Flash Car Wash

Phantom · 20 Feb 2006 at 11:31

Are these any good? I want a quick and easy way of getting my car clean when its dirty. Anything which helps prevent me putting a dirty sponge in a bucket or spreading dirt around on the clean surface is a bonus too...

... what do you think? Anyone bought or used one of these ?

Oakesy2001uk · 20 Feb 2006 at 11:41

great.... til it broke after about 6 washes, get a sponge out!

Serj · 20 Feb 2006 at 11:42

Oakesy2001uk said:
great.... til it broke after about 6 washes, get a sponge out!

That's funny.....mine also broke :confused:

It's really annoying because it's actually quite good.....

Del Lardo · 20 Feb 2006 at 11:47

I was pretty impressed with the results after a quick wash

Scottland · 20 Feb 2006 at 11:54

I thought it was pretty good, but not as satisfying as doing it yourself

Oakesy2001uk · 20 Feb 2006 at 12:00

yea, it was good, til it broke, but a bit of a faff really once the novelty wore off. wash and leather every week, wax once a month, cant loose!

Siliconslave · 20 Feb 2006 at 12:07

i'm still using mine and i've had it for ages, granted i don't wash the car all that much but I do find it pretty effective and simple to use

Rilot · 20 Feb 2006 at 12:42

Doesn't make enough suds for a good clean IMO.

J1nxy · 20 Feb 2006 at 13:04

Does a brilliant job on a dark coloured car. As long as the filters are in good condition and you put a resonable amount oif the wash ont the sponge and car then the results are very good. Makes getting a clean black or dark blue car possible without spending hours chasing water spots round the car with a water blade a cloth...

Phantom · 20 Feb 2006 at 14:35

im really tempted in popping into halfords and picking it up for £20 on the way home from work...

...those that broke? how did they break? did it just fall apart?

can i use a wash mitt instead of a sponge with this?

Princey · 20 Feb 2006 at 15:06

Yeah I use a wash mitt and it works a treat. I just finished washing mine and now its raining :rolleyes:

Oakesy2001uk · 20 Feb 2006 at 15:12

it drenches me as the hose connection spit wate at me.

Jonny69 · 20 Feb 2006 at 15:30

Hhhmmmmrrrrr, don't a lot of hose attachments have a dispenser for suds, weedkiller etc? I'm sure I've seen them in Homebase/B&Q/Lidl

Phantom · 21 Feb 2006 at 10:54

could i use the same flash liquid in a karscher pressure washer and it have the same effect?

J1nxy · 21 Feb 2006 at 11:06

In theory, at least for coating the car in foam. What you wont have is the auto dry setting which uses the de-ionising filter to do the sneaky drying with little or no streaking stuff...

Serj · 21 Feb 2006 at 11:15

My flash car wash just produces a trickle now, i thought it was the pressure in our hose but it does the same thing at my nans. Rather annoying.....

lordrobs · 21 Feb 2006 at 11:24

The first time I used mine I used it on what I thought was a relitively clean car... by the time I had finished the sponge was black :eek:

It does a really good job of lifting the dirt and the auto-dry is a fantastic feature.

Its a bit off putting as it doesn't soap up much but the results are excellent.

Just make sure you've got a bucket of fresh water to wrinse the sponge between each section and soap up the sponge aswell as the car.

Rotty · 21 Feb 2006 at 11:32

used one for the first time yesterday there were virtually no suds on the soap setting :confused:

J1nxy · 21 Feb 2006 at 11:43

Never had much in the way of suds, but always have an exceptionally clean car after thou.

Phantom · 21 Feb 2006 at 13:54

Rotty said:
used one for the first time yesterday there were virtually no suds on the soap setting

are you in a hard water area?

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