]

Both cars manky Hot soapy water only on lights and number plates at present

Snap :0)

[Fartin Martin]

I go to a hand car wash..well worth the 4 quid..so that it looks decent enough!..how they wee guys do it is beyond me..hats off to the really..I was cold sitting in the car so F**k knows how they felt!!..but I am dying to clean inside..im gettin stressed out with it..although its not really dirty..carpets just abit grubby!..thinking of getting the rubber mates for winter and keep velour for summer!

[AndyP & Lenore]

Yesterday morning the temp had risen to a positively tropical 4c, so I got the jet hose out and gave both MINI's a good blast down to get rid of the salt and grime. If I leaned in close to the car I could literally hear the salt particles stuffing their faces on my metalwork!

Starting to regret it now though, cos the temp dropped to -4 yesterday afternoon and hasn't risen, so my drive is now a sheet of ice:blush:. Pretty sure we up about -10c last night too.

A.

[Delboy]

:lol: my car hasn't been cleaned in over 3 weeks and it's boggin.... :thumbs up:

really want to get it cleaned soon tho, or I will have to go into therapy.. :lol::Whistle:

I feel your pain :sad:

[MINI William]

My car is minging just now realy need a wash and the thought of the salt on my wheels sends me into a cold sweat :ragin:.The inside is fine bar the carpets which have some dirty feet marks on them:argh:

[The Dogfather]

Easy, I drove into work this morning in a hail/sleet blizzard the car was clean (apart from the back) by the time I got to work

[Crombers]

Cure all your ill's in one go folks :thumbs up:

Go buy a Fiat Punto (the older the better :hand:). Sure it will be slowwwwwwww & unexiting but .............

..............fear not the winter roads, the grit, the supermarket car parks & the dog puke :oops:

Hail the Punto :clap:

[Scottie]

This weather is really starting to get on my nerves my car is bogging:argh::argh: can't wash it local jet wash frozen:argh:

I did look at the drive through car wash today and think should I:shut up: but Allan quickly said a loud NO.

The thing is the back of my work trousers get dirty every time I get in or out of the Mini:frown::frown:

If any central belt folks see a jet wash that is open then please let me know.:thumbs up:

[stoney]

what you need to do is find a hot jet wash i think most morison's have them and they normly work just to give the car a blast to get all the dirt off

[Sheilz]

Dougall's keeping reasonably clean just now even though he hasn't been washed for a few weeks. On saying that he's still muckit enough to get membership of the manky club. The snow and ice helps a little to keep muck at bay. He got a nice range of glazes and waxes from Santa so am looking forward to trying them out. One pot smells like bananas so just making do with the occasional sniff to keep me going till its suitable weather to use it.

[GCA3N]

Cure all your ill's in one go folks :thumbs up:

Go buy a Fiat Punto (the older the better :hand:). Sure it will be slowwwwwwww & unexiting but .............

..............fear not the winter roads, the grit, the supermarket car parks & the dog puke :oops:

Hail the Punto :clap:



This is what I need to do, this weather is a nightmare. Add to the weather the horrific road situation over here. Anyways won't be long till I'm back on the mainland again!

[Big Gordy]

Our mini hasn't moved for about 2 months:blush: I washed/dried/polished it in November and stuck it back in the garage and it's not moved since:rolleyes: I go out and start it every week to make sure the battery doesn't go flat tho:thumbs up: The Audi is manky tho:frown: Like most I'm just cleaning the windows and lights nearly every day:sad: It's been great fun in the Defender tho:yes nod:

[Ivano]

I managed to get the hot water hose on mine at my parents on Sunday so gave it a quick wash and dried it in the garage. It was shining and now by Thursday you would never know it had been washed recently. Its almost as dirty as it was before not washing it for over 3 weeks.

The roads are Mank!!!! oh and my R105's are getting destroyed in a major way.. with the white bubbling from behind the lacquer getting worse by the week. I notice new marks all the time :argh::argh:

Maybe thinking about a car change this year so not majorly fussed about it.

[GCA3N]

I managed to get the hot water hose on mine at my parents on Sunday so gave it a quick wash and dried it in the garage. It was shining and now by Thursday you would never know it had been washed recently. Its almost as dirty as it was before not washing it for over 3 weeks.

The roads are Mank!!!! oh and my R105's are getting destroyed in a major way.. with the white bubbling from behind the lacquer getting worse by the week. I notice new marks all the time :argh::argh:

Maybe thinking about a car change this year so not majorly fussed about it.


will you be staying with mini?

[Ivano]

will you be staying with mini?

Tempted at a Clubman..

[Delboy]

Tempted at a Clubman..

:clap::clap::clap:

[GCA3N]

Tempted at a Clubman..


ooo.....good choice, would love a JCW one, nice.

[Scottie]

At last currently 1.3C here this morning I am hoping that maybe the jet wash will be open this morning if not then I am going with the soapy water to clean windows and lights today.

Even folks at my work are starting to comment on how dirty my car is.:ragin::ragin:

[Sheilz]

Got inside of car cleaned today and tried out AG window polish I bought some time ago but never got round to trying. Stuff came off like a dream unlike other window polishes I've used. Outside got a bit of a tidy up as well but under sills etc desperately needing a good hose down. Too damned cold in the wind to do a thorough job and would be just as bad again doing five minute journey to petrol station. Anyway dont fancy having to break car out of an ice block first thing in the morning. Now just got to wait for till I can feel my feet and knees after spending half and hour and more kneeling in the snow trying to clean the wheels.

[GCA3N]

Got inside of car cleaned today and tried out AG window polish I bought some time ago but never got round to trying. Stuff came off like a dream unlike other window polishes I've used. Outside got a bit of a tidy up as well but under sills etc desperately needing a good hose down. Too damned cold in the wind to do a thorough job and would be just as bad again doing five minute journey to petrol station. Anyway dont fancy having to break car out of an ice block first thing in the morning. Now just got to wait for till I can feel my feet and knees after spending half and hour and more kneeling in the snow trying to clean the wheels.

Great effort, The ag's stuff is brill especially the glass cleaner.Where's the clean pics though, ie evidence lol

[Stewart]

I've given up, but it will get a dam good clean when this weather buggers off. The car has that thick brown ice come snow that when falls off is like a brick near the sills. Hate the salt and the Alloys have sod all protection as I removed Tar off them and never got the time to do them and I even have the CG stuff as well.

Good effort if i could I'd love to blast it even if it was not a full wash and I cant dry it.

[Mini Ecosse]

Hopefully warm enough tomorrow to turn on water to outside taps and get the pressure washer operational :thumbs up:
Temps in Oban just above freezing all day Sunday.

[Craig]

my car is the dirtiest it has ever been..... :argh: not had a wash now in 5 weeks, 4 hours, 27 mins and 32 seconds... :thud::lol:

not even going to try and use my hose until the snow is gone from my drive and the temps have gone up for a few days... dinnae want a skating rink in my drive and a frozen car in the morning :thumbs up:

[Scottie]

Finally got her washed. Took all my stuff to the jet wash it was a bit tricky making sure my two buckets didn't spill over in the boot on route but only live two corners away.:p

Don't know what was worse washing the car of keeping my feet and not falling over.

The car as we arrived.
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and afters. still got a bit of shine on her.:thumbs up:

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[Stewart]

Might run my car to the jet wash in Morrisons then although I dont fancy there soap but then the car needs waxed anyway. So how did that work with the TBM. Jetwash then TB then JW again?

[Scottie]

Hoovered the car first

Seats and trim cleaned with Megs interior Quik Detailer

Mats sprayed with APC and jet washed.

Then the car

Rinse with jet wash water.

I sprayed the wheel arches with some APC and gave them a brush down
alloy cleaner and give the wheels a good clean.


Spray a mixture of citrus snow foam and other stuff manual over the car using a snow foam thing I had before getting the pressure washer one.
Rinse jet wash.
Wash with two bucket system.
Rinse with jet wash.
Megs LT spray and then dry.

[Scottie]

what made my car worse was all the stuff off the trees from my work tiny tiny wee seeds all over her.:ragin:

[Livi]

i cant be bothered to even clean mine during the winter season, just went out there and cleaned the lights and reg.

too cold to do it myself and im not paying for it to get dirty by the time i get it home again :lol:

[Sheilz]

Great effort, The ag's stuff is brill especially the glass cleaner.Where's the clean pics though, ie evidence lol

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Dougall's Tinkie's Bath. Took these in the dark, am hoping that's shaky reflection and not swirl marks on his bum LOL.

[GCA3N]

Hoovered the car first

Seats and trim cleaned with Megs interior Quik Detailer

Mats sprayed with APC and jet washed.

Then the car

Rinse with jet wash water.

I sprayed the wheel arches with some APC and gave them a brush down
alloy cleaner and give the wheels a good clean.


Spray a mixture of citrus snow foam and other stuff manual over the car using a snow foam thing I had before getting the pressure washer one.
Rinse jet wash.
Wash with two bucket system.
Rinse with jet wash.
Megs LT spray and then dry.


Car is looking amazing now got to be one of my favs on here, lovin the graphics.

[Mini Ecosse]

+4 C in Oban today:thumbs up:
Both cars cleaned using pressure washer, snow foam followed by the two bucket method:thumbs up:

Interiors tomorrow

[Mini Ecosse]

Some before and after photos

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[GCA3N]

Great job done, now just don't move it.

Cannot wait to get home and do mine. That's if I get it home.

[Scottie]

Looking much better.:thumbs up:

[Craig]

thinking about not washing mine til march... ;) Just cleaning lights and plates at the mo. :yes nod:

[ianking]

Finally got my car cleaned last week at my mate Pauls unit.
Had to go down to his unit as it was a scorching +0.5c down there and much less snow.

My car didnt look that bad on the outside but it really was. The car was damp so it hid the salty colour. Inside was minging though.

Car was jet washed down
foamed with super snow foam
wheels with autosmart smart wheels week mix
under arches and door checks with G101
washed 2bm with megs shampoo plus
there was tar everywhere so all wiped with tardis
exhausts with megs metal polish
once over with blackfire all finish paint protection
waxed with collinite as it lasts for a good while over the winter
exterior trims with aerospace 303
interior hoovered and all wiped with G101
glass in and out with autoglym glass polish
tyres with megs hot shine

BEFORE
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AFTER WASHING INTO THE UNIT AND CLOSE THE DOORS
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ALL FINISHED
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Unfortunately the car is the filth again but at least it is protected as hadnt had the chance to wax it for ages.
Cant wait for the good weather as really need to machine polish it as there are swirls everywhere.

[Ivano]

Nice Finish :thumbs up::thumbs up:

[Ricey46]

A cheeky wee clean there Ian!!Nice photos too..:D

[GCA3N]

Beautiful Ian making me feel bad about mine.

[Craig]

Nice Ian, although it wasn't dirty when you started... ;) I'll show you a dirty motor on wed night... :thumbs up:

[k3ith]

Its starting to thaw down here now so may get a chance to use my new Karcher this weekend, B&Q dropped them from £199 down to £99 then at new year dropped another 15% of it as it was over over £50 so ended up paying £85 well chuffed.
Foam let it get in there, rinse, foam again, wash mitt off, rinse, top up with some AS reglaze and jobs a good un. gets me thru the worst months and doesn't take long either.

[N16SHP]

Im salivating at Ian's wash!

Snow should all be gone 2moz in town, so gonna get up early before hitting the revision to give it a good clean!

[GCA3N]

Im salivating at Ian's wash!

Snow should all be gone 2moz in town, so gonna get up early before hitting the revision to give it a good clean!

Excellent, as always get some shiny pics up when your finished.

[N16SHP]

There you go Greg, as requested. Got out today for about an hour before the rain came on again!

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[GCA3N]

Cheers, Great cleaning job, I thought the last pic was all artistic, lol.

[N16SHP]

Cheers, Great cleaning job, I thought the last pic was all artistic, lol.

My tools of the trade: Wash mitt, Bucket, Nanowash-stuff and a chamois. Turns out that Poorboys is in-fact the nuts at putting up a barrier that dirt just wipes off!

[GCA3N]

Ok even although it was raining had to get the car done today. It actually stopped though just after I started. What a nightmare though, took me about an hour just to remove the road tar AGAIN, honestly it's driving me crazy. So anyways usual routine and 3 hours later here it is. Ps not moving it until I go back offshore in 4 weeks.

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Now for the clean stuff!!

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[Scottie]

Is that your fog lights you have switched on

[GCA3N]

Is that your fog lights you have switched on


Yeh was just a wee wind up.

[N16SHP]

Very nice Greg, I like it! Are you partially sighted Greg? Just wondering as the blind man across the street from see says your new signature is quite nice :D

[GCA3N]

Very nice Greg, I like it! Are you partially sighted Greg? Just wondering as the blind man across the street from see says your new signature is quite nice :D

Cannot get it small enough. Deleted it will have to work on it later.

[Stewart]

Thinking of giving the car a good go tomorrow and get that salt and grit off it. I’m still trying to remove something off the arch trim so its Ground nut oil and tooth brush time.

But great work the car is looking spot on.

[N16SHP]

I stupidly used a brush to remove really heavy snow from my roof and the plastic bristles have left slight marks, almost like plastic has transfered onto the car. They come off slightly when you try with your nail, but im thinking a good wash, microfibre and some old school t-cut will get them out. Any better suggestions? Looking at Ian King here lol!

[GCA3N]

I stupidly used a brush to remove really heavy snow from my roof and the plastic bristles have left slight marks, almost like plastic has transfered onto the car. They come off slightly when you try with your nail, but im thinking a good wash, microfibre and some old school t-cut will get them out. Any better suggestions? Looking at Ian King here lol!

Wouldn't use t-cut mate.

[Bazthemod]

Haha love the Fog lights!

Mines got the special treatment today, looking much better!

[GCA3N]

Haha love the Fog lights!

Mines got the special treatment today, looking much better!

Thought you would, Kim said to me why are you putting the lights on to take pics?

[Sheilz]

These newly washed cars are looking fab. :thumbs up: I cheated - used detailer on Dougall.

I really like those black wheels. I've got it into my head that I want to put black wheels on my car Have spent hours drooling over photos of all the different ones around but can't make up my mind and besides I need to save some dosh first :yes nod:

[GCA3N]

I love darker wheels always have done. They're not everones cup of tea buy I love them.

[GCA3N]

W@nker lights apparently ......................... according to another NMS poster :yes nod:

Is it totally outwith the realms of possibily for you ever to make a nice comment. Tbo crombers you are becoming boring.

[Scottie]

Now boys stay on topic on my thread please :p Oh and play nice.:thumbs up:

[GCA3N]

Now boys stay on topic on my thread please :p Oh and play nice.:thumbs up:

Tell me what to do. It would appear that crombers has an intent dislike for me. Sorry for being off topic.

[Scottie]

Tell me what to do. It would appear that crombers has an intent dislike for me. Sorry for being off topic.


No he dosn't Crombers is a nice lad. he can't be all bad he loves dogs and has a wee westie. He is just yanking your chain yank it back.

[GCA3N]

No he dosn't Crombers is a nice lad. he can't be all bad he loves dogs and has a wee westie. He is just yanking your chain yank it back.

There's yanking your chain and There's yanking your chain.

[N16SHP]

Wouldn't use t-cut mate.

What do you recommend then Greg?


...and Crombers, easy on the comments mate. That thread has been and gone, no point digging it up again!

[GCA3N]

What do you recommend then Greg?






I have autosmart tardis glue and tar remover for the obvious, road tar, but it will take of most things lying on the surface of the paint, including products( resin & polish). I had a freind who had they're bumber scraped leaving the black plastic from the other bumper deposited on they're colour coded ones. The tardis stuff removed it quite easily. If it is actual swirl marks you have then they will need polished out or use a good resin, then polish (AG's) and it will cover them.
Hope this helps a bit, ideally we need the king of shine for the best advice.

[N16SHP]

Its pretty much what you described about your mates car, just transfer. Will have a squint at PB to see what they have in the way of Autotardis, but as far as I can remember, it only comes in a massive can lol.

Will see what Ian says too!

[GCA3N]

I bought 500ml on an eBay site £6 ish if you want more details I'll put up the sellers details.

[N16SHP]

Cool, a'l bare that in mind Greg, thanks!!

[ianking]

Mr N16SHP
Im afraid it sounds like you have scratched your roof and tardis wont work as the defect is into the paint as apposed to on the paint.
I certainly wouldnt use T cut. Its really not very nice and the abrasives in it dont break down so you just end up putting swirls into the paint after you have removed the deep scratch.
It will more than likely need machine polished. There are several hand work scratch removers but to be honest I really dont think they work. You could try Meguiars scratch X but MINI paint is so hard that it prob wont shift it if its deep.

[Sheilz]

I took advantage of today's nice weather to give Dougall a spruce up. Wrapped the dodgy foot in cling film inside a plastic bag so that I could hobble about in the wet. Car wasn't particularly dirty since I'd given it a once over week before. I think I said before that some clown had bashed car with a shopping trolley. I always know when the car needs waxing coz the mark shows up. I was really wanting to try the two waxes I got at Xmas so first up was the Collonite. Gave fab shine but was really disappointed that it didn't hide the mark. I used it on half the car, and Dodo juice banana stuff on the other. The dodo stuff covered the mark no probs. Both buffed off very easiy, much easier than the other expensive stuff I've used but couldnt see any difference in the finish which I thought was very very good. I think I need to take car to a body shop though because at the end of the day I'm only masking the damage. Also am really disappointed that in such a short time of ownership that Dougall's bum has a lot of swirl marks on it. Anybody able to recommend someone in Aberdeen area that would get rid of these for me or how I could do it myself. I don't have a polisher and to be honest don't think I'd trust myself with one. Thank you

[AndyP & Lenore]

Got all three of our wee babies a good clean up today also. Making good use of the milder weather before the cold re-snaps.:D

A.:D

[baptie]

I also took advantage of the sun.
Unfortunately I have not attempted to wash since early December.
all washed came across:
2" x 4" scuff on driverside wheel arch, looks like car park scuff
Stone chip on Roof
two real bad chips just above petrol filler, look like a bit of rogue grit wet walk abouts.

Think I will need to give Dave a shout for some touch up before they get any worst!
White roof and dark silver, am gutted!

Still.......great to see it clean again

[euan]

Yup, I got the Audi washed at the weekend - used the first batch of snow foam that I had left (was over diluted and not very good) but wanted to check my hose had defrosted! Then jetwashed it, then snow foamed again with a better mix - much more impressed and the leak seems to be better on the lance, but still needs fixing. Then jetwash, then hand wash with Duragloss and then jetwashed again. Discovered just how good PoorBoys wheel sealant is though, impressive stuff! Though I also found a chip on an alloy that needs attention soon.

Car is looking great though, loving the snow foam and Duragloss combination!

[N16SHP]

UGH! Major disaster. Was driving along when I came to some road works, and they had set up a diversion. Not only did the diversion take you over fresh tar, but past a machine that was cutting up the road and lobbing tar into a big truck. Car got showered! I was fuming! So drove as quick as the law would take me to my parents and cracked out the hose to get as much off asap before it stuck. Only a couple of spots wouldn't budge!

Time to invest in some Auto Tardis me thinks to get it off!!! Greg, who was it you got yours from?

[GCA3N]

UGH! Major disaster. Was driving along when I came to some road works, and they had set up a diversion. Not only did the diversion take you over fresh tar, but past a machine that was cutting up the road and lobbing tar into a big truck. Car got showered! I was fuming! So drove as quick as the law would take me to my parents and cracked out the hose to get as much off asap before it stuck. Only a couple of spots wouldn't budge

Time to invest in some Auto Tardis me thinks to get it off!!! Greg, who was it you got yours from?

eBay you wanting the sellers details?

[GCA3N]

Nightmare about the car though, hate when that stuff happens. Anyway at least it's ok nothing lasting.

Seller: http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/washshop

[N16SHP]

Mr N16SHP
Im afraid it sounds like you have scratched your roof and tardis wont work as the defect is into the paint as apposed to on the paint.
I certainly wouldnt use T cut. Its really not very nice and the abrasives in it dont break down so you just end up putting swirls into the paint after you have removed the deep scratch.
It will more than likely need machine polished. There are several hand work scratch removers but to be honest I really dont think they work. You could try Meguiars scratch X but MINI paint is so hard that it prob wont shift it if its deep.

:thud: owwwwwwwwwwe!!!!

Well i'm tempted to go out and speak to the guys at Polished Bliss, but im worried about getting told I need to do this that and another 100 processes and get confused. Another big problem is that I don't even own a machine polisher! Thanks for the advice Mr King, mucho appreciated!

Thanks for the info too Greg, top man!

[GCA3N]

:thud: owwwwwwwwwwe!!!!

Well i'm tempted to go out and speak to the guys at Polished Bliss, but im worried about getting told I need to do this that and another 100 processes and get confused. Another big problem is that I don't even own a machine polisher! Thanks for the advice Mr King, mucho appreciated!

Thanks for the info too Greg, top man!


Nae probs.

[N16SHP]

Mr N16SHP
Im afraid it sounds like you have scratched your roof and tardis wont work as the defect is into the paint as apposed to on the paint.
I certainly wouldnt use T cut. Its really not very nice and the abrasives in it dont break down so you just end up putting swirls into the paint after you have removed the deep scratch.
It will more than likely need machine polished. There are several hand work scratch removers but to be honest I really dont think they work. You could try Meguiars scratch X but MINI paint is so hard that it prob wont shift it if its deep.

Well went out and spoke to the guys at Polished Bliss today, and they were first class. First question they asked was do you under stand car cleaning processes, and I said a little bit, so they we're very good at explain everything and putting it into English.

The guy came out, had a look at the car, and said..."ouch!" so I figured that wasn't a good start. Anyway, he talked through my options and said I was lucky it wasn't really that deep so should come out with some hard work and patience. He gave me Menzerna Power Finish and two abbrasive sponges. Said i'd need a couple of coats, and it should remove most of the marks. Then asked if I used any waxes to which I replied no, so he then sorted me out with Poorboys Black Hole and Poorboys Natty's Paste. Told me they are a good value for money and are a pretty decent combo together. He said there are more expensive and possibly better products on the market but I told him I didn't want to break the bank so he stuck with that.

Talked me through how to use them, and even threw in a couple of towels for me. Total cost of my trip, £50. Decided that was not bad, and some decent advice for free which you cannot get when you shop online, nor a true evaluation of the damage. Here's hoping it works now, and roll on some nice warm weather so I can sort it out.

**Looks at forecast** Great, more snow tomorrow!!

[GCA3N]

Hope it sorts you out mate. Get some before and after pics up.

[N16SHP]

Hope it sorts you out mate. Get some before and after pics up.

Yeah, I always take pics after and then go DAMNIT! Knew i'd forgotten to do something before I started. See thing is, I just get too excited about washing my car and forget lol

[GCA3N]

Yeah, I always take pics after and then go DAMNIT! Knew i'd forgotten to do something before I started. See thing is, I just get too excited about washing my car and forget lol

Me too lol