Anybody refuse to clean a car without a PW......

trashmanssd said:
I love a power washer for at least the first rinse to knock all the loose sand and grit off the truck or car. Around my area there is a lot of sand and it rains a lot so the lower body panels and the in fender wells are always covered in grit and sand.
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I don`t miss that in the least.............
 
trashmanssd said:
I love a power washer for at least the first rinse to knock all the loose sand and grit off the truck or car. Around my area there is a lot of sand and it rains a lot so the lower body panels and the in fender wells are always covered in grit and sand.
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This is the sand and salt we have to deal with............


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I`ve been saying for years I`ll only wash my cars if I pressure wash first...

That goes for rinseless, waterless, or 2BM washes.

I simply see no reason to wipe dirt off that can be pressure washed off. I live n PA & water is abundant & cheap here.

Prolly why I haven`t seen a swirl on either on of my cars in years.


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I also wish I could have my pressure setup ready to go since it takes some time to get it out, hook it up, unspool the hose, etc. I do have quick connects for the inlet connection.
 
Bunky said:
I also wish I could have my pressure setup ready to go since it takes some time to get it out, hook it up, unspool the hose, etc. I do have quick connects for the inlet connection.
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I`ll post my new wall mount once it`s done, I finally switched from Karcher to Kranzle.
 
Here is my setup. Small Ryobi PW from Home Depot and a garden hose reel to store 50 ft of PW hose. Plug in the PW, hook up the garden hose, unreel the PW hose and good to go. Adds about 2 minutes of work vs. just hose alone. The hose reel has a compartment to hold all the nozzles for the PW.

The Ryobi PW has a frame that I put some velcro straps around to hang on the wall. The foam pad keeps the vibration down. Looking to get a CR system and plumb that into the mix.


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I would much rather do a traditional wash with a pressure washer when the car has more then just a light dust on it. Typically this time of year I just run my truck through the touch-less wash to get the salt/sand off and then do an ONR wash in the garage when I get home. My wife`s car us small enough to wash inside though so hers will likely always get a traditional wash using the pressure washer. Eventually I`ll have it all set up so it`s mounted on the wall and ready to use, but even now it`s nice being able to finally pressure wash the car inside with sub-zero temps outside. :D

 
I find it notable that even most "high profile" rinseless/low water detailers use power washers; Yvan has 2 flanking the car in his shop and Garry Dean is designing a custom low flow unit.
 
I`ve never taken the cars to a coin-op. Maybe twice when I was in schooling....I`ve had means to the proper tools at most times.

Curios for those that coin-op. Just short of being ~no obvious choice~, are you concerned about the quality of water coming out. It`s usually recycled water, and the possibility of very micro minute particulate that is not being filtered due to the recycling of water ?
 
mobiledynamics- It`s been ages (like...since the `70s) since I`ve used a coin-op too, but your Q has me wondering whether people filter their household/shop water all that well either. We get "good" municipal water. Nobody else I know on our Muni system filters theirs. But when I see the [stuff] that my filters catch...man, it`s really something! Like..."you can hold it in your fingers"-nasty. You might not really know about *your* water (every house`s supply line/plumbing is different IMO) unless you try filtering it and see what gets caught.

And/but, at my previous shop I didn`t filter the water and it was on a Muni system that wasn`t even *close* to the quality I have now. Never noticed any problems at all other than the spotting from the hardness.
 
RaskyR1 said:
... My wife`s car us small enough to wash inside though so hers will likely always get a traditional wash using the pressure washer. Eventually I`ll have it all set up so it`s mounted on the wall and ready to use, but even now it`s nice being able to finally pressure wash the car inside with sub-zero temps outside. :D
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Rasky, so I take it the water doesn`t go too far from the car when washing inside? I noticed you have some bare walls in there.

Sub-zero?!?! WHOA. I thought dipping in the 40s was bad.


mobiledynamics said:
Curios for those that coin-op. Just short of being ~no obvious choice~, are you concerned about the quality of water coming out. It`s usually recycled water, and the possibility of very micro minute particulate that is not being filtered due to the recycling of water ?
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I use a coin-op near work. Aside from the soap change (the new one sorta sucks, doesn`t rinse off easily), it isn`t bad. For a "quickie" wash it works okay.

There are a handful of them near my home, and most have terrible, and some even downright nasty, water. Actually, most around that area are bad. The closest one to me pools up often (as in, shallow flooding). It`s gross. The water doesn`t look to be filtered all too well, either. But given the neighborhood, I wouldn`t expect regular upkeep, or filtered water from the place. I use the closer-to-home one when the wife`s car is too dirty for ONR (my usual on that car) so I`ll do a quick rinse at the coin-op, and follow it up with rinseless at home.
 
JustJesus said:
Rasky, so I take it the water doesn`t go too far from the car when washing inside? I noticed you have some bare walls in there.

Sub-zero?!?! WHOA. I thought dipping in the 40s was bad.
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Haven`t had any issues with it splashing on the side walls but some will get on the garage door, which I just wipe dry right away. The side walls are a good 8 feet away. I do dial down the pressure a bit when spraying off the tops to avoid hitting the walls. I may put up the vapor barrier soon too just to reduce any chance of getting the insulation wet. ;)
 
A test for someone who uses one….
Spray some into a water bottle.
Bring it home. Let it rest.

How does it look after rested

I doubt a super fine strainer is fine enough, but I suppose the rest test should show some level of something if it was in the water
 
It has to be filtered pretty well for debris or it would be clogging all their sprayer tips. The water definitely has a light brownish look to it though at the ones I`ve checked out.
 
RaskyR1 said:
It has to be filtered pretty well for debris or it would be clogging all their sprayer tips. The water definitely has a light brownish look to it though at the ones I`ve checked out.
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All I can say is bleh. On the debris inquiry, yeah the orifice is pretty dang small, but I suppose on a macro level...blasting water at a isolated angle with ~potential~ micro particulate is not the greatest of all things. LOL, I considered doing a coin op this year during the winter months, just to keep the front of my house from become a skating rink. Just washed both cars yesterday, and this morning there was small patch of ice where the runoff hangs.
 
RaskyR1 said:
It has to be filtered pretty well for debris or it would be clogging all their sprayer tips..
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Stuff trapped by my faucet aerators was the initial clue that something was amiss at our current place. Not enough to clog `em, but enough that I found stuff when I took them apart.
 
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