I use optium no rinse. Go check it out on youtube, it works pretty good, if your car's really dirty you might need to empty your bucket half way through and mix up a new batch.

 

$10 doesnt get you a good wash in NY anymore. More like 18-25 for..."the works"

 

Ding!

 

How about a hand car wash detailing shop... Or did somebody mention that already

 

I'm an ONR user also; a couple buckets of hot water, turn the heater on in the garage, and have at it. Get's all the salt off my paint w/o freezing my butt off or paying someplace to just mar the crap out of it. I hit the undercarriage w/ the hose before I pull in the garage.

 

Don't forget to keep your water hose in the Garage (or right inside the door in some apps) so it doesn't freeze. That way it will be ready to go when you are!! Use some good thick rubber gloves that come up to your elbows so your hands don't get frozen and numb!! Also, use a GOOD nozzle so water isn't going everywhere and getting you shoes wet. The warm bucket of water isn't bad either but I have heard people say that you can crack your windshield in extreme conditions if you're not careful.

 

I just go through the no touch car wash. I probably will not wax it, but I will for sure wax it..

 

I take it to a hand car wash place by my house. They take care of my car

 

yeah take it to a detail shop. for 15-20 bucks you can get a good wash if its a nice place.

-dan

 

Uuuug, I would rather have a dirty car, than do that. All the dirt caught under the waterblade, is like sandpaper.

 

when mine starts looking clean, I take it out in the mud...then it looks better.

 

Get hot water from your house, instead of using the hose. It will help your hand not to freeze and the water will not freeze so you have time to wipe it, there is always a tiny frost layer depending on how cold it gets

 

If you go to a wash bay with the power washer gun they dont have a track for you to pull onot or anything of that nature so you could definately wash your car in one of those with no worries of breaking something.

Note to self, do not buy Chaotichoax'es car when he posts it in the FS section

Says the guy from LA



Personally I take my car to a power wash bay. I would do the space heater in the garage but cant/dont for two reasons. 1. No Garage, 2. No money for space heater (in college, all loose change gets donated to the bar down the street)

 

Get a bucket of hot soapy water from the house. Use rubber kitchen gloves so your hands don't get wet. Wear a rainsuit so if you happen to get sprayed with the hose, you don't freeze. Once wash is complete, pull into the garage and dry with chamois or other drying utensils. Wax car so that salt buildup will not eat the paint. I usually wash once every 2 weeks in winter. I have to do this soon as my car looks like crap now.

 

"The Works" here costs like $16. The one I choose usually costs $12 but thats not "The Works".