Cleaning
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p4paul

Original Poster:

15 posts

273 months

Friday 19th March 2004
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I have just spent out on a power wash, which pushs water at 120 bar, has anyone used this type of power wash on there cars and IS IT SAFE....!
I'm alittle concerned about the RED car going a GRAY fibreglass colour...ANY ADVICE

M@H

11,298 posts

301 months

Friday 19th March 2004
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120 Bar !!! that'll take the paint off your wingmirrors nicely I reckon..

antonyj

5,254 posts

310 months

Friday 19th March 2004
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Whats wrong with a bucket and sponge?
That pressure isnt going to do any good for seals and the roof IMHO.
Always found using a sponge gives you the time to check the paint work over too.

M@H

11,298 posts

301 months

Friday 19th March 2004
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I've got one of these pressure washers, and it gets used on only one of our vehicles... the landrover. The rest I have more concern over the paint finish on them.

Use it on your driveway, and then think if you want that level of "cleaning" on the car..

Plotloss

67,280 posts

299 months

Friday 19th March 2004
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Bloke at work used the truckwash to clean his Mini after a shift one day.

Rusty little car before, car with no wings after.

Oh how we laughed....

p4paul

Original Poster:

15 posts

273 months

Friday 19th March 2004
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POINT TAKEN... Hand cleaning it still is them !

BUGGER

.Mark

11,104 posts

305 months

Friday 19th March 2004
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Don't understand.
What's the point in cleaning you car if it's raining?
If it's not raining how can you clean it while you are driving it?


Having said that, it's peeing down outside with winds gusting F7 so they say, and I have to go out and do some stuff.

Wish me luck.

shortlad

529 posts

281 months

Friday 19th March 2004
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I always power wash my wheels as it tends to clean them well with the aid of trade Autoglym wheel cleaner. If you apply it to the insides of the wheels a jet washer will blast most of the brake dust off in there as well.

Would never use high pressure on the body of the chim, disconnect and rinse with the hose at normal mains pressure.

That said I do pressure wash my golf and that has painted wing mirrors and bumpers and never experience a problem. Or with any other colour-coded car in the past.

I should add that my pressure washer is the cheapest, so I assume, lowest pressure washer you can buy.

IPAddis

2,512 posts

313 months

Friday 19th March 2004
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The pressure washer we have has two nozzles. One super-high pressure one and an angled one at lower pressure for doing under the car. I use the angled low-pressure one on the entire car and it's fine. Much better than a standard hose.

Failing that, the high-pressure ones sometimes have an adjustment for the pressure and spray pattern at the tip.

Ian A.