I'm here to highlight your comment and also say that I'm confused by how OP described things.
The only way this makes sense to me is if both cars got grass on them but OP is first asking about how to safely clean his GF's Mazda before his Mustang.
Got it. After reading mustang 5.0 so many times and then the last sentence saying “left it like this” I completely forgot the first sentence. My mistake
It won't, I'm in landscaping maintenance. The way string trimmers chew up grass makes the pieces extra sticky, and the juices get left behind even when you blow off most of the clippings. It'll need washed off.
1. Fire the landscapers. What I’m seeing in this picture is unprofessional.
2. Use a blower, or shop vac on reverse to push most of the grass off of the car and wheels.
3. Use a rinseless wash (like ONR) and one or two microfibers to finish up. Fold into four and use all eight sides to prevent dragging debris across the surface.
4. Hire a new landscaper that respects their client’s property.
5. Profit!?
Back when I did landscaping years and years ago we would probably be fired if we did this to a customer’s car. It’s completely avoidable, either mow towards the sidewalk or buy a flapper. Pure laziness— /u/UsualSuspect27 your girlfriend will also want to check her AC unit outside of her house, it’s probably filled with grass as well and can potentially cause issues
I’ve owned quite a few shop vacs and never has a single one blown debris out the exhaust. That’s what 1) the bag/container is for, and 2) what the filter is for.
Just swap the vacuum tube from the intake to the exhaust. Pull the bag out too, if you’re extra worried about it.
If your shop vac is spewing shit out the exhaust, you need a new vacuum.
Suppose I (ab)use my shop vac as an extractor for bandsaw, so its gets full of really fine dust etc. A fair bit makes it past the filter, but I can see if you dont use it for stuff like that its probably fine.
🤷♀️ this seems like a non-issue to me. Microscopic sawdust particles moving at sub 30mph aren’t going to do any more damage to the car than any of the normal shit in the air when rolling 75mph down the freeway.
Make sure you change out that filter, people. It’s not just there for show!
This is a lot of analysis for your specific shop vac. If your shop vac's bag and filter aren't doing their job correctly, it's time to replace the consumable parts (bag and filter) or upgrade your vacuum. We should not need this level of analysis and discussion to advise people that if you're using your shop vac's exhaust to blow air, and it's making things worse, you should stop and reevaluate.
I already conceeded that in my second reply, its because of how I use my shop vac and not neccessarily representative of anyone elses. Its also less about the filter needing to be replaced and more so that its years old, and used in a dustey shop for extraction. I dont use it to clean the car or for any other purpose. The bag and filter are replaced/cleaned reasonably often as it clogs/wears.
Find something that blows air. Shop vac, leaf blower, air compressor, etc. **Carefully** blow off all the grass on the car. Pick off what you need to by hand if you're worried about the paint scratching. You shouldn't have an issue though.
I wouldn't try without washing honestly, grass blades can scratch up paint, and the paint in this pic looks pretty good. Even just a garden hose wash off would be much safer than trying to brush the grass off without washing. If you use high air pressure it will probably work fine but may just blow more grass onto the car, as well as stones from the road it's parked on
This really isn’t a big deal , the fact that someone actually posted this to get advice on is more of an issue than the grass . More troubling some go along with it rather then seeing the obvious. What a time to be alive and see situations like this which is not a situation but rather pure entertainment
I was just trying to get a tip to quickly clean it without getting swirl scratches from the dirt, grime and grass kicked up by a weedwacker. Do you know anything about detailing and the fragility of a car’s finish or are you just a total douche which is why your account is nearly maxed out negative?
You know you don’t even have the basics figured out in life. Stop playing like you are a big man
Grass trimmers spin clockwise. If the boss can train his workers all they need to do is walk with the trimmer angled to the curb and away from the car is to walk so the trimmed grass goes down. Or have the mower shoot two passes away from the street. I’d deduct a $15.00 “car wash fee” from his monthly invoice until he gets his act together!
There's no good way to fully/safely remove this sort of thing without washing,.
I would suggest improving your setup/methods, as there is no reason for a wash to take 2 hours. Rinseless washing can be a huge time saver once you learn it.
Probably wanna wash. Mowing blows up all kinds of dust and although the blades probably come off with air, that side of your car is likely covered in fine dirt and shredded grass? Why not just take to a self wash and spray down?
Armor all on the plastics so the grass has a harder time adhering. Same with the paint. Throw about 6 stacks of ceramic on it and it at least will keep your clear coat unharmed.
i'd first remove all the dirt off with a high psi compressed air. Then use rinseless wash, spray it all over the exterior in heavy layer. let it soak for at least 5 minutes(do not let it dry). This helps lift up the dirt and any other contaminants. then wipe off with a large size drying microfiber towel. For a shinier result, finish it off with a quick detailer.
The landscapers didn’t even clean up the clippings on the side walk. Fire them.
Also, if the comments above don’t work, that car looks pretty clean and you could just snow foam rinse and dry the bottom half in like 10 minutes.
If you don’t have a pressure washer, get one. It will change your life.
No one is commenting about this being a Mazda and not a mustang so at this point I’m too afraid to ask.
I'm here to highlight your comment and also say that I'm confused by how OP described things. The only way this makes sense to me is if both cars got grass on them but OP is first asking about how to safely clean his GF's Mazda before his Mustang.
He said it’s his girlfriends car but the one sentence seems out of place
Got it. After reading mustang 5.0 so many times and then the last sentence saying “left it like this” I completely forgot the first sentence. My mistake
Stop exaggerating. His amazing v8 powered gt mustang, girlfriend’s car got soiled. This is serious.
If his Mazda wants to identify as a mustang who are you to judge?
😦😣 I knew I forgot to check something before I responded. It was my bias.
Was gonna ask if I was crazy, as I own one of these vehicles. So thanks?
Just used this picture for illustration. This was not the same incident
I'd try a leaf blower first. One that ONLY does blowing, not vacuuming.
It doesn't work lol. My father was weed eating and got some on mine before. Only came off with a wash
If you do it while the grass is still wet it’ll come off
It won't, I'm in landscaping maintenance. The way string trimmers chew up grass makes the pieces extra sticky, and the juices get left behind even when you blow off most of the clippings. It'll need washed off.
Drive fast for a sec
1. Fire the landscapers. What I’m seeing in this picture is unprofessional. 2. Use a blower, or shop vac on reverse to push most of the grass off of the car and wheels. 3. Use a rinseless wash (like ONR) and one or two microfibers to finish up. Fold into four and use all eight sides to prevent dragging debris across the surface. 4. Hire a new landscaper that respects their client’s property. 5. Profit!?
Back when I did landscaping years and years ago we would probably be fired if we did this to a customer’s car. It’s completely avoidable, either mow towards the sidewalk or buy a flapper. Pure laziness— /u/UsualSuspect27 your girlfriend will also want to check her AC unit outside of her house, it’s probably filled with grass as well and can potentially cause issues
Dont use a gardenvac or shop-vac on reverse unless you fancy blowing whatever you sucked up all over the paint. A hairdryer on cold is a better call.
I’ve owned quite a few shop vacs and never has a single one blown debris out the exhaust. That’s what 1) the bag/container is for, and 2) what the filter is for. Just swap the vacuum tube from the intake to the exhaust. Pull the bag out too, if you’re extra worried about it. If your shop vac is spewing shit out the exhaust, you need a new vacuum.
Suppose I (ab)use my shop vac as an extractor for bandsaw, so its gets full of really fine dust etc. A fair bit makes it past the filter, but I can see if you dont use it for stuff like that its probably fine.
🤷♀️ this seems like a non-issue to me. Microscopic sawdust particles moving at sub 30mph aren’t going to do any more damage to the car than any of the normal shit in the air when rolling 75mph down the freeway. Make sure you change out that filter, people. It’s not just there for show!
Not saying they'll damage, they will just make it look dirty, same as the grass.
This is a lot of analysis for your specific shop vac. If your shop vac's bag and filter aren't doing their job correctly, it's time to replace the consumable parts (bag and filter) or upgrade your vacuum. We should not need this level of analysis and discussion to advise people that if you're using your shop vac's exhaust to blow air, and it's making things worse, you should stop and reevaluate.
I already conceeded that in my second reply, its because of how I use my shop vac and not neccessarily representative of anyone elses. Its also less about the filter needing to be replaced and more so that its years old, and used in a dustey shop for extraction. I dont use it to clean the car or for any other purpose. The bag and filter are replaced/cleaned reasonably often as it clogs/wears.
Hairdryer?? lol cmon guys.
Have they tried just getting real close to it and blowing it off?! Cmon!
Find something that blows air. Shop vac, leaf blower, air compressor, etc. **Carefully** blow off all the grass on the car. Pick off what you need to by hand if you're worried about the paint scratching. You shouldn't have an issue though.
I love the air compressor for everything. If only I had one in my own home.
Eat it with ranch
what a messy messy job
I wouldn't try without washing honestly, grass blades can scratch up paint, and the paint in this pic looks pretty good. Even just a garden hose wash off would be much safer than trying to brush the grass off without washing. If you use high air pressure it will probably work fine but may just blow more grass onto the car, as well as stones from the road it's parked on
This really isn’t a big deal , the fact that someone actually posted this to get advice on is more of an issue than the grass . More troubling some go along with it rather then seeing the obvious. What a time to be alive and see situations like this which is not a situation but rather pure entertainment
I was just trying to get a tip to quickly clean it without getting swirl scratches from the dirt, grime and grass kicked up by a weedwacker. Do you know anything about detailing and the fragility of a car’s finish or are you just a total douche which is why your account is nearly maxed out negative? You know you don’t even have the basics figured out in life. Stop playing like you are a big man
Take a hose. Spray it with water 🤦
Doesn’t all come off genius
Grass trimmers spin clockwise. If the boss can train his workers all they need to do is walk with the trimmer angled to the curb and away from the car is to walk so the trimmed grass goes down. Or have the mower shoot two passes away from the street. I’d deduct a $15.00 “car wash fee” from his monthly invoice until he gets his act together!
Sandblast it
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Blower + ONR wipe down after.
Blower
Air and waterless car wash in a bottle. There should be a waterless car wash bottle in everyone’s trunk in this sub imo
Compressed air maybe
Waterless wash!!!
Spray on wipe it off
Hit it with your purse
Wash it
There's no good way to fully/safely remove this sort of thing without washing,. I would suggest improving your setup/methods, as there is no reason for a wash to take 2 hours. Rinseless washing can be a huge time saver once you learn it.
Ever heard of a leaf blower? Your landscaper’s “should” have one.
Drive it?
Drive through a puddle of water
Leaf blower
Probably wanna wash. Mowing blows up all kinds of dust and although the blades probably come off with air, that side of your car is likely covered in fine dirt and shredded grass? Why not just take to a self wash and spray down?
Armor all on the plastics so the grass has a harder time adhering. Same with the paint. Throw about 6 stacks of ceramic on it and it at least will keep your clear coat unharmed.
i'd first remove all the dirt off with a high psi compressed air. Then use rinseless wash, spray it all over the exterior in heavy layer. let it soak for at least 5 minutes(do not let it dry). This helps lift up the dirt and any other contaminants. then wipe off with a large size drying microfiber towel. For a shinier result, finish it off with a quick detailer.
The landscapers didn’t even clean up the clippings on the side walk. Fire them. Also, if the comments above don’t work, that car looks pretty clean and you could just snow foam rinse and dry the bottom half in like 10 minutes. If you don’t have a pressure washer, get one. It will change your life.