Miata Mailing List: December 1997, Message #79
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From: 	"Gordon J Choate" <gchoate@infoedge.net>

Subject: Re: sheets of paint was: auto car wash

Date: 	Mon, 1 Dec 1997 15:06:53 +0000











Gordon J Choate@INFOEDGE.CA

97/12/01 01:06 PM



>         I may be wrong but I'm sure I've seen reports, either here or on

>Miataville (CIS) of high pressure washers lifting the paint, in sheets,

from

>Miatas.



De-lurking from the archives for a moment (where I've been forced to hide

for the past few months), I thought I'd throw my $.02 Canadian in on this

thread...



The spray hand washes work well for getting the winter crud off your car,

especially the underside.  For the paint, just remember to keep the nozzle

a few feet away from the surface.  That reduces the pressure of the blast -

somewhere, maybe on the Meguiars site, I recall reading that a

high-pressure jet can actually embed the dirt particles into the paint (not

to mention stripping sheets of paint off... again, don't hold it too

close).



For the very anal  (and I'll admit right now to having done this a couple

of times in the past...), you can take a pail and your favourite car wash

sponge/glove/washcloth with you to the spray hand wash, and use the spray w

and to fill your pail, then do the traditional hand wash.  Again, the spray

wand from a few feet back does a good job of rinsing.  After all, what you

really want is just a warm place with a water supply, right? (After you've

sprayed the salt from underneath, of course)



Regards,

Gordon Choate (gchoate@infoedge.net)

Calgary, Alberta

96 BRG/tan



PS - When using the spray wand to fill your pail - be careful not to get a

high-pressure reflected-from-the-pail face wash... I'll admit that it

happened to me (exactly once...)