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Originally Posted by 05stram
I have done the hot water in bucket method for over 30 years and have never experienced a problem with paint cracking. I would think it would be worse to wash a car with a surface temperature above 70 with cold water from a hose than to do the opposite. Hot water in the winter will loose its temps very quickly once you pull the rag from the bucket. However a hot car usually will remain wash and work your tail off trying to keep it from spotting. I do not recommend the hose on the hot spigot though - I have had one freeze while washing and often wondered why the hot water will freeze faster than the cold but so be it, but the temp was in the teens.
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Yeah it seems others haven't had problems so I'm probably wrong on this one. Maybe the difference was I wasn't using a towel/sponge, I filled a bucket with water from the hot water tap, walked outside and poured it on the car.
Dohhh!!! So don't do that! Unless maybe the paint on your new Camaros is so thin it can't crack.
Just kidding!