Yes not the best policy but have done so many times and as long as do a panel at a time and rinse , then rinse fully at end and in garage to dry usually not a problem for me
Derek, true you may get away with a panel at a time, but he is power washing it,so nicely drying ,water marked car..guess as you can't get water marks on fabric hood is his way of thinking it's sensible to wash in full sun...the panel being every panel on car...
He's the kind of guy who thrashes the engine ,then parks up,revving the nuts out of car, obviously in his deluded mind ,his way of letting engine cool down
mechanical sympathy..Not.....
Sometimes having the luxury to "wash it properly" does not apply, I've washed the car in full sun plenty of times, why? Because that's the only time I could wash it. With the correct method it's not a massive issue.
At the end of the day I guess it's his car and therefore it doesn't necessarily make him a "moron" for washing his car how he wants to and perhaps that's the only way he knows.
I washed my black mondeo st at 11am this morning in sunny south wales ! It was 22 degrees celcius and had no issues. It was washed, rinsed and dried panel by panel with no issues at all. As said earlier..its the guys car and if he wants to wash it in the only way he knows how..thats his choice. He paid for it..so if he wants to drive around with water marks on his car...THATS UP TO HIM !
I wash my car whatever the weather, makes no difference to me :lol: helps when my car is coated with Fusso, if theres any watermarks once i have finished i just go over with a QD. Simple :thumb:
I washed two cars today in the 30degree sun. Pressure washed them both first, too. Perhaps not best practice but today was the only day I could do it for another week. No water spots on either car and both came up very well.
I'm waiting to do mine, got to wait until the sun goes as I don't have luxury of a hose lol watering cans all the way... plus I'm out of Tango to dry it with.
I washed my son's car (which is metallic black) in full sun. The panels were so hot, there was literally steam coming off when the car was being washed.
Wasn't a problem at all washing wise, and no water spots. You just have to keep the panels wet - works well if you spray a mist using a PW over the car every so often.
Done mine plenty of times in the sun yes it's not ideal but sometimes there's no other option i just try and keep wetting the car then run around it like a madman trying to wash and dry it lol
As much as we moan about poor weather and the chance to wash our cars in decent weather, we sometimes have no choice, the main thing is to keep the panels dripping wet and rinse off with de ironised water then dry off with QD.
I've washed mine when it's baking hot, I've washed mine when it's raining, I've started so I'll finish kinda thing. I've even washed it at my local Tesco jetwash at 2am!.
People have posted videos of their neighbours using brushes etc and now they cry about the time of day they wash their car?
We ARE the minority. WE ARE THE ODD ONES. As far as 99% of the population are concerned if it doesn't have crap stuck to it, it's clean.
Your neighbour probably talks on his 'getting on with life' forum about how his neighbour is such a freak that he washes the sponge he's used to clean his car in its own bucket.
People have posted videos of their neighbours using brushes etc and now they cry about the time of day they wash their car?
We ARE the minority. WE ARE THE ODD ONES. As far as 99% of the population are concerned if it doesn't have crap stuck to it, it's clean.
Your neighbour probably talks on his 'getting on with life' forum about how his neighbour is such a freak that he washes the sponge he's used to clean his car in its own bucket.
I've not had any really troubles washing a car in the sun, in fact I washed my CLS during the middle of yesterday and it was bloody hot. Thing was, I just kept spraying it down with water to stop it drying. So wash 2-3 panels, then hose the car and carry on. Only water marks were on the windows really and they came off with some glass cleaner.
That said I have witnessed my neighbour washing his car in a dubious manner in the baking sun. I think the lack of water and using an applicator pad to simply smear the dirt around didn't help the situation. Once he was done he said to me it still looks filthy, so a microfibre and quick detailer later, it looked clean. I there the cloth away afterwards haha
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