Let me get this straight, you people WASH your spits?
Mine hasn't been washed this year!
Luke
'71 Spit "Fireball" - Spray-bombed 'er blue 2 years ago and most of it's
still on!
(I'm waiting for the cash for new fenders and doors or a new shell before I
bother to paint (or wash) it) :-)
A photo of the day after it was spray-bombed can be seen at:
http://members.home.net/lukage/spit.html
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff McNeal" <jmcneal@ohms.com>
To: "Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou" <doug@dougbraun.com>;
<spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2001 3:47 PM
Subject: Re: Car-wash
> Not really. There will still be water trapped in the crevices of the boot
lid
> and potentially under the bonnet. In the case of Mk3's, another place
that
> water can accumulate is inside the overriders. Maybe a long drive on the
> freeway... :-)
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou
> To: Jeff McNeal ; spitfires@autox.team.net
> Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2001 11:59 AM
> Subject: Re: Car-wash
>
>
> A short drive on the freeway has the same effect...
>
>
> At 01:51 PM 10/11/01 , you wrote:
> >Mike,
> >
> >If you're confident in all of your hardtop seals, then go for it. That
> would
> >be my main concern. So long as passenger compartment leakage isn't a
> problem,
> >then your second concern should be THOROUGHLY drying your car after the
> wash
> >-- in ALL the nooks and crannies that a commercial blower won't reach.
My
> >tool of choice for this job is my electric leaf blower attachment for
my
> shop
> >vac. Run it down all the seams, under the bumpers, etc., until the
entire
> car
> >is bone dry. So long as water isn't allowed to pool anywhere on your
car,
> you
> >should be fine. With all the effort that I put into drying my car,
washing
> it
> >with a soft brush and bucket of suds is the least time consuming part
of
> the
> >equasion.
> >
> >Take care,
> >
> >Jeff McNeal (San Diego)
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