snow and ice removal and scratching
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Staging Lane
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snow and ice removal and scratching I'd kinda like to keep my Camaro out of storage over the winter (at least through December) and drive it some of the time when it is not snowing (it isn't my daily driver but I really like driving it.) It does snow here in Pittsburgh but the majority of the time there is no snow.
If it snows a few inches and the snow is sitting on the car, does pushing it off the car (or it sliding off as it melts) cause any scratching? I'm guessing it would...but thinking that if it does there has to be a way to minimize it given alot of guys keep their daily drivers nice.
If it snows a few inches and the snow is sitting on the car, does pushing it off the car (or it sliding off as it melts) cause any scratching? I'm guessing it would...but thinking that if it does there has to be a way to minimize it given alot of guys keep their daily drivers nice.
I'd kinda like to keep my Camaro out of storage over the winter (at least through December) and drive it some of the time when it is not snowing (it isn't my daily driver but I really like driving it.) It does snow here in Pittsburgh but the majority of the time there is no snow.
If it snows a few inches and the snow is sitting on the car, does pushing it off the car (or it sliding off as it melts) cause any scratching? I'm guessing it would...but thinking that if it does there has to be a way to minimize it given alot of guys keep their daily drivers nice.
If it snows a few inches and the snow is sitting on the car, does pushing it off the car (or it sliding off as it melts) cause any scratching? I'm guessing it would...but thinking that if it does there has to be a way to minimize it given alot of guys keep their daily drivers nice.
Grind it up, toss it all over the top surfaces.....then hose it off when putting it away.
Just wondering/.................
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I have scratches from doing this on my hatch in front of the spoiler when snow melts underneith and then freezes again it turns to ice and the ice will scratch and as far as salt thrown on the car I cannot see how that would be at all good
If you are careful about it, you will only get some surface scratches. Use some ScratchX in the spring and do a full detail. It should shine up just fine. The bigger danger is the salt/cinders on the road being kicked up by your tires onto the fenders.
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The best way to minimize any scratching is probable to just scrape it off the windows and drive away. If the snow falls off I doubt it will do anything to the paint. As far as putting salt on the car, it will not melt all of the snow so having the salt under the snow when you brush it off could possible scratch the paint.