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pimpinblazer91 -> keeping blazer clean in winter (12/6/2007 5:49:19 PM)

hey i was just wondering some ideas you guys have for keeping your blazer clean in the winter

  
otnietdehoooo -> RE: keeping blazer clean in winter (12/6/2007 5:58:24 PM)

i dont have to deal with endless wetness or salt like you northerns but i would say just try and wash it regularly

swartlkk -> RE: keeping blazer clean in winter (12/6/2007 6:07:44 PM)

I got through the local car wash once a week just to rinse off the salt.  My truck stays in the garage at night so it pretty much always melts off.

DetroitMuscle -> RE: keeping blazer clean in winter (12/6/2007 6:27:21 PM)

I wash it when the white turns grey.



Also always get the underbody blasted when you do wash it.

cliro -> RE: keeping blazer clean in winter (12/6/2007 8:38:19 PM)

I don't really wash it in the winter, just take it to the car wash and rinse all the crap off on fridays.

EuroGoldLS -> RE: keeping blazer clean in winter (12/6/2007 8:40:44 PM)

I wash mine just like I do in the summer. Every week. If they salt the roads, I'll drive the Silverado. I know its unavoidable if you live up north, so I say spray the rust prone areas with Pam. It'll keep the salt from sticking quite as bad whe you go to spray it off.

thegr81 -> RE: keeping blazer clean in winter (12/6/2007 8:48:00 PM)

My grandpa who lives up in minnesota washes his truck once a week underbody and all!! Call this funny but to rinse the underbody off he uses one of those sprinkler things just throws it underneath and lets it go for a while!! [:D]

EuroGoldLS -> RE: keeping blazer clean in winter (12/7/2007 1:29:53 PM)

I've done that. I used a fertigation sprinkler and instead of putting liquid fertilizer in it, I put some dish washing liquid.

blznlowxtreme -> RE: keeping blazer clean in winter (12/7/2007 4:07:57 PM)

yea the sprinkler  works ok. i dont have to worry too much about the salt here less than 10 times a year. i try to wash mine every week or ever other week.

basketballmail2 -> RE: keeping blazer clean in winter (12/8/2007 8:47:25 AM)

How do our antennas hold up in car washes actually? I want to get mine washed today or tomorrow to get the salt off, any suggestions as too which carwash is safe? I know there is one that has those round brushes and then one other one that just kinda has long pieces of cloth that smack around on the car.

otnietdehoooo -> RE: keeping blazer clean in winter (12/8/2007 9:00:56 AM)

in our old minivan, the car wash broke the antenna off and my dad gunned it out of there so the antenna (stuck in the brushes) wouldnt come back around and hit the car...    you can always take the antenna off

swartlkk -> RE: keeping blazer clean in winter (12/8/2007 4:24:21 PM)

I don't go to those type car washes any longer.  I just use the 'laser' wash type touchless car washes.  They work good enough to rinse the salt off of everything and won't damage anything.

basketballmail2 -> RE: keeping blazer clean in winter (12/8/2007 6:20:36 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: swartlkk

I don't go to those type car washes any longer.  I just use the 'laser' wash type touchless car washes.  They work good enough to rinse the salt off of everything and won't damage anything.


What's that? Might be cause I just moved to the USA in the spring but never heard of that. Is that one of those where you wash your car yourself?

lennyblazer -> RE: keeping blazer clean in winter (12/8/2007 6:30:18 PM)

You can wash the car yourself or there are ones that actually have automated pressure washers pretty much that spray the soap on, wash it with full power spray and then go thru a rinse cycle. The second type of wash described is the "Laser Wash" or Touchless wash and is better if you live in a salted road or real road grimy area since it wont scratch up your car.

swartlkk -> RE: keeping blazer clean in winter (12/8/2007 6:32:29 PM)

These car washes are touchless.  They use high pressure water to literally blast the junk off of your car.  It is the older car washes with their spinning brushes and mop like tentacles that can damage paint as well as remove an antenna.  I only use these type car washes when I either do not have the time for a hand wash or do not want to deal with the mud that is on my truck, LOL!  In the winter, I have my out door spigots shut off and cannot wash at home.  For the simple wash to get rid of road salt, these car washes work great.  Most of them have an underbody rinse as well.

davtak -> RE: keeping blazer clean in winter (12/8/2007 7:05:04 PM)

Now that I have the safari bar on the front of my truck, I don't want to chnace those car washes with the brushes and mops things. I only use the touchless ones. Not the ones that they have at the gas stations, they suck. I found one by my job that was good. I've noticed that on some, the blowers are attached to the washer. This one I found, the blowers are outside and you roll through them. They give you 30 seconds so you can roll through and reverse it and roll through again. There is one carwash in my town that has those old fashioned roller blowers that "roll" up your hood. I never went there agin after a nice long scratch showed up on my buddies '07 Nismo Frontier. He was pissed with a capital P.

basketballmail2 -> RE: keeping blazer clean in winter (12/8/2007 7:23:37 PM)

Ah cool, I wonder if there are any of those near by me. I only know of one place I can wash it myself, but of course I never have enough change on me :D But my truck, actually black is pretty much white right now and I want to clean it tomorrow, want to make it last for many years 2 come :)

ltown21 -> RE: keeping blazer clean in winter (12/9/2007 2:34:33 PM)

I work at a car wash and the only antennas that the wash screws up tends to be the retractable antennas and everything else is fine. But some onstar/cell phones can get taken off in the wash but most people take theirs off. As for a roof rack or safari bar, the should have a feature in the was called a top brush retract (at least ours does) where the top brush won't engage and it will rise over the car. 

basketballmail2 -> RE: keeping blazer clean in winter (12/9/2007 5:01:54 PM)

Went to one of those cloth slapping thingys today, all went well, just wanted to wash all the salt off, didn't do much good as it's already full again, but rather once a week and no rust :)

nj4x4blaze -> RE: keeping blazer clean in winter (12/10/2007 5:25:24 AM)

I haven't washed my truck in over a month now.. Everytime I think about getting it washed, it begins to rain or snow. And since it gets dark early, by the time I get out of work the car wash is closed.

  

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