Temps was at 30 degrees at 5:30am, and dark too.

Regardless, I wanted to wash. Didn't know it was that cold. Sprayed the truck down, came with a very lightly soaped bucket of warm water. Do the quickie run around truck fast wash..Quickly grab hose and rinse down. Get bucket of warm water for supposingly quick dry down. Problem, water freezes on truck. Stop right there.. Later on that day temp up to 37 degrees. Rinse truck down with plain water, get bucket of warm plain water, and dry off.

End of quickie wash..

 

keep up the good work man! Looking good!!

 

Doesn't warm water strip wax?

 

Nothin like a quickie to keep you looking sharp.

 

I don't think that's totally true... I look at it this way, it rains in the summer and then bakes the rain 'dry' on your paint. The water on your paint, while drying, can reach some high temps too... if the warm water stripping wax is true, then every fluid that comes in contact, including warm air, could, potentially, strip wax.

Long story short, I don't put alot of bank in that notion... I wash with warm water during the winters ALL THE TIME and have never had any problems with stripage.... now, I don't know if that's because I have several coats on my truck at all times or if it's simply not bothering it...

RP

 

I don't think so, however, I plan on waxing pretty regular, at least once or twice a month!!

Another question on the same lines. In the morning when I attempted my first quickie wash, I was undecided to go with plain warm water or warm water with a little soap (dishwashing liquid). I opted for the latter, a little bit of soap in the warm water.

As in rinse the truck down with the hose, and do a quickie run around wash with towel but with just plain warm water.

Would any harm been done to my finish if I just used plain warm water and no soap?

Truck was not super dirty, just a little dusty.

 

There goes the wax....

 

Thanks big guy, gotta stay on top of this black...

 

Okay, I am from the old school. I always thought that dishwashing liquid was the standard. Gentle to hands, should be gentle to paint/finish...

Could you tell me how a half spoon full of dishwashing liquid to a full bucket of water bangs the wax??

 

I've always heard the dishwashing liquid strips the wax. Takes grease out of your way or something. I guess that would be what makes it strip the wax.

Great job on the truck though. That black is rough to keep shiny. Good job!

 

From no own, I will use some of the car washing soap that I have. Cost about the same. And like I said, I plan on waxing pretty regular.

A waxed truck gets better gas mileage too!!!

 

Dishwashing soap is super concentrated and thus, even with small amounts, you run the risk of stripping the wax (as well as some of the oils and such that are in the paint that help lubricate and keep it glossy).

Additionally, if you were to go with 'just water', you're not adding any lubricating ingredients and thus, you run the risk of scratching/swirling your truck in an easier fashion (ESPECIALLY ON BLACK)...

RP

 

Thanks much!

That info was worth its weight in gold. Those were two of my favorite methods, and now I see that they are myths as in the old myth of "what goes up must come down".

The "plain water" myth, came out of old school, which was in order to not strip the wax, and the "dishwashing liquid" came from old school too. By old school, I mean tricks of the trade (washing cars)that were in place in the mid 1950s. I recall the time (1953)when I used Ajax(a scouring powder)on a school teachers 1953 Oldsmobile, and watch the paint flow down the gutter!! I even recall the teacher's name..

Enough of my old yarns!!

Thanks again,

 

And it goes faster.

 

No problemo! Glad to have helped!

RP