MK5 Golf GTI

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Title: Hot... Or cold??
Post by: rich83 on June 22, 2014, 07:12:04 am

What do you use to wash your car?

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Post by: Beddie on June 22, 2014, 07:22:54 am

Tepid swans tears for me, but if I ever run out its hot council water  :happy2:

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Post by: Nodz on June 22, 2014, 08:53:59 am

Hot water for me

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Post by: MC71 on June 22, 2014, 08:57:15 am

Cold as it makes her "pert"....

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Post by: fab5freddy on June 22, 2014, 09:06:58 am

Hot for me  :happy2:

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Post by: Frenzy on June 22, 2014, 09:25:51 am

warm swan's tears

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Post by: Tortaruga on June 22, 2014, 09:29:34 am

A blend of hot and cold. Warm in other words.

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Post by: GrayMK5GTI on June 22, 2014, 12:43:48 pm

Hot. Loosens dirt better  :laugh:

Do people do the washing up with cold water?

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Post by: stealthwolf on June 22, 2014, 02:06:00 pm

Hot water. Moreso in winter and when there's tree sap on the paintwork.

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Post by: Horatio on June 22, 2014, 02:10:28 pm

Hot/warm water would strip any protection surely???? :confused:

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Post by: PND on June 22, 2014, 02:30:38 pm

Cold for me.  Only got cold supply in the garage.  Seems to do the job though.

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Post by: GrayMK5GTI on June 22, 2014, 07:22:30 pm

Quote from: Horatio on June 22, 2014, 02:10:28 pm

Hot/warm water would strip any protection surely???? :confused:

Hasn't stripped my Collinite in the 3yrs I've been using it  :happy2:

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Post by: Spankiee on June 24, 2014, 10:43:03 am

I've seen a program where a pro that details super cars washes them at 37 degrees.

Anyway I'd say warm water is good enough

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Post by: Gene Hunt on June 24, 2014, 01:17:05 pm

Cold pre wash spray then warm bucket wash.

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Post by: swgti on June 25, 2014, 08:44:45 am

Cold pressure wash then hot, in hot I mean as hot as I can take it on my hands comfortably. Lets face it anything you can put your hands in without burning them isn't going to harm your car, also if the front end is badly splattered with bugs and stuff I'll chuck a bucket of hot over it and leave for a few mins before pressure washing as I find it helps soften things up a bit.

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Post by: petesimcock on June 28, 2014, 04:52:27 pm

I use warm water in winter and just cold in the summer, saves time filling the buckets!