What's your after beach run cleaning routine

Made a blue spraying Lanotec all under the car and engine bay before my first ever beach run. It was recommended by Roothy from that magazine. I knew no better. Bloody sand stuck to everything, I was so p!seed off. Stopped buying that mag after that as I realised it wasn't advise he gave it was selling an advertisers product. I have used a masojet on the garden hose for years to clean inside the chassis rails, very effective. Use masojet and gerni to clean sand or mud. Works for me.

After the beach I use the garden hose all over/under the Patrol then go to the car wash; hand wash followed by pressure under/over the 4wd.
I also wash the car every two weeks.
I use the Lanotec before each beach trip, I usually put it on two/three days before the trip and a little sand sticks to it, I figure if the sand is sticking it must be working, as least there is a layer of oil between the car and the salt.

Seems to work as I go to Fraser/Cooloola/Bribie at least 8 times a year for the last 10 years and no rust.

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Originally Posted by 04OFF

While i understand the benefit and the reasoning behind simply diluting the salt (and that's good) I want to remove "everything" that was not there before the trip, I can see how high pressure into seals etc could push water/contaminates , but you don't hold the blaster point blank pumping water into any one spot near a opening, I doubt it would be much worse on seals than hitting a puddle at speed.

As a experiment, when you car is really dirty, hose your paintwork with a low pressure garden hose for a hour and see what residual contaminates are still left, in comparison, hose your paintwork with a decent pressure washer and most of the time, it will be almost clean in 5 min, when you think about it, the same contaminates are all under your car (if not more) so unless you also get under the car and wash your underbody/chassis/diffs with a sponge then rinse, I cant really see how you are removing much of anything, low pressure hosing may eventually dilute the salt ,but does not really "clean" the underside of your car good enough IMO.

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The salt is easily removed because salt is soluble with water. Without going into the details of neg and pos ions, its more like a chemical reaction rather than just washing embedded dust of duco.

Been following this thread and good to see the pride ppl have in their ride.
Not one cowboy comment, like spray underneath with sump oil and all will be good ,
well done guys lol

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Originally Posted by mudnut

I used the car wash at Robe. I spent an hour washing and rinsing the Old Trol with rainwater at home. As I had to repair the mud flap I lost in the dunes, I have taken all of the plastic and rubber off the vehicle and am in the process of fish oiling the inside of the guards and painting any chips or cracks in the duco. I will spray fish oil inside the chassis after the heat has evaporated any moisture.

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MN try stuffing some pink batts inside the rear 1/4 panels makes for a much quieter ride

Mum used to tell me that dad would put the sprinkler under his old SWB patrol when i was a wee kid. Good to see he's not the only one. Water restrictions put a damper on that these days.

What do you guys do after a "muddy" 4wdriving trip if you don't use pressure ?[/QUOTE]

Usually wait for it to dry,its easier to fall off, I have a high pressure nozzle for the garden hose.
I squirt most off on the grass at home then go to the Car wash armed with a pocket full of $2 coins
Not a big fan of high pressure hoses in certain parts of the Patrol

seems like the word pressure has got some conversation going,while I did say pressure in my post,it's only from a pressure pump not a pressure washer..i use the water very liberally and lots of it...have had my GQ for 7 years and it's used down the coast regulary and has no rust yet..

I think people are still scared of pressure because they don't seem to understand you can regulate the pressure easy by not holding the tip close, in fact you can stand back and "mist" everything much finer than you ever could with a hose, you don't have to wash everything at point blank, just the opposite, only get as close as you need to do the job, but many places do love a good blast to get the crap off.

I pressure wash my engine every time after a beach trip too, some people say to never do this as mine its a Petrol engine, but again I don't blast things point blank, ive never had miss or a problem and I must have done this a hundred plus times over the years.

Some people refuse to use pressure on paintwork, i have a mate who twice now, has scratched the bonnet on 2 different Porsche's removing (rubbing) 1 day old bird/bat poo, if he just used pressure ,it would have removed the crap without leaving a single mark.



Its always going to be each to there own methods on this one, the main thing is you are getting out and using your troll for what is was meant for in the first place, I bought my troll with the main purpose of going to the beach as much as possible, knowing the beach can cause many problems (including rust), but that's what I like to do, in the last 4 weeks alone I have been to Rainbow Beach, Double Island Point, Fraser Island, Teewah Beach, Bribie Island and will hit Moreton Island at the end of the month, and that's exactly why I bought a 15yr old car and not a new one :smiley_thumbs_up:

I hate fibre glass insulation with a passion, TD. I used to work with the stuff which was installed under-floor in some interstate locomotives. The crap used to get in my skin and cause itchy rashes.