Hi Good old Soviet here,

I have returned recently from shopping, and then hearing the noise in the road outside, went to have a look, as clearly some work was being done here. My neighbour was arriving at the scene, at the same time, and our cars are covered in the dust from the cutting disc that is being used by the council work people.

We were not happy with this, as the work people did not seem to bother that our cars are now covered with dust, and the paintwork is not showing now. We asked the person who is doing the cutting, why he covered our cars in the dust, and he just said that he had the work to do. We then were moving our cars, but this was too late, and I had to clear the thick dust from the windshield to drive the car to another place.

No apology, or explanation for us, was given. He did not care about our cars, it would seem, and so we are now needing to get water and wash the cars off. The dust is going inside of the hood at the front of the car, and in engine bay, and has made much mess.

I would like to ask here, if others on the forum have had this thing, also and what they did about this happening?

Soviet(not happy one):confused::thumbdwn:

Bugger all you can do other than be very careful cleaning it off so you don't scratch the car.

At the end of the day this sort of work does need to be done and it's not practical to get everyone to move their cars first or contain all the dust

I've had that too, and written and complained. Got an apology, but that was all. Just wash the car carefullyto rinse the dust away.

Bugger all you can do other than be very careful cleaning it off so you don't scratch the car.

At the end of the day this sort of work does need to be done and it's not practical to get everyone to move their cars first or contain all the dust

Hi Dr,

We were also thinking that there is not much for us to do here about what has happened as the work is needing to be done of course. But would it not be good for the council to be firstly putting cards through the nearby house doors, with the details for the time of work to be carried out?

This would now be giving all neighbours that are having cars parked near to work, to move them to the safe place. Yes I need to be carefull as to not cause scratching to paint, and clean engine bay here.

Soviet(not the good day for us):thumbdwn:

You should have seen my car after yesterday

Working at a Glass bottle factory nr Chester

around 3mm of soda ash and limestone and sand mix all over it :eek:

Snow foam would work well here wouldn't it??

use a hose on a light setting to gently water off the dust, once all off then give it a jetwash over and wash it. i would put a bill in for valeting telling them your time is expensive doubt it will get far, but might show them the seriousness of this idiots action.

A few years back, the road out side my house was recoverd in some tar like stuff. As I drove over it, shortly after some rain, the front wheels span and covered the sides of the car with this stuff ( luckily it wasn't the vRS )

I went mental. It took me around 8 hours to get all the stuff off and to get he car back to normall. I contacted the company who resurfaced the road and pointed out that if I was being employed to clean the car at my current hourly rate, it would cost around £250.00 for the 8 hours work.

They addmitted responsibility and cough up £250.00 as an appology

If you can use snow foam to lift the majority of the dirt off then rinse with a hose pipe or pressure washer, then foam again. Whatever you do don't get the sponge out as it will just scratch the paint badly.

Had to do the same due to demolition going on near me and the car required a couple of foams and rinses before I even considered getting the wash mitt out to give it a clean.

If you don't have snow foam and can't borrow it, just run a hose pipe over the car, then spray a mix of car shampoo and water over the car with a trigger gun let it sit for a moment then wash the car off with the hose again.

If you have a pressure washer:

- Elite Heavy Duty Foam Lance - 6 types of fitment & Free 1lt Snow Foam Elite Car Care

If you don't:

- Gilmour Foamaster II Foam Gun + FREE 1 Litre Snow Foam Elite Car Care

You could use any shampoo in it but this stuff would work well in either:

- Elite Snow Foam 1 Litre Elite Car Care

This works even better but only in a pressure washer as it doesn't foam properly from a normal gun:

- Bilt Hamber - AutoFoam Elite Car Care

HTH:thumbup:

Failing that you could always get the КГБ to sort them out as I'm sure there are still a few of them floating around here

can you get snow foam from halfauds or a local car discount place?

Soviat

I recentlyhad the same problem but not with road dust but grass.

I was on holiday in the lake district and the cottage we were staying at had two car park spaces one for each cottage. Our space was next to a grass bank.

The next again day we were lounging in the house after a walk when we saw the cleaners (and they could prob see us when they peered in the door, window) and all I could hear was a strimmer going off.

A while later I popped out think to get a sunday paper when I noticed the car was covered in grass and to make it worse it was wet and it had all stuck to the car, the cleaners had cut the grass, and done the ledge as well and covered the car.

Common sense would say to them the car was next to the ledge with not enough space to swing a cat alone a strimmer to cut the grass and that they should come and ask me to move the car. Needless to say I was out to Keswick to clean the car.

Hope this helps.

swmbo had this happen outside her work, it was a privat6e contractor and the Octy was new. Naturally she went ballistic, they offered to wash it for her when they finnished After politely declining she demanded recompense so they gave her £10 to go to a car wash , (naturally the car wash never saw the car ) As others have said, swill down with copius amounts of water, foam, rinse, foam, and jet off, then wash as usual 2 bucket method

swmbo had this happen outside her work, it was a privat6e contractor and the Octy was new. Naturally she went ballistic, they offered to wash it for her when they finnished After politely declining she demanded recompense so they gave her £10 to go to a car wash , (naturally the car wash never saw the car ) As others have said, swill down with copius amounts of water, foam, rinse, foam, and jet off, then wash as usual 2 bucket method

Hi Postman Pat,

I am intrigued here, as what swmbo was spending the unexpected windfall on, and I am thinking cosmetics maybe, or maybe she split this one 50/50 with you I think.

Thank you for the cleaning advice here, but it is really of a unnecessary problem, that they are causing for my neighbour and I.

Regards to you

soviet:rolleyes:

can you get snow foam from halfauds or a local car discount place?

No you can not get snow foam from halfords or your average high street car shop.

Elite are very good and will generally get you the goods next day however

Hi Postman Pat,

I am intrigued here, as what swmbo was spending the unexpected windfall on, and I am thinking cosmetics maybe, or maybe she split this one 50/50 with you I think.

Thank you for the cleaning advice here, but it is really of a unnecessary problem, that they are causing for my neighbour and I.

Regards to you

soviet:rolleyes:

Hopefully she spent the £10 on Andrews dinner

:sofahide:

Thankfully they are now in Europe so I'm safe for a bit

Soviat

I recentlyhad the same problem but not with road dust but grass.

I was on holiday in the lake district and the cottage we were staying at had two car park spaces one for each cottage. Our space was next to a grass bank.

The next again day we were lounging in the house after a walk when we saw the cleaners (and they could prob see us when they peered in the door, window) and all I could hear was a strimmer going off.

A while later I popped out think to get a sunday paper when I noticed the car was covered in grass and to make it worse it was wet and it had all stuck to the car, the cleaners had cut the grass, and done the ledge as well and covered the car.

Common sense would say to them the car was next to the ledge with not enough space to swing a cat alone a strimmer to cut the grass and that they should come and ask me to move the car. Needless to say I was out to Keswick to clean the car.

Hope this helps.

Strimmers are lethal for flipping up bits of stone or pebbles. This happened at work to my mates Fabia and the drivers window got smashed. :eek:

Fair doo's to the ground staff, they paid for a new window.

Hopefully she spent the £10 on Andrews dinner

Think we had chinese that night:D

:sofahide:

Thankfully they are now in Europe so I'm safe for a bit

You can run but you can't hide soon be time for the off though:P

No you can not get snow foam from halfords or your average high street car shop.

Elite are very good and will generally get you the goods next day however

cheers, better look at getting some soon then instead of trying to make it out of AG shampoo

Yonks ago I had a totally knackered BMW2002. It was parked at work when some nuggets nearby used a grit blaster and coated about 60 cars with grit - that stuck! Everyone bitched a lot and got £200 each, which at the time was about double my cars worth! Well worth a moan to the company/council whatever.