Dotcom@lemmy.ml 3 days ago
The company owns car washes and I asked some guys. No one said it was rude, but the responses I got were:
“Snow can can cause the brushes to slush up” “If there’s a layer of ice under the snow the brushes can catch” “You’ll get a shitty wash”
sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 days ago
Thanks. I’m glad it’s not rude, and it sounds like you would want to get as much snow off of the car as is practical before going through to prevent the slush buildup.
I’m not concerned with the car looking good as much as I am trying to prevent the bottom from rusting. I should probably get the undercarriage treated or whatever, but I’m pretty inexperienced with car ownership and it is a lot to decide and manage.
Dotcom@lemmy.ml 3 days ago
The brushes are designed to break away from the rollers, so its unlikely you would notice as the person in the wash since the brush would come free and then be washed off / blown off throughout the wash.
Depending where you live underbody treatments may or may not be a good idea, if they HEAVILY salt the road it can get trapped above the liner and rust the car faster, bur admittedly I’ve only ever had second-hand cars with those treatments so maybe if done early in the car’s life and maintained its a non-issue