Washing the car without easy access to a tap/hose

[parabolica]

Any suggestions? I'm fed up relying on hand car washes and to be honest, I miss washing my car as I like to take care of it, especially as I just had it fully detailed. However I don't have access to an outside tap where I currently live; I see Karcher do a mobile cleaning kit that is essentially a 4 litre tank with a low pressure spray gun - does anyone have experience of these (or similar)?

Car doesn't get filthy filthy, just grubby from street parking and road spray so something like the above (plus the old 2-bucket method) would suffice.

I've tried doing a quick shampoo at the local jet wash but it's not ideal; would prefer to do this at the roadside outside my flat.

ETA; obviously at 4 litres the Karcher option isn't ideal... would probably take a couple of refills to do the whole car (6 series).

Edited by parabolica on Tuesday 25th April 22:23

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gretsch-drummer said:

I fill up my bucket that has a lid with hot water and shampoo and load my car up with the rest of my cleaning gear and use a BP petrol stations cleaning bay. It's £1 for 2:30mins to use the pressure washer lance.

TFR - pressure wash - shampoo - pressure wash - dry - p*ss off the people waiting behind me - DONE.

I've tried that but it wasn't ideal; most of the stations around me didn't have a lot of space for their wash bays and the only one that was ideal (BP at Hammersmith flyover) had a queue of cars behind me. Would prefer to take my time and not get in people's way, hence doing it at home.

[parabolica]

Useful replies folks - will check all of these out.

JimbobVFR - I've tried the waterless solution as well, I found it quite streaky but the car was pretty grubby. Took two attempts to get a decent finish.

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itcaptainslow said:

I've got a Sealey battery pressure washer with a 17 litre tank. It produces pressure similar to a normal garden hose and the tank is enough to do a complete car-pretty handy bit of kit. Around £90 on Amazon.

This one? https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sealey-PW1712-Pressure-Wa...

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So I might have a cheap fix here; whilst I have no outside tap, my bathroom sink tap is only a metre or two from the front door. I've never been a fan of these tap-to-hose adapters however in the interest of Occam's razor I thought I'd spend the £2 to buy the adaptor and see if it would be suitable, knowing I could just junk it if it didn't work. Adaptor went on without any issue and seems to hold well when you block off the outlet (ie doesn't spray the inside of my bathroom). So that + a length of hose and problem solved for a few quid. We'll see how it goes.

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Nice idea but no where to keep said trolley.

Got everything hooked up today as a test fitting. Ended up taking the shower head off and using that as the connection - works awesome and any leak ends up in the bath. £10 elastic hose that expands from 5m to 15m (easy to store) and a simple nozzle. All I need now is for the parking space outside my flat to come free and I can get stuck in.