*** The Car Cleaning Thread ***

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Pics or it didn't happen!

Thanks to Nick though for pointing the pads out to me few days ago (albeit on irc)

I was actually gonna take a before and after of the pad, but I completely forgot

 

[Dreadi]

Anyone heard of "nilfisk 110 pressure washer"? They are quite cheap and i wonna get a washer/snow lance but dont fancy forking £100+ for a karcher one

 

[antijoke]

Sam, is your car an import or have you/previous owner put the pink japs 'i' on the front?

 

[Overlag]

Anyone heard of "nilfisk 110 pressure washer"? They are quite cheap and i wonna get a washer/snow lance but dont fancy forking £100+ for a karcher one

i got the Nilfisk ALTO C120.4-6 X-TRA and its great they are supposed to be better quality then Karchers. checkout screwfix they was good on prices

*Sorry to the mods if screwfix is deemed a competitor to OCUK.*

 

[LiE]

Anyone heard of "nilfisk 110 pressure washer"? They are quite cheap and i wonna get a washer/snow lance but dont fancy forking £100+ for a karcher one

I've had this bookmarked for a while. http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/p...ic-cold-water-pre/path/domestic-power-washers

Also for a little more you can get a Karcher plus the T50 http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.205-9151.aspx

 

[Topper]

Thought I stick a piccy up of my shiny as well!

Used some of the methods mentioned here for the first time and was pretty pleased with the results

 

[Sparky]

Tried out the Pilberry wheel cleaner at last, these wheels are a beatch to keep clean so thought i would give it a try.

Before

During

A bit of snow to help

A quick blast with the jetwash and voila

Rain then stopped play so a wax and seal will have to wait.

 

[Unlight]

Any recommendations for a decent wash mitt?

 

[Matt82]

asdas had some brilliant bright green microfibre ones with a foam reverse side (for windscreen bugs)

only a few quid

 

[SoliD]

asdas had some brilliant bright green microfibre ones with a foam reverse side (for windscreen bugs)

only a few quid

My mum got me one of these, they are crap.

Get the halfords sheepskin washmitts, I have just got a few and the quality is better than the Eurow's from CYC which have started to fall apart after only a few months.

 

[webmonkeyuk]

thought id ask for some advice, the car had some sor of glue on the headlights and i cant seem to shift it any ideas?

and how about these scratches

apart form them i think it shines nicly for silver

 

[Fr0dders]

Headlights

get some Megs Plast-X

i used some to remove some nasty scratches on my rear lights and some stone chip pitting on the front ones

http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/engine-amp-exterior/meguiars-plastx/prod_283.html

And for the scratches

believe it or not

Scratch - X

http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/polishing/polish/meguiars-scratch-x/prod_48.html

shame your not local as i have both and you'll only need the tiniest of blobs on a microfibre to sort.

 

[Unlight]

Just got myself a Wookies Fist!

 

[mrk]

o_0

Tried out the Pilberry wheel cleaner at last, these wheels are a beatch to keep clean so thought i would give it a try.

Before

During

A bit of snow to help

A quick blast with the jetwash and voila

Rain then stopped play so a wax and seal will have to wait.

Niiice! I'm going to range later to see if I can nab a pressure washer so will be able to make use of such awesomeness

 

[mr tommo]

Im going to give me car a quick clean. I don't own a jet wash just a normal hose. Is it worth me going past a petrol station to give it a qiock blast? The cars quite dirty atm.

 

[Unlight]

Can't hurt to do it, will take off the worst of the dirt, probably make the job slightly easier for yourself.

 

[mr tommo]

Ok thanks. I'm not getting any pleasure out of cleaning my car anymore. It needs machining as the swirl marks really make me not want to spend too much time on her...

 

[mrk]

SoliD asked me to have a look at the Range down the road to see if they sell Nilfisk pressure washers as detailing world recommended them above Karcher ones and lo and behold they sold em - £39.99.

I scanned the barcode on my phone and the cheapest it found online was £54.99 at a competitor so I bought it

Used it to clean the wheels and test out the power on some paving slabs out back and it's pretty powerful, managed to rip away the dirt ground into the slabs and of course the break dust from my alloys

Will do a proper clean over the weekend or on Monday.

So far it's excellent, can get some snow foam now too as it comes with a cannister that attaches on.

It comes with the shampoo/foam cannister, 2x heads (rotating blast and flat blast).

 

[bob055]

nice price for that

 

[mrk]

BTW What snow foam would people recommend?