what do u mobile detailers do in the winter?

[Bullitt AK]

if you dont have heated location how can you wash cars without water freezing on the car? or do you just try to do interior jobs

 

[Mirror Detailing]

Freeze my ass off. For some reason I seem to get faster on the wash process in the winter. But I will tell you this I have washed two cars last winter when it was a high of 26 degree's, over-cast and cloudy and that was a BIG mistake! By the time I was done washing and pulling them into a shop there were ice sickels hanging off them.

 

[Showroom Shine]

FREEZE! Since I live in Ohio and we have rough winters. I use ONR and my Nomad Pressure Washer. I can do a car in a customers garage. It is tuff in the winter.I also take a small space heater! Last year I detailed up into late November and picked it up again in March. :iagree:

 

[Mirror Detailing]

FREEZE! Since I live in Ohio and we have rough winters. I use ONR and my Nomad Pressure Washer. I can do a car in a customers garage. It is tuff in the winter.I also take a small space heater! Last year I detailed up into late November and picked it up again in March. :iagree:

Man you got it nice with the pressure washer! lol

But yeah space heaters become your best friends during the winter. Also as Showroom Shine said business die's off a good bit around December-Febuary.

 

[Bullitt AK]

well i wasnt talking so much about the being cold part as the water freezing on the car part..or is that what youre using the space heater for? and i dont understand how you could wash in the garage lol...oh ok a no rinse wash ...but how about on really dirty cars? wouldnt that scratch the paint

 

[jsgntulok]

It is easy to wash a car in a garage, especially if it is 2 car or larger. I washed my car in the garage during the 26 years I lived in Fort Worth TX. On cold days, I just closed the garage doors, making sure to leave a small opening so the water could drain out.

 

[jlb85]

Using a pressure washer indoors is the best way to keep water to a minimum. Pressure washers have less flow than a garden hose, and the water although exiting much faster, travels less than a stream or jet of water out of a nozzle.

I wash indoors, and actually completely detail inside during winter. You have to set up the garage for this, or your floor will freeze into an Hockey Rink. HD/Lowes sells garage door insulation kits which work wonders. A few small heaters also does the trick. Make sure there is a place for the water to exit the garage, and if it is down the driveway slope make sure you have plenty of salt before, during, and after, or it will also become part of the Hockey Rink. You really just need about 48-55 degrees to feel comfortable enough to wash and polish, maybe much less if you are just washing.