Winter car care!!! What are you going to be doing?

Some touchless around here have those big ugly green wide spaghetti looking things that do touch! Im referring to delta sonic car washes. The price is damn good though (something like $20/month for unlimited washes). It is very tempting, but I buy a bulk deal from laserwash online which comes out to about $6.00 per wash. They are truly touchless. Not the greatest job, but gets all the evil stuff off :) Then , I might do a rinseless or QD depending . I have a 2014 with black paint so....

frankprozzoly said:
I would run it through the touchless then use a rinseless. Stay on it don't let it get too bad
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Opti-coat and multiple frosty beverages to the point where I no longer care about what the truck looks like?
 
I think its going to be Almost 70 monday. I'll get out there, wash and maybe throw another layer of 845 on there
 
Love the 845, as long as it's not to cold I wash as usual.
 
Yeah there is a cost there already. But heck.. One more can't hurt.
 
I haven't started our cars' prep yet, though we've already had some winter weather.

I was driving wife's Accord the last couple of days (Michelin all-seasons as opposed to my bald Yokohama summers) and noticed that when the road snot ended up on the windshield and I activated the washer, the wipers started to wipe before there was any real lubrication. How would a windshield coating fare with this constant bombardment of salt and chemicals, followed by dry wiper sweeps?
 
MrOneEyedBoh said:
I think its going to be Almost 70 monday. I'll get out there, wash and maybe throw another layer of 845 on there
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Threw another coat of 845 on today decent day today rain tomorrow, love the collinite.
 
I'm going to have to bite the 845 bullet and get this wax.
 
Doing the same thing this year as I did last year.........almost been 1 year to the date......just got back from wally world in the pouring rain and Mrs07's DD is still beading very well.

My usual cocktail of DG 501/601, 105/601, 111/601.

May even hold off till it doesn't bead or sheet at all........hmmmmm to continue the testing or not.
 
LRC3 said:
I'm going to have to bite the 845 bullet and get this wax.
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Under $20 for a bottle can't go wrong, I've wasted so much money on sealants and waxes. I'm glad I tried it,it's all I will use.
 
tpr1634 said:
Under $20 for a bottle can't go wrong, I've wasted so much money on sealants and waxes. I'm glad I tried it,it's all I will use.
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I'm fairly new to the games and only have m105 m205 m21 and m27.

This is my first winter in TN from Ft Lauderdale, and I keep hearing good things about this being a great winter wax.
 
Yeah 845 is it. Don't waste money on others. Its fun to try others but its money wasted. Go to target and get a small travel pump sprayer. Fill that will 845 and you'll have the perfect amount on your applicator. Over use of this SUCKS, to apply with care
 
Waiting for BF or CM for a better deal on Plasti Dip for a couple of sets of steel winter rims. Wife's are 12 winters old and have been lacquered and cleared once by me about five years ago, they are due for some love. The rims I'm on now are going into their fourth winter and the silver powder coat is lifting in a couple of spots and there's some rust staining. A quick sandblast, POR-15 wash and Metal Prep, a touch of POR-15 on the bare metal areas followed by a few coats of Plasti and the wheels should look good for five more winters.
 
LRC3 said:
I'm fairly new to the games and only have m105 m205 m21 and m27.
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I have 21 and 845. I like the consistency of #21. The thickness of it makes it easy to apply. I haven't waited long enough to see which out performs the other. I like waxing every 2 to 3 months
 
I used Griot's one step sealant, for a change.
Otherwise for winter I usually rinse weekly or twice a week at the DIY car wash, just to blast the salt off, with a special concentration on the undercarriage and door jambs. I also spray the door jambs and door drains with silicone spray to make them easier to clean out. If there's a dry spell, I'll do a two bucket wash at the DIY wash.
 
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Dressed with Collinite 845 in early November

2 bucket with ONR to keep salt off
Presoak panel with ONR @ qd strength
Washed and dried in the sun at 20 F

battled some quick freezing spots




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I used to just coin-op rinse it, washing on warmer days. No way I'll bother if its 5* F with 2 feet of snow on the ground though.


This is my first winter with ONR, so I'm hoping to use that and the coin-op. I guess I'll be experiencing first hand how fast warm ONR freezes, lol.

I'm banking on Sonax PNS topped with 845 to make my washes easy.
 
My "Winter car care" has changed dramatically since I moved from NE Ohio to South Carolina in September. It's going to be 70 degrees today so I think I'll do a waterless wash and wait for my Cyber Buster products to arrive so I can try some new products. There's a lot of things I miss but not the%%$## snow and salt!
 
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