Winter Washing

[butchstewie]

I'm not a fan of the cold so one of the things I was curious about was how efficient I could get with washing the Tesla without cutting corners.

I ordered one of these this week.



Eight quid off Amazon and the thing is an absolute revelation.

I also ordered a couple of bottles of this because at three quid for two litres it would be rude not to though I notice now it's £5.29.



Hose pipe from the garden tap and a couple of buckets with grit guards and a good hose down followed by a two bucket wash using a Rag Company Cyclone Ultra wash pad.



Dried with a Rag Company Gauntlet drying towel.



Now I'm not about to make out this is true detailing but the whole process took about 30 minutes and a fair bit of that was setting up and putting away.

I mention it as we're heading into what is - for me - that horrible "too cold" "dark early" time of year when frankly finding the motivation to get my arse out the house can be a challenge.

This made it easy as hell and I reckon sub fifty quid for the lot if you don't already have it - and no doubt cheaper options are available.

[Simpo Two]

I like the fact this is the Detailing forum but you didn't spend £100 on a 50ml bottle of Carlos Fandango (TM) ceramic hypergolic organic balanced superglide lotion with extra vitamins.

No hosepipe ban then?

Edited by Simpo Two on Saturday 14th November 20:44

[butchstewie]

Simpo Two said:

I like the fact this is the Detailing forum but you didn't spend £100 on a 50ml bottle of Carlos Fandango (TM) ceramic hypergolic organic balanced superglide lotion with extra vitamins.

No hosepipe ban then?

Edited by Simpo Two on Saturday 14th November 20:44

No restrictions.

I do have a garage full of lots of stuff gathered over the years.

The point was more that you don't need a garage full of stuff to do an acceptable but quick and IMO safe (or safe enough) job that will be more than 99% of people are probably doing.

To the post that was deleted shock horror not everyone enjoys the cold gloomy weather and it getting dark early - it certainly doesn't inspire me to want to go and spend a day on the driveway getting all the kit out and struggling with most products that aren't effective in the cold.

[Simpo Two]

butchstewie said:

The point was more that you don't need a garage full of stuff to do an acceptable but quick and IMO safe (or safe enough) job that will be more than 99% of people are probably doing.

Agreed; at the end of the day cars have to be used.

I once sold a car in January and needed to wash it before the buyer came to view - it was below zero so drying the car also involved wiping off rinsewater that had just frozen!

[mike9009]

butchstewie said:

Simpo Two said:

I like the fact this is the Detailing forum but you didn't spend £100 on a 50ml bottle of Carlos Fandango (TM) ceramic hypergolic organic balanced superglide lotion with extra vitamins.

No hosepipe ban then?

Edited by Simpo Two on Saturday 14th November 20:44

No restrictions.

I do have a garage full of lots of stuff gathered over the years.

The point was more that you don't need a garage full of stuff to do an acceptable but quick and IMO safe (or safe enough) job that will be more than 99% of people are probably doing.

To the post that was deleted shock horror not everyone enjoys the cold gloomy weather and it getting dark early - it certainly doesn't inspire me to want to go and spend a day on the driveway getting all the kit out and struggling with most products that aren't effective in the cold.

Still got a hosepipe ban here (IOW). Pouring with rain too, to add insult to injury.

[Frimley111R]

We've got a hosepipe ban but i have one of those big buckets and a Ryobi battery jetwash. It's great but still doesn't help with the weather

[butchstewie]

Got to be honest in November it didn't even occur to me that there might be one but there definitely isn't here.