Winter Detailing
 

Yes I live in Texas but it still gets cold here. I wash a couple cars every week and have been spending 1-2 hrs to hand wash them every friday. Now its getting chilly. Its torture to hand wash it as my hands freeze off lol. I use Zaino on it BTW. We have 2 touchless car washes in town but I have always been leary of using them. I mainly dont like having their wax sprayed on it.

So what are my options? Is it really that bad to run it through the car wash and then after dry go over it with some Z6? Thanks

Kevin

I get temperatures of -40 celsius in my neck of the woods.. here's what i do.

i have a propane heater for my garage.. (lift my garage door a bit for fresh air)
i run my hose to an adapter to my hot water tap which is adjacent to my garage
pumping in hot water. No nozzle so water "runs" doesn't spray to make a mess

even with those outside temps, my garage gets so warm, that at times i'm washing my car, i'm in a t-shirt and shorts its gets so hot.. no joke..

i can wash, dry, detail very comfortably

Hope you keep that propane heater up off the floor ...

Gasoline fumes are heavier than air and the heater will provide an ignition source.

Fire codes in US require commercial garages to use heaters suspended from the cieling.

Check with xviper about your local codes. Even though the codes usually cover commercial properties, common sense would dictate you follow their recommendations.

Don't want to lose you as an excellent information source ...

By the way, do you have a floor drain? If not what do you do with the run off?

the heater is about 1/2 inch off the ground on a stand and the tank sits on the floor.

my run off water runs down the driveway as my garage is partially openend

Must be one slippery driveway at -40 degrees.

Don't think 1/2 inch will be sufficient ... probably should raise it up some.

Three letters... QEW

:iagree: :thumbup:

Thanks again for the sample

Sorry boys ... don't get the "QEW" thing ... ??

Was only trying to enlighten someone whose posts I have found helpfull of the dangers of propane heaters in a potentialy hazardous environment.

QEW is a product called Quick and Easy Wash. You can wash in a garage with only a few gallons of water.

OOPS ...

Thought you guys were picking on me!

Did a search and came up with Queen Elizabeth Way or something. Apparently a highway up around Toronto? Made no sense to me.

Feel much better now ...