One other option I have heard of to remove road salt from the undercarriage is to take a garden hose and sprinkler and turn it on under the car. Anyone try this in the winter?

 

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I crank the heat in our garage to 85 degrees, open the boiler room door, and close the garage door. When I'm done washing, I open the garage door, and use a big squeegie i bought from Home Depot and squeegie the garage dry, then I go outside and throw some sand/salt mix so it wont freeze. Coldest I've washed my car was 20degrees. When I want to lay a coat of wax on, I bake the car under 500watt industrial work lights so I can work on a nice warm surface, of course in that case I let the Zaino sit for over 24 hours then gently buff it off. It's a hassle, but the car looks brand new after a snowstorm, LoL.

 

You probably had swirl marks because most hand wash places, (at least the ones I've been to in LA), don't use the best towels. They look to be shop-towel quality. And they have this big washing machine to wash the towels, but it doesn't look like they use it much. At least not for the towels they use to dry the car with. I see them reuse the same rags over and over again. Often times using them to dry the wheels AND the car

 

so if you don't have a heater in your garage, you can still wax right? waxing in the cold same as in the warm weather? with reguards to wax, how long should i leave it on the G, mind you that the G is in the shade. and its about 30 Degrees out!

 

Middle of December and today was 80 degrees in LA....the only place topping that was Miami!

 

There is a hand car wash not to far from my work. Do a great job for about $17. If I'm really lazy, that's what I do. Otherwise, if it's above freezing, I do it in my driveway with gloves on. (Scuba diving gloves are great for this) Dry it inside warm garage.

 

for the question about waxing the car in very cold temp, look at the product's label. it may say to only use it above xx degrees, simply because the wax won't harden and cure at such low temps. when you apply the wax, you will know it's ready to remove when you run your finger across it and it comes up cleanly and flaky. if it is still uncured and 'wet', i it will streak and not be flaky.

 

thanks p didddy. also is it ok to apply wax right after you already put a coat on? i want to put 2 coats on in one day? right after another. safe??