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I recently got a Nilfisk C-PG 130 and I'm looking to get a snow foam lance for it,
it seems there are three types of Nilfilsk adapters available, any idea what type the model I have would use?
I cant seem to find any reference to it in the manual!
it seems there are three types of Nilfilsk adapters available, any idea what type the model I have would use?
I cant seem to find any reference to it in the manual!
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Picked up some Double Speed Wax and a few other bits and bobs, just need to figure out how I'm going to wash the bloody thing now 
Just spent a couple of hours washing my old car. Probably do it again next year. 
I normally pay for a hand wash but decided not to be lazy. Good fun using my jetwasher and I used the car cleaning solution that came with it, 10 parts to 1. Took a few repeats of drying with a chamois, in this heat it dries too fast and kept leaving streaks and water marks. Bought a 30m hose to run from the outdoor tap in my garden to the front of house.
Need to buy some more wet 'n black or similar for the tyres, bottle is almost finished.
I normally pay for a hand wash but decided not to be lazy. Good fun using my jetwasher and I used the car cleaning solution that came with it, 10 parts to 1. Took a few repeats of drying with a chamois, in this heat it dries too fast and kept leaving streaks and water marks. Bought a 30m hose to run from the outdoor tap in my garden to the front of house.Need to buy some more wet 'n black or similar for the tyres, bottle is almost finished.
Sponge????????? Chamois??????????
Sponge on gritty floor
Just get a wash mitt and drying towel and don't put them on the floor, you might as well use a handful of stone to wash the car going from this photo.
Don't be so quick to judge. I sprayed the jetwasher over the sponge each time before it touched the car. And what's wrong with a chamois? That's pretty standard for drying a car.
Not in this thread it isn't, although the previous response was somewhat harsh.
Both a sponge and chamois have nowhere for the dirt to go, so essentially you end up dragging any dirt particles (no matter how small) over the paint, causing swirl marks.
Both wash mitts and drying towels have deep pile, which in theory allows the dirt to be (re)moved without being dragged.
Ok fair enough, I didn't know that. Shows how long it is since I last washed my car! Well my car and paintwork is old now so it's well past worrying about it too much, it's just my everyday workhorse. Nevertheless can you recommend me a mitt and drying towel? Nothing too expensive, just something effective.
Lovely jubbly, thanks Cookeh, I'll order those.
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If you don't put it on the floor, then there's no need to try to get the grit and stones picked up off the floor off it. Eliminate the risk rather than trying to mitigate it.
A chamois is an awful way to try a car and will just drag any dirt on it or the car back over the car. You can get a cheap microfibre drying towel anywhere and the same for a mircrofibre washing mitt. Probably cost around £15 total and will do you for years and as already mentioned, the deep pile will stop dirt and crud from being wiped back over the paint.
Not harsh at all, just honest and factual, unless it's 1995
Having watched a couple of car washing videos, I think I missed a step in my washing. I sprayed a car soap solution on with the jetsprayer, rinsed off with the jetsprayer and then dried it.
But after rinsing off and before drying, should I have made up another detergent solution in a bucket (I have an old bottle of Halfords advanced car wash soap) and washed the car by hand and then rinsed again with the jetsprayer and then dried? And should I have rinsed the paintwork even before spraying the soap on?
But after rinsing off and before drying, should I have made up another detergent solution in a bucket (I have an old bottle of Halfords advanced car wash soap) and washed the car by hand and then rinsed again with the jetsprayer and then dried? And should I have rinsed the paintwork even before spraying the soap on?
Right, so I did all that (well, foam and pressure wash together) except the sponge/mitt + shampoo. Well actually, I did use the sponge in places to try and get rid of hardened bird droppings with little success and the jetwasher at very close range did a better job, albeit at the risk of the paint.
But yeah, I pretty much missed step 3. What's TFR?
Trafic film remover, some people use it instead of snow foam.
Oh I see, thanks. People here are going to think how on earth did I miss washing it with shampoo and sponge/mitt. Well when I used to wash my cars (in 1995
) I did just use a bucket with shampoo and sponge and then rinse off with clean water and cloths. But now with jetsprays, I figured it was enough to spray soap on, let it soak in to loosen all dirt, and rinse off without the need for elbow grease. Clearly not! 
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