How do I wash car covered in snow and ice?

woodpecka · 01-02-2014, 11:56 PM

Get a snow brush an remove the snow gently.

This is how our cars live these days in Montreal

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flip4335 · 01-03-2014, 12:07 AM

It even gets bad out here in the Mid-Atlantic.

woodpecka · 01-03-2014, 12:20 AM

Best snow brush: Oskar

alexwhittemore · 01-03-2014, 04:12 AM

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Originally Posted by woodpecka

Get a snow brush an remove the snow gently.

This is how our cars live these days in Montreal

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I'm sorry to say I'd like to ski off the roof of your car. That's some lovely champagne powder.

Casca · 01-03-2014, 08:57 AM

I'd drive my BMW and make a new life in a place where that shit doesn't happen.

miringrains · 01-03-2014, 10:09 AM

Pouring hot water down a cold windshield is a good way of having a lot of shattered glass in your back seat, along with the snow you were trying to get rid of. OP just clean what you need, and wait it out. Its not worth ruining your paint for something that you could have just waited a few days to clear..

benzo23 · 01-03-2014, 10:25 AM

Im glad I dont have to deal with this shit lol

Gig103 · 01-04-2014, 02:17 AM

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Originally Posted by MasterWang

Thanks for the replies. Looks like I'm going to pull it into my garage and try to melt it off with a heater fan on low heat. After that I'll just take it to a self service wash for a wash then garage it for the rest of the winter.

Excited to start driving my first car, 1999 Toyota Camry

I know that this is an old thread, so MasterWang's car is safely in the garage by now... But since it got bumped up, I thought I'd remind folks in cold locations about Optimum No Rinse. Instead of going to a self-service car wash in the cold/freezing temps, pull into the garage and get out the buckets and microfibers.

I have had a bottle of this stuff forever, and finally used it when my window regulator failed. I was really impressed.

woodpecka · 01-04-2014, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by alexwhittemore

I'm sorry to say I'd like to ski off the roof of your car. That's some lovely champagne powder.

haha!

ronmeister · 01-04-2014, 12:30 PM

I would just brush off the snow first and if the ice is thick on the car leave it (the defroster will deal with the windows); let it melt naturally...or go park in an underground lot for a few hours then go to car wash. Do NOT scrape your car.

SHEEDI · 01-04-2014, 04:50 PM

I use car cover before it snows then I just have to clean the snow off the cover

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