Jet Wash Warning

[Clart]

I used my old man Karcher power washer this weekend to get rid of all the crud from my valvers rear arches. Granted, it did the job, and the amount of sh*t in them took the piss, but i made the mistake of actually doing the outside of arches (which were bubbling up anyway) and blasted some paint off

Careful!

 

[Matbrown]

Gives you a good excuse to get them sorted then!



Mat.

 

[DAVE_RSi]

school boy error if ever i heard 1

 

[Clart]

I can get em done at work quite cheap, but itll come back in a month or so. Cant afford 300 quid to get new arches put in

 

[Adams_16v]

i caught my old man jet washing my car the other day. was nice of him to clean it for me, but i was not happy about using a jet wash on it!! especially on a resprayed car!

 

[Liam]

never had a problem with mine, if you hold it about a foot or so it is sound. Put your hand on it it you will see its gentle. Try your hand at a couple of inches tho and it dam hurts!

 

[Dean]

remember when i got my saxo colour coded and i used to jet wash my car

1st day i thought id give it a good clean and take some pics and peeled the paint off a tiny bit!

 

[Final Maxim]

i used a diesel powered hot jet wash a few months back at my old work. had never used the thing before. blew all the dirt and sh*t off the front bumpers lovely.. crouched down and it had blew the radiator to bits. had to have a new rad lol

FM

 

[GeeUK]

Quote: Originally posted by Dean on 13 December 2004


remember when i got my saxo colour coded and i used to jet wash my car

1st day i thought id give it a good clean and take some pics and peeled the paint off a tiny bit!

Yup, no more jet wash for me when mine is done, except for cleaning the f**king OZ Super Turismo GTs !

 

[Faz182]

Never had a problem with Jetwashers, or paint coming off. I either use our own at home if I can be bothered to unwind the hose pipe, extension lead, connect it all up to the pressure washer etc... or I use the ones at our local Morrisons - £3 for 15mins. I then go home and handwash it after all the main crap has been jetted off, especially underneath and under wheel arches.