pressure washers

[Dan J]

aahhhh makita, no ,there not famous for making good reliable jet washers 

makita the power tools are good, but i used to be an service engineer for karcher, they are good until they break! parts for arent cheap!!! just remember to let the pressure out when you have finished with it! most people dont and put in back in the shed and it knackers up the interials as they parts are only plastic on the domestic equipment like the ones in halford b&q
oh and the green coloured jet washers (the cheapo ones that are near the karchers are made by karcher too but cant be repaired hence why they are cheap)

my stihl pressure washer has never let me down, ive done hundreds of cars with it and a fair few horse box's to and ive only ever had to replace the rubber washers for the hose attatchments. its still going strong now:) karchers in my experience are good when they work but they dont work for very long so extremelly unreliable in my opinion.

[Curious]

Dont just look for a name, look for flow rate.

To get the best out of snowfoam (which ever company you use) you need at least 7L Per Minute, this will produce a nice "whipped cream" type of foam.

Also find out if your in a soft or hard water area, as this too can affect the way the foam will work and how much product you need compaired to water.

If money is no object then its got to be Kranzle, expect to pay £300 plus for one, Greg at Valetpro is a man to talk to about them.

Otherwise walk into B&Q and look at the Bosch etc, also look in Machine Mart, again look at the flow rate.

As for the foam lance, Tim at Clean Your Car.

When you have the PW and Lance then its time to find out which foam works best. Look for a PH neutral product, for instance ValetPro, Espuma and of course Bilt-Hamber.

[Guy]

well... i got the following karcher which was much better priced than I could find it elsewhere

http://www.musthaveit.com/products/details/karcher-k391md-pressure-washer/536/

i got the industrial foam lance and PH neutral snow foam from elite

and this was the result!








happy days! 

[Steve_PD]

Nice buy, I'll be getting one soon 

[JC]

mmmmmmmmmmmm 4 new tyres

or

2 tyres and a pressure washer and snowfoam 

[Guy]

mmmmmmmmmmmm 4 new tyres

or

2 tyres and a pressure washer and snowfoam 

snowfoam! makes life so much easier and is a laugh!

[T_J_G]

mmmmmmmmmmmm 4 new tyres

or

2 tyres and a pressure washer and snowfoam 

snowfoam! makes life so much easier and is a laugh!

I think i need one...

[Guy]

mmmmmmmmmmmm 4 new tyres

or

2 tyres and a pressure washer and snowfoam 

snowfoam! makes life so much easier and is a laugh!

I think i need one...

more than you know! 

[bobbarley]

something like this would do you

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/7402010/Trail/searchtext%3EKARCHER.htm

and you get this effect 

Rhyso, you got another link?  That one isn't working.  Was it this one?  http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/7403181/Trail/searchtext%3EKARCHER.htm

Also, is this the kind of foam lance required?  http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/washing-and-drying/foam-lance-various-fittings/prod_371.html

[Josho]

My pressure washer has this pipe that you put in cleaner, and it gives an effect just like snowfoam. Only I lost the trigger and pipe, so I was picking the pressure washer up and using it with no pipe, 'til my dad got a new one.

Helps greatly, but I'm really pissed off though. Spend hours washing and polishing our Golf, really came up nicely. Thought, picture time, then Tuesday it was filthy. It's completely grey now, the stupid salt has stuck to it. Some stupid griter or something has caused grit to go into the paintwork, taking it off.