Just washed my car and it rained
09-20-2007, 07:30 PM
#11
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Ithaca, NY
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RE: Just washed my car and it rained
ORIGINAL: mtnpunk91
Yep...it frikkin rains. But not a heavy rain that washes the dust away, but just a light enough rain where it leaves little dust water "blobs" that make my car look like ****.
Yep...it frikkin rains. But not a heavy rain that washes the dust away, but just a light enough rain where it leaves little dust water "blobs" that make my car look like ****.
09-20-2007, 07:30 PM
#12
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Southeast Virginia
Posts: 6,409
RE: Just washed my car and it rained
ORIGINAL: Orion_240
Count your blessings! Here in dought stricken Los Angeles we are approaching 130 days without any rain!
I did actually make it rain a few weeks ago. I not only washed my car but, since that hadn't been working to create rain, I took the umbrella out of my trunk! It worked! 2 days later, when I was in Dana Point, we got a big thunderstorm!
They're saying to expect rain tonight... should I leave my car out? We really need all that rain you guys back east and in east Texas have gotten!
Anyway, I will wash my tires and rims first, before the rest of the car, using this special Meguire's wheel scrub brush to clean the wide rims. It's hard to get through the spokes to get all that area behind them, but if you take your time and maybe use that stuff you spray on first, it'll come out great. Just be sure to fully rinse the bucket before doing the rest of the car!
Count your blessings! Here in dought stricken Los Angeles we are approaching 130 days without any rain!
I did actually make it rain a few weeks ago. I not only washed my car but, since that hadn't been working to create rain, I took the umbrella out of my trunk! It worked! 2 days later, when I was in Dana Point, we got a big thunderstorm!
They're saying to expect rain tonight... should I leave my car out? We really need all that rain you guys back east and in east Texas have gotten!
Anyway, I will wash my tires and rims first, before the rest of the car, using this special Meguire's wheel scrub brush to clean the wide rims. It's hard to get through the spokes to get all that area behind them, but if you take your time and maybe use that stuff you spray on first, it'll come out great. Just be sure to fully rinse the bucket before doing the rest of the car!
For the past three days, it's been cloudy with drizzle but not enough to make up for the drought. So I completely understand where you are coming from.
09-21-2007, 02:04 PM
#13
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Alabama
Posts: 2,935
RE: Just washed my car and it rained
AHHHH I hate it when that happens! Especially with black because I always hand wash it and it takes me 2 hours to get it dried without water marks, and when it rains I feel like crying. 
09-21-2007, 02:42 PM
#16
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Join Date: Apr 2007
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RE: Just washed my car and it rained
hmm every time I wax my car it rains the next day also : /
Maybe the trick is to save water, wait for it to start drizzling and put soap on the car and let nature run its course :P FREE CARWASH to some extent.
Maybe the trick is to save water, wait for it to start drizzling and put soap on the car and let nature run its course :P FREE CARWASH to some extent.
09-21-2007, 03:42 PM
#17
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Location: California
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RE: Just washed my car and it rained
heres what i do!... www.weather.com or anyother weather forecasting site... enter your zip code and see what it tells ya! i dont wash my car if rain is forcested for the next week, being in west texas, if they say rain, they mean torrential downpour...
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