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02-14-2013, 12:25 PM | #1 |
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Basic Road Salt removal tips.
Subject: 2009 Audi Q7 TDI - Daily Driver
Requirement: Remove Salt and Grime and protect before Winter Storm Nemo! Exterior - Wheels were prepped with Sonax Wheel Cleaner and cleaned up with various brushes - Tires were spritzed down with Adam's APC - Wheel wells were cleaned up - Washed with a mix of Adam's Car Wash and Adam's APC - Wolf's Decon Gel - Wash down and rinsed - Door jambs were cleaned up - Nano Scrub AutoScrub - Dried - Tires dressed - Masking - Paint Measurement - Sonax 5/4 Fine Abrasive Polish - Uber Green Pad - Rupes LHR 21ES - Sonax Polymer NetShield - Inspection with Fenix, 3m Sun Gun, Infratech, and natural sunlight - Wheel wells were cleaned and dressed - Rubber and Plastics Treated - Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed - Exhaust tips cleaned - Windows were autoscrubed, cleaned, and sealed Products used Links to products used - Exterior Adam's Car Wash Adam's APC Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner NanoSkin AutoScrub System Sonax Fine Abrasive Sonax Polymer NetShield Adam's Super VRT Adam's Metal Polish 1 Adam's Metal Polish 2 Adam's Glass Cleaner Adam's Glass Sealant Tools used Uber Wool Wash Mitt Uber No Name MF Towels Rupes LHR 15ES Random Orbital Polisher Rupes LHR 21ES Random Orbital Polisher Griot's 6 inch Random Orbital Polisher Uber Buffing Pads Defelsko Paint Meter Fenix TK35 Brinkmann Kranzle Pressure Washer Uber Foamer Attachment for Pressure Washer 2 Grit Guard Buckets with Caddies Uber Firehose Nozzle Metro Air Force Blaster RoboReel Power Extension Cord Briefing on Road Salt and what it can do. A salt and sand mixture is frequently spread over roads before or after a snow or ice storm. Salt lowers water's freezing point, causing any ice already formed to melt even though the air temperature remains well below freezing. The sand helps keep the salt in place, plus it adds a bit of traction to wet and often slushy roads. While road salting helps people travel safely, it has drawbacks. It can cause major body and undercarriage damage to your vehicles unless you take extra care and precaution. If you're one of the many who must travel the saline streets in the land of the ice and snow, we have some great tips to help protect your vehicle from the ravages of road salt. The best time to prevent salt damage to your vehicle is before the first snowflake falls; a little care will help keep the rust away. Take a look at some of the basic steps to prevent long term damage from salt.
Further tips to protect your vehicle throughout the winter months.
Before shots A lot of salt build up. Wash - Wheels - Tires - Wheel Wells -Decon - Pre Soak - Wash - Autoscrub - Polish - Seal Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner Wolf's Decon Gel working well, nice long dwell times We have found that Adam's Car Wash and Adam's APC solution works well to help cut salt and grime off the paint in colder temps (ratio for the foam cannon - 2-3 oz of Adam's Car Wash 2-3 oz of Adam's APC - fill the rest with water) Wash Rinse Cleaning up the Aluminum Roof Rails on Audis can be a pain but we were able to improve them using Adam's Metal Polish 1 and 2 Close up We did a one step polish to improve the gloss on the car using the Rupes BigFoot LHR21ES an Uber Green Pad and Sonax Fine Abrasive Polish (sorry no photos) Afters Update: Beading shots of Sonax Polymer Net Shield after the blizzard Extremely tight beading |
02-14-2013, 05:52 PM | #2 |
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So what is the non-basic version of your salt removal tips?
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02-14-2013, 10:09 PM | #3 |
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what did other questions did you have on salt removal.
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02-14-2013, 10:37 PM | #4 |
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No, just kidding, your "basic" tips were very comprehensive. I only wish I had a high-pressure hose I could leave on in the wintertime.
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02-14-2013, 11:31 PM | #5 |
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I hate salt...btw any frs guys have a rusted up exhaust already? My stock axleback piping is already corroded....awesome
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02-15-2013, 12:32 AM | #7 |
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Reciprocating lawn sprinkler blasting under there.
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02-15-2013, 05:30 AM | #8 |
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Thanks for the tips. Road conditions in the northeast can be brutal.
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02-15-2013, 08:27 AM | #9 |
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thanks guys! yup the salt is brutal in the Northeast
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