Cleaning your clio... (pressure washer Q)

[B7JLS]

Do many of you use pressure washers to clean you clio??

- what do i look for in buying one? rated bar? power?

- would like to get one that i can use that 'snow foam'...

- what are the pro's and con's???

thanks, Jack

 

[B7JLS]

moved? but no comment need to know as am bidding for one...!

 

[MRBILLYUK]

I've used one for the last 10 years . Mines 120bar and 380 litres and hour flow . Plenty powerful enough for me as i use mine as pump to pump water out of a 25 litre fermenting bin .

Link to which one your bidding on , how much do you want to spend .

Aldi sell one rebranded under another name but it's really a Karcher but with a 3 year warranty , whereas karchers only come with a 12 month warranty .

 

[172Ben]

snow foam wash 1st then the old 2 bucket method for me

 

[oz_clio]

ive got a karcher thats like 10 yr old....will it have the same fitment for a foam lance with karcher fitment? thought they might have changed the fitment over time?!

 

[Michael172]

Use the karcher 2.19, if you get down to homebase theres 20% off all karcher power washers atm, somehting liek £35 for the 2.19.

100bar of pressure is fine for car washing, have 3 lances with it tho and also a foam lance.

Dont wash the car without one now.

Foam the car, wash off using power washer, wash the car using 2 bucket method and rinse the car off with the power washer again.

 

[B7JLS]

whats the 2 bucket method??

also i won the bidding on this one...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....m=110252853353&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=001

 

[172Ben]

www.detailingworld.co.uk

very useful forum

 

[Michael172]

whats the 2 bucket method??

also i won the bidding on this one...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....m=110252853353&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=001

waste of money tbh, im guessing the foam lance wont fit and the one supplied will be shite.]

one bucket full of suds, one bucket clean water, wash using a washmitt, clean mitt using clean water. ets the dirt off the mitt beforee you get fresh shampoowater.

 

[B7JLS]

one bucket full of suds, one bucket clean water, wash using a washmitt, clean mitt using clean water. ets the dirt off the mitt beforee you get fresh shampoowater.

But then each time you rinse it, your putting it back into a dirty bucket...

 

[MRBILLYUK]

^^^ Do what i do mate . First wash off any loose dirt with the pressure washer hooked up to the garden hose .Then i run a 6 foot length of hose into a 25 litre home brew fermenting bin filled with a couple of capfulls of Extreme body wash and wax shampoo and warm water . Then foam the car with high pressure foam , leave to dwell for a few minutes then continue with the 2 bucket method .

Hell of alot cheaper than these fancy foam lances

 

[Brand86]

Looks good, but foam lances FTW...

 

[Davey C]

^^^ Do what i do mate . First wash off any loose dirt with the pressure washer hooked up to the garden hose .Then i run a 6 foot length of hose into a 25 litre home brew fermenting bin filled with a couple of capfulls of Extreme body wash and wax shampoo and warm water . Then foam the car with high pressure foam , leave to dwell for a few minutes then continue with the 2 bucket method

Hell of alot cheaper than these fancy foam lances

Absolute genius! Love it.