Pressure Washers
Discussion
So. At the weekend I got the filth off my car with the pressure washer. Which duly packed up during the operation. 
This is the *second* washer I've had pack up in the last few years. The first did two years - this one has done three.
Not to name and shame but the make was something like 'Aldi'.
I bought the second 'Aldi' because the lances and brushes I bought would fit it.
Now after the second one has packed up I've had enough.
What Pressure Washer would PHers recommend?
This is the *second* washer I've had pack up in the last few years. The first did two years - this one has done three.
Not to name and shame but the make was something like 'Aldi'.
I bought the second 'Aldi' because the lances and brushes I bought would fit it.
Now after the second one has packed up I've had enough.
What Pressure Washer would PHers recommend?
GreigM said:
karcher no doubt - buy the cheapest one you can get if using it on the car - higher pressure isn't a good thing for car paintwork.
You can get karcher washers with two booms, used to remove hard wax off cars thats put on at the final checkpoint for transit.
They are very very very high pressure and to be used very carefully.
As one of my valeters found out when he did his rather rusty mini. The wings fell off...
It was like a scene out of an Ealing Comedy.
Sounds like a Karcher it is then, chaps.
Ta muchly. Out over the Crimbo Hols to get one, then.
So. Where do you chaps STORE your little machines to stop the frost getting at them?
All I've been doing is making sure they're emptied out properly then sticking them in the garage.
Perhaps this could explain why two have given up the ghost in five years?
Ta muchly. Out over the Crimbo Hols to get one, then.
So. Where do you chaps STORE your little machines to stop the frost getting at them?
All I've been doing is making sure they're emptied out properly then sticking them in the garage.
Perhaps this could explain why two have given up the ghost in five years?
You need to lay down the law - my front room currently has an x1/9 gearbox, front grille and front spoiler, battery, spare carb and switchgear in it. In the spare room youll find a bonnet, doors and complete interior, and a carb from a lancia beta hpe and in the back garden theres a tailgate, bumpers and gearbox from the same. If you open the shed carefully enough you wont get taken out by the alloys from the car 
I wonder why I live alone and am single
Oh, forgot the front wings also in the spare room
>> Edited by lanciachris on Monday 20th December 16:53
I wonder why I live alone and am single
Oh, forgot the front wings also in the spare room
>> Edited by lanciachris on Monday 20th December 16:53
mel said:
But cheap, buy twice 
Anyway yes go for Karcher I keep mine in a detached garage but I stand it next to and old oil filled rad that I leave set on its lowest setting just to fend off the frost from the pressure washer and the race bikes that don't have anti freeze in them.
You're not wrong, mate. Now shoving a 'leccy radiator in the garage on low might be an idea. Ideall one with a thermostat that goes as low as 4C
errrr But its definitely a thought...
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