Washing Car..

[MK3]

I've neglected the clio over the past few months due to the weather. Now the sun is finally out, want to get the car cleaned before it turns miserable again. I saw a thread on here a while back where a guy had washed his recented painted spoiler and the paint started to flake off. Not sure if this was due to him being aggressive, or due to a poor paint job. Anyway, my rear bumper was sprayed this week, picked it up wednesday and this will be its 1st wash. Would it be safe to use a pressure washer? Forgive me if i sound like a t**t, just don't want to ruin a fresh paint job! Hope this is the right section.. Cheers

 

[Curtis!]

I usually just use the pressure washer at a 45 degree angle, about 30-50cm away from the paintwork.

Should be reet, leave it till wednesday if your really scared of cocking it up. Did they bake it etc in a low oven or?

 

[james7471827906]

If anyone got any thoughts on this would be helpful for me also, had my rear bumper re-sprayed, picked the car up today...

Any guidance as to how long to wait before washing etc would be great!

Thanks

 

[Beef-Mc]

Usually recommned a couple of weeks before you start polishing and waxing IIRC.

 

[jenic]

Ive took paint off a brand new £25k car before with a hude industrial hot pressure washer . Never done it on my own car though with a normal ~100bar home pw.

If anyone got any thoughts on this would be helpful for me also, had my rear bumper re-sprayed, picked the car up today...

Any guidance as to how long to wait before washing etc would be great!

Thanks

Is that your phone number in you user name?

 

[MK3]

Cheers lads, didn't bother using a pressure washer in the end, just good old buckets of water lol. Didn't use anything on the bumper either just incase.

 

[JCC]

If it's been painted properly you can easily use a pressure washer on it without taking the paint off. I jetwash cars at work straight out of the oven, never had paint peel off once.

 

[Martijn16vt]

Hi everyone,

Kinda strange to post here as my first post, but i just signed up and came by this thread looking up info on the RS ph1.

I own a detailing company (doesn't matter which one, not here for commercial reasons), and normally advise people to wait with polishing the paint for 14 days after respray. If using a HP washer, do this on safe distance (like at least 60cm). Better to just spray water over the car and wash it with a washmitt though. The HP washer will smash the water on the dirts, dirts on the paint resulting in minor imperfections.

Bye!

Mart