Now that I have de-swirled my 05' F-150... what's the best way to remove snow without swirling/scratching up the paint again?

 

Probably just letting it melt, or melting it.

 

sno broom

 

Just think of those that take brooms or what ever to clear the snow, and think in the spring.... what a sweeet car I have ...

papajohn.... nice link. I know with extreme snow we all have to do something. Thanks. As for the OP, I don't understand how snow would ever be a problem with what I assume you are referring to as a buffer swirl. Snow itself should not do any harm (besides promote rust, combined with road salt)... It would be the method of removal that would cause additional issues

 

Thanks papajohn, that' what I was looking for. Something that wont scratch up the truck as much as a snow brush.

 

Leaf blower.

 

^^^What he said^^^. Thats the only way.

 

Leaf blowers will not work on heavy wet snow.

 

Then you're SOL, cause I'm not dragging anything across my paint. My second choise would be 55 MPH...which doesn't add up. Driving down the road will work, but my 200MPH leaf blower wont???

Bear in mind I'm saying all this having never tried it myself

 

The heavy wet stuff normally wont blow off it will slide off when the truck warms up. I use the snow broom like papa john posted and I also realise that I am going to need to detail the truck every spring because its going to get scratched and marred no matter what I do. It is just part of living in the great white north that I have gotten used to after 35 years.

 

What I generally do is park in the heated garage..works every time.

 

we used those sno brooms at the dealership i used to work at.....they work pretty good.

 

While the snow broom may have plastic that doesn't scratch, make sure you're very carefull that you don't pick up sand etc from the roads that WILL scratch.

 

Picked up a truck snow brush from costco. Was like 10 bucks, works great, long enough to reach the opposite side of the truck.

 

I actually know a person who used a snow shovel on his wife's new taurus a few years ago. This guy also put regular gas in his 7.3 psd, forgot to put his parking brake on his jeep (and found it a block down the road, after scratching his head saying, "huh. Where's my jeep?"), and isn't know for overall good car care. (to say the least) I can tell you, definitely do not use a snow shovel. :-)