Washing with no hose
Discussion
This is pretty much aimed at the Extreme Detail guys(cheers for the phone call and chat the other day. Martin in Aberdeen btw), but if anyone else has any advice, feel free to chip in.
Basically, I live in a first floor flat and park my car in the car park. I have no access to an outside tap and so find washing the car properly a bit of a task. At the moment I just make do with a trip to the jet wash and then come back and dry and polish the car.
This isn't ideal, least of all because it involves using a jet wash! I've read about the waterless cleaning products you get, but apparently they're only suitable if the car's a little bit dirty. Living in Aberdeen means my car rarely only get a little bit dirty!
I have washed the car in the car park a couple of times, which is easy enough, but rinsing with buckets of water never seems to work very well, and involves a lot of running up and down stairs!!
So can anyone give any advice on the best way to wash a car when you don't have access to an outside tap?
Cheers!
Basically, I live in a first floor flat and park my car in the car park. I have no access to an outside tap and so find washing the car properly a bit of a task. At the moment I just make do with a trip to the jet wash and then come back and dry and polish the car.
This isn't ideal, least of all because it involves using a jet wash! I've read about the waterless cleaning products you get, but apparently they're only suitable if the car's a little bit dirty. Living in Aberdeen means my car rarely only get a little bit dirty!
I have washed the car in the car park a couple of times, which is easy enough, but rinsing with buckets of water never seems to work very well, and involves a lot of running up and down stairs!!
So can anyone give any advice on the best way to wash a car when you don't have access to an outside tap?
Cheers!
cerbfan said:
Just come to mine and wash it, you get free cups of tea as well 
. Although your car will probably be dirty by the time you get back to Aberdeen again.
. Although your car will probably be dirty by the time you get back to Aberdeen again.Haha cheers mate, I might well take you up on that, especially when I get my Integra! Although after the look he gave me last time I dunno if Charlie would welcome me
tinohead said:
dilbert said:
What about one of those pressurised weedkiller tanks?
Not as harsh as a jetwash. Reasonably capacious. Well metered.
Not as harsh as a jetwash. Reasonably capacious. Well metered.
Are those th things you pump by hand to get the pressure up?
Oooop er sorry......
Yep, that's what I was thinking. No idea if it'll be any good in practice, but the idea seems to fit the predicament. Might want to clean the weedkiller out first. I'd not be surprised if you can get one cheap in your local second hand freebie rag.
Wear some rubber gloves, when you clean it out if you get a second hand one though. Who knows what it might have had in it.
Washing - no problem - use bucket etc as normal.Little trick i found out was to use bucket filled with cold water for rinsing, and use a saucepan to rinse car - sounds wierd, but it makes the water go a lot further.Dip pan in bucket and rinse-either throw it at car , or trickle on - the choice is yours.
Had the same problem for years also living in a 1st floor flat.
I Just bought 2 buckets and made a couple of trips up and down the stairs, its a decent work out as well (as you will have noticed). Also if you get a good car shampoo and use the correct amount, it should rise very easily. I use Zymol stuff which doesnt leave excessive amounts of foam on the car and takes about 3-4 good bucket fulls of water to wash off....
Watering can sounds like a good idea for those awkward places like wing mirrors, bumper recesses etc.
I Just bought 2 buckets and made a couple of trips up and down the stairs, its a decent work out as well (as you will have noticed). Also if you get a good car shampoo and use the correct amount, it should rise very easily. I use Zymol stuff which doesnt leave excessive amounts of foam on the car and takes about 3-4 good bucket fulls of water to wash off....
Watering can sounds like a good idea for those awkward places like wing mirrors, bumper recesses etc.
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