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Power Washer Tips

  • 29-01-2010 5:22pm
    #1
    AMPSound
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 203 ✭✭


    Hey,

    Just want to get some tips here. I used to drive a silver van, and would wash it once every few months! You just couldnt notice the dirt on it! But now am driving a White one, and it is black again the day after I wash it. So thought it would be a good idea to get a powerwasher to help keep it clean.

    However, just using the power washer on it does not clean it very well. I still end up scrubbing the entire thing, and then washing it down with the power washer. Back to square one! I used to scrub it, and then rinse it with the hose for the exact same effect!

    So what tactics do you all use for washing cars/vans quickly with a power washer?


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  • #2
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,794 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    tbh, power washer is only a quickie job. If you want it properly clean, you will have to do more than powerwash.

    You just can't get the amount of ****e on our roads off a car in one go, effectively.

    And powerwash makes a bollokcs of brake calipers and the like.

    And, do you pre-wash with a film remover ? If not, you should. Crap won't just fall off with water (and psi...), needs to be softened, first.

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  • #3
    AMPSound
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 203 ✭✭AMPSound


    Cheers for your reply!

    Whats this film remover? Any specific brand? And roughly how much is it?

    I do use the detergent with the power washer - ie, it sucks a bit of detergent in as it goes, but it really doesnt make much difference.


  • #4
    peasant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,819 ✭✭✭✭peasant


    If you're not super-worried about slight scratches/swirls in in your paintwork, this is what you want
    waschbuerste-9208125-26.jpg
    (connects straight to your hose)

    blast of the thick dirt with the power washer, rinse with this, done


  • #5
    AMPSound
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 203 ✭✭AMPSound


    Aha! Well I used to use a kitchen brush and a bucket of warm, soapy water, so that would surely be an improvement!!!


  • #6
    peasant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,819 ✭✭✭✭peasant


    you can get them in small as well (to better get into awkward spots)
    1558366.jpg

    however, I find the longer the handle, the less wet you get yourself :D


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  • #7
    AMPSound
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 203 ✭✭AMPSound


    peasant wrote: »
    you can get them in small as well (to better get into awkward spots)
    1558366.jpg

    however, I find the longer the handle, the less wet you get yourself :D

    I got one of them with the power washer, but yeah, ya get soaked and break your back scrubbing the whole thing!!


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