Washing/rinsing the underbody after beach driving

[vans]

I'm sure heaps of you here do this and would you share your tricks, tips or products you'd recommend to get it done properly after you've been salt beach driving.

[mmcan]

Put a lawn sprinkler under the Jeep and let it run all under.

[P Nasty]

i would be very interested to know some tips also. living in florida thats about all the driving i get. I just pressure wash it like a billion times every time i take it out.

[DFW Rusty]

Sand is kind of like cancer. Once you get it it just spreads it doesn't matter if it is a little pinch! By the time you get home your jeep is covered! In all seriousness though, when ever I hit sand I just try to keep my jeep washed day by day. When we go to South Padre Island I wash my vehicle every evening. The main thing is to wash the wheel assembly good and under the hood. That is where it will do the most damage! So take it to a do it your self wash and turn the tires back and forth and wash all of you stuff good. That is the best you can do.

Or just do like m mcan said and just set a sprinkler under it for a few hours!

[bofer84]

go with the sprinkler route...get the ones that are about 16" long and go back and forth..they seem to work real well for me.

[turleypaul2000]

I'll go along with all the previous suggestions, but I would add the use of a product I purchase and use on my JetSkis. It's "SALT TERMINATOR". Sprays on with the use of a garden hose and kills the affects of salt.

[Ronson]

I do the lawn sprinker to for about and hour.

[dad55551]

I usually soap up the undercarriage with the manual wash and run it through the automatic. Its pretty effective. The island wash right across the bridge to south padre is really nice btw ;)

[eng23inelt]

The sprinkler is how I do mine, although a couple of the other ideas expressed here should work too.....:thumbsup:

[scouter4life]

I don't live by the beach, so no salt here, but plenty of sand, dirt & dust, so I make sure to wand wash it good every couple of weeks.

[jblankster]

sprinkler with soap thingy attached. then sprinkler with out soap.

optional: then hose with a very heavy water flow to get every nook n crannie out.

[1BD72MC]

Invest in a good gas powered pressure washer. You can also use it after muddin’. If hooked up to your house water heater, usually a spigot use for a drain, then you’ll be able to steam clean your vehicle. It’s what I do and works awesome!

[4whelin]

I do the lawn sprinkler and I have a hand held garden sprinkler for some places with an extension handle also.:thumbsup:

[neopj3]

DUDE!!!!! is that your JEEP in your avitar? HOLLY $HI^! not to high-jack the thread but damn!. As for washing your Jeep after wheeling, I use a high pressure hose and get all the big crap off first and then head to the coin wash. $20.00 later and she'll look better then the day I bought her.:clap: I thought of building a multiple spray system you can place under your Jeep and leave it for a while. Sorta like the under carage sprayer at the gas station washes, but for the whole under carage at once.

[Skoalman]

The main thing is to wash the wheel assembly good and under the hood. That is where it will do the most damage! So take it to a do it your self wash and turn the tires back and forth and wash all of you stuff good. That is the best you can do.

Or just do like m mcan said and just set a sprinkler under it for a few hours!

Exactly.

I have a house on the beach, and have had my Jeep down almost every weekend for 10 months. No rust anywhere. For the dirty side, I put the sprinkler head down and drag it under verrrrry slowly...sometimes just let it set depending if I got lots of salt spray on/underneath it. For the clean side, I will either wash it at the house, or run down the street to the automatic..depends if I had to clean lots of fish or not how lazy I am......:yup:

The one thing I do is wash it EVERY time I come off the beach. That day. Not any of this, "Oh, I'll do it tomorrow" BS, I do it every time I come off the beach.

[SGT.]

sprinkler or preshure washer depending..............................:thumbsup:

[Ubermoose]

Last time I drove my old XJ at the beach (Port Aransas) the jelly fish had come in... I must have hit hundreds of them... no matter how much I washed it my Jeep smelled like a fishing trawler for months. No more beach running for me.