Washing Car in the Rain

[tbc]

my neighbour is spending his afternoon washing his car by hand

in a torrential downpour

is this normal PH behaviour?

now I mean washing not waxing or polishing

[Bear Phils]

That is just odd.

[Slow]

Probs better to just drive through a huge puddle

How my car gets washed from mud pretty much

[nipsips]

Saves rinsing and avoids streaking!

Less mental than youd think lol

[HustleRussell]

If the car needs washing (badly) and it's raining, I get out there and do it.
I don't bother drying it with the chamois for obvious reasons

The car being absolutely saturated for a reasonable amount of time before you clean it makes the whole job easier.

[sleep envy]

nipsips said:

Saves rinsing and avoids streaking!

Less mental than youd think lol

Good time to clay the car too.

[martin mrt]

I have seen me doing it, usually at the weekend when I have allocated time to do it and its raining.

It just means I don't need to dry it

[Kwistof]

I've done this before....

In fact I'd say I've gone one step further and washed my car at 5am in the dark (with adequate porch lighting) whilst it was raining so my car didn't look a complete mess for one of the PHSS meets.

Just one of the many joys of being a petrolhead

[SuperchargedVR6]

Nothing wrong with that at all. You're getting wet anyway, so.....

English people and bloody rain!!

[james_gt3rs]

Isn't the rain washing it anyway?

[Si_man306]

I do it a fair bit. If anything it's better washing it in the rain as the rain water is essentially 'distilled' unlike tap water which leaves smears/ marks if not removed properly /obsessivedetailinggeekmode

[Robb F]

HustleRussell said:

If the car needs washing (badly) and it's raining, I get out there and do it.
I don't bother drying it with the chamois for obvious reasons

The car being absolutely saturated for a reasonable amount of time before you clean it makes the whole job easier.

I'm not really a car cleaning kind of person, but how can your car need washing so badly you would go out in the rain to wash it?

My cars don't get washed at all between October - May because it's too cold. I don't think that is the typical PH stance though.

[davel*]

martin mrt said:

I have seen me doing it

That must have been an odd experience :P

[Nedzilla]

Done this many times myself.As others have said,if it just needs a quick wash it saves drying it as the rain wil wash away the tap water leaving it with a perfect finnish.The tap water near me is very hard and if you dont dry the car after washing it can be left looking worse than before you washed it!

Washing it in the rain prevents this.Not as crazy as it seems,if you dont mind getting wet.

[Lee540]

I like washing my car by hand but certainly wouldn't be outside in the rain doing it..

[Willy Nilly]

I do it all the time. Let the rain soak the dirt, the just a few minutes with a sponge and bucket of bubbles and the car looks like newish again.

[Krikkit]

Si_man306 said:

I do it a fair bit. If anything it's better washing it in the rain as the rain water is essentially 'distilled' unlike tap water which leaves smears/ marks if not removed properly /obsessivedetailinggeekmode

As long as the rain water is actually clean, never is where I live.

[*JH*]

tbc said:

my neighbour is spending his afternoon washing his car by hand

in a torrential downpour

is this normal PH behaviour?

now I mean washing not waxing or polishing

What car is it? It matters...

[Capri86]

I've been know to do mine in the rain too.

With time short and so much rain atm if it's filthy I’ll want it washed.

The sane (well sort of!) reasoning being, the dirt has had a pre-soak so comes off easier and the rain prevents any water streaks.

Might seem mad but you can get a sparkling car in half the time. Just don't take it straight out for a drive on wet roads or you've wasted your time!

[DrDeAtH]

I just pay the poles to do it..... raining here....