Washing with brush

Have you guys been washing with them long handle boat and Rv soft brisstle since the cold weather is now here, keeps my hands out the cold water now, doing a detail with it tomm am. temps in the upper 30's when starting. What are you guys doing now?:applause2:

 

use laytex gloves, if its that cold ill put on some long rubber gloves.......and wash it inside my garage. LOL

 

i would say using them is a bad idea. sounds like you need to find a heated garage to work out of, or just deal with the cold. i prepped 3 cars outside for winter protection details today including pressure rinsing, wheels, and wheel wells, temps ranging from 18-34. you're getting paid man, it comes with the territory at times.

oh and i also had hot water at my disposal :headbang:

 

Thats true, bought them rubber gloves, i will try using hot water too, not a bad ideal, I noticed that im not induceing any marring to the paint when using the brush, I have a seprate rinse bucket to dip my brush into to clean, also using a former to help with cleaning and lubication on the paint work. Thanks for the information guys,:applause2:

 

Last Christmas I bought some Seal Skin waterproof gloves...and they work great! Unfortunately they only go past the wrist about 2" so you get a little wet when using the bucket method.

 

I use a brush exclusively this year and have had no problems at all.

 

How about you just fill your bucket with hot water???

 

Bingo. I actually love the feeling of reaching into a warm bucket of soap and water when its freezing out. Weird.

 

This. I would never suggest anyone use those brushes on their cars or customers cars. That's just asking for scratches.

 

I just pull the car into the my heated garage for a no rinse wash or into the heated shop for a full on wash

 

i use onr in hot water this time of year. if the car is real dirty ill power wash it off than use onr and hot water. i also wear rubber gloves if i have to wash out side. im also working on using onr and a steam cleaner to do my washes in the winter.

 

wow guys, great ideas, I used my foamer with the brush and 2 buckets, one with optimun soap, the 2nd just rinse water, came out nice, car was full of paint defects before, used pc with meg 105 and optimun poli seal on blue 5.5" cryan blue cutting pad and pc, whole car got the treatment, left with minimal paint defects. thanks guys.:applause2:

 

I used a blonde boars hair brush on my black paint, as long as there is soap, im ok =)

 

I find Optimum Soap add a good bit of lubication to the paintwork..Have another one to do tomm,using the same process, temps not as cold here only in the Mid 50's for the high here in New Orleans,La.:thumb:

 

I also use a Boars Hair Brush to wash vehicles; the bristles are really soft, hold a ton of soap/suds, and help keep my hands from going to extreme cold here in western Washington.

I also pressurewash the vehicles first, to get off as much muck as possible, and I dont have any problems scratching paint or clearbras with this system.

I really like holding on to the handle of the brush to wash; it seems to be easier for me to control , and I dont have a problem with dropping it accidently on the driveway.

Hot water is your friend, it helps clean better because its hot, and keeps your hands warm.

Phil sells some really nice brushes for this step too !

Dan F

 

I use a boars hair brush for winter time also, works great and with enough soap, you will put in as many scratches as you would with a sponge or wash mitt. They rinse better than wool mitts. Just don't use too much pressure and you'll be fine,

 

i'd be careful if your paint is on the soft side. I just read some reviews of a boar's hair brush on another site and after washing, and the poster was pretty dissappointed even after taking precautions and soaking the brush for the recommended period of time.