2 cleaning questions....

[Timster]

'scuse my ignorance but is there a special "foaming lance" I can get that will fit my Karcher jet washer ?
Also... what 's the best product to get to give the engine a good de-grease and general clean ?
(I'm guessing it would be something in a spray-bottle !?

After seeing Sonny's spotless engine yesterday, it made mine look like an old fairground generator.

Cheers

[andre3k]

Any foam lance should do, the fitment though is what you need watch out for. This one's pretty good, just select Karcher fitment: http://shop.autobritedirect.co.uk/foam- ... -305-p.asp

In terms of degreaser, this seems to be the flavour of the moment: http://www.bilthamber.com/pro-introduct ... urfex%20HD

[Timster]

Thanks for the reply Andre.
I have a Karcher K4.600. Which has it's own resevoir for cleaning agents etc.
Have you heard of a lance that "doesn't" have it's own bottle?

Cheers

[andre3k]

I'd just use a conventional lance & bottle setup if it were me; in my experience it's easier to control the mix ratio that way.

There's prob a nozzle attachment available if you want to use the inbuilt reservoir.

[P_G]

Karcher have recently introduced a new foam lance with a grey 0.6l bottle and a function where you can vary the flow rate; just bought mine off fleabay for just over £20 which is a fraction of the cost of the Gilmour and others. It being from Karcher will fit your K-Series no problem. The resevoir is naff as the concentration is poor and it can use a litre bottle of detergent in about 2-3 minutes, big waste of money.

As for foam I used to use Bilt Hamber but TBH I never thought it that good at removing dirt at various concentrations. I have just changed to Autobrite Magifoam and it is the dogs danglies. I can foam the car with this (very thick foam and lingers), leave it on for 10 mins, rinse off and a weeks worth of summer fim can be removed using it and not needing to wash.

Worth the money and I have used a dozen or so snow foams over the last couple of year and this is by far the best.

[Timster]

Excellent !

Thanks for tips, lads.