pressure washer

[HYFR]

whoop whoop

Santa brought me a karcher pressure washer today

It there any guidelines on how best to use these, as iv heard they are not good for paint?

Any tips?

Used it today, amazing for cleaning alloy wheels!!

CheeRS

[stumpyrs4]

They're fine just not high pressure on the paint...

[sonny]

Make sure you use the correct lance, some are designed to take dirt up of drive ways and don't point it too close to the body work (even though VAG paint work is durable and not insulting your intelligence). top tip don't jet wash the alloys to close as it will tend to peel away the lacquer.

Have you got a Foam lance for it, highly recommend it http://www.theultimatefinish.co.uk/Stor ... ductId=690

[dibbs26]

Totally agree re the Foam Lance. I've had one for 3 years and have never looked back, esp in this weather

[stumpyrs4]

Getting one meself, probably through polished bliss. Just need to make sure it's the right one. I've got a Karcher KB9030?

[dibbs26]

Getting one meself, probably through polished bliss. Just need to make sure it's the right one. I've got a Karcher KB9030?

Just make sure it has the Karcher attachment, the majority have

[stumpyrs4]

Are there not different ones for different models of Karcher though, or are they all the same fitment?

[dibbs26]

Same fitment. I have the top of the range domestic Karcher K7.85M and it has the same fitment as all the others.
When choosing snow foam I'd just go for the basic one, probably Elite Car Cares own make.
Ive used Bilt Hamber and Valet Pro foams and found the best one to be the basic one.

[stumpyrs4]

What about Megs ?

[stumpyrs4]

How about these:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Elite-Heavy-Duty- ... 3a5326fb8e

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... K:MEWAX:IT

Cant comment on the pros/cons of either, or their respective snow foam solutions.

I do know this firm, and rate very highly:

http://www.polishedbliss.co.uk/acatalog ... -wash.html

[dibbs26]

The Elite one is package I went for. You won't look back.

[stumpyrs4]

A bit more expensive than the first one.

Will see what else I can find...

[HYFR]

used snow foam for the first time today!

its good!

[WUZ]

Guys - give Clark or Rich from Polished Bliss a call and they'll point you in the right direction. I've always got good advice om them and they have even pointed me to another company if they don't stock the item that best suits my needs.

IMHO, they give good impartial advice and really know what they are talking about.

Russell