how cold is too cold to wash your truck?

i wasn't aware it could be too cold to wash a vehicle. around here we wash our vehicles routinely during the winter and the average temp is -5 deg F

 

It's almost -20C with the windchill right now. There is no way in hell that I am going outside to wash my truck lol.

 

Its not so much the washing part but I find it tough to dry the truck when its in the 40s or lower.

 

Ive done about 33 before.

 

Not ready to wash my truck yet..

 

as long as the water is warm and the water dont freeze on my truck, i will wash it

but when it is below 45 i will go to the carwashes with the high pressure wands and turn on the soap and spray my truck a few times then do it again with rinse water. the ones near my are heated in the winter

 

Depends on the wind for me. 40-50 degrees is fine with me, unless the wind is bad. Anything under 40 is too cold for me though.

 

i've done it when it was 27 w/ 25mph winds blowing straight through the car wash bay. The water was freezing on the truck before i could move to the next panel, i was pretty much washing and rinsing each panel individually.

Before I could even start washing it i had to lay my absorber on the engine cover to thaw it out. That was the last time however. Now I wait till its 40-45+ if its real bad i'll get some hot water out of the house though.

Mine needs a bath badly though, she's lookin sad

 

South Alabama doesn't get cold enough to not wash mine.

 

I washed mine well below freezing when I lived in Utah for a couple years. Mainly because when I had my 2007 tacoma I wanted to get the salt off at least weekly.

BUT I had 1 big trick.

I had a hot water faucet plumbed out next to the garage so I could wash my truck with hot water all year.

It was so nice!

 

It's 7 degrees below zero right now. Pretty sure that's too cold to wash my truck.

 

I'll wash my truck at home as long as its not freezing on the truck. I just fill the bucket with warm water. I like to get the salt off. If its colder, I'll go to the self service place and just rinse the salt off with the high pressure.

 

gonna have to say... i wouldnt wash my truck under 70 out.

 

I washed my truck by hand yesterday and it was 50 outside. I used hot water in my bucket which made it ok. I once went to the car wash when it was in the 30's just to hose the salt off of my truck, it turned into a frozen trucksicle, i won't ever do that again.

 

I washed mine yesterday around 430-5 just as the sun was going down. It was around 35 degrees and falling fast. I tried to use a spray on dry off wax but it froze to the truck, so no go

 

In winter I don't even bother washing unless it's -15c or colder. Any warmer and the salt turns the snow into slush and makes a mess of the truck in no time anyways. When it's colder the snow doesn't melt and it stays clean longer.

All our car washes here are indoors with heated water.

 

I wash my truck in -20 degree no problem, just keep it running and crank the heater on high.
The key is i have a heated garage, so it will never freeze up!!

 

lol

 

This ^^

 

My doors froze the other day lol