Botang Posted January 25, 2008 Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 Let me set the scene, we have a fleet of 10 chauffeur cars all of which get washed daily. The detailers amongst you would be horrified by the current cleaning methods, whilst not using nasty chemicals the cars do suffer from scratches from the use of a basic car wash brush. I got chatting the the Karcher guys at Autosport and he suggested a rather nice hot water system and although I'm sure it was a good deal and perhaps the best solution at £1300 I cant convince my dad to put his hand in his pocket to that extent. So whats the verdict on cold water systems with the likes of snow foam, etc, do they do a good enough job without the need for aggitation with a wash mitt or do you end up doing the job twice compared to his current option of using a car wash brush. To a point the cars get treated a bit like work horses so as long as they are clean they are ok, detailing to the extent that a lot of you go for and I use on my A8 isnt really applicable for work. They are all dried by hand after the clean if that makes any difference. Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelwind101 Posted January 25, 2008 Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 Hello I dont really know the reason for using hot water/warm water pressure washer on a car. In a bucket of shampoo is a different thing, they would probably be best off with a durable cold water system, Snow-Foam if you wax the cars. If not, non-caustic TFR might be the answer. Im sure 90% of applications for warm water systems must be cleaning inside slaughter houses etc. Geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Botang Posted January 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 [ QUOTE ] Hello I dont really know the reason for using hot water/warm water pressure washer on a car. In a bucket of shampoo is a different thing, they would probably be best off with a durable cold water system, Snow-Foam if you wax the cars. If not, non-caustic TFR might be the answer. Im sure 90% of applications for warm water systems must be cleaning inside slaughter houses etc. Geoff [/ QUOTE ] As far as I understand it hot water is much better at getting the grime/traffic film off the car in the same way as you would use hot water in the sink. However if the modern foam detergents like snow foam are good enough with cold water it would remove the need for a hot water system. Thank for your help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drpellypo Posted January 25, 2008 Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 Hot water systems are awesome for cleaning cars. I'm very very tempted to splash out and stick one in the van. It makes the wash process so much quicker, and drying too. Great for cleaning wheels too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelwind101 Posted January 25, 2008 Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 [ QUOTE ] Hot water systems are awesome for cleaning cars. I'm very very tempted to splash out and stick one in the van. It makes the wash process so much quicker, and drying too. Great for cleaning wheels too. [/ QUOTE ] I have an industrial washer, picked from well a meat packing place and it can do hot water! But i ever used, it never found it much use but seems to suck a lot more power . Maybe my cars are not dirty enough Geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
18ME Posted January 30, 2008 Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 [ QUOTE ] Let me set the scene, we have a fleet of 10 chauffeur cars all of which get washed daily. The detailers amongst you would be horrified by the current cleaning methods, whilst not using nasty chemicals the cars do suffer from scratches from the use of a basic car wash brush. I got chatting the the Karcher guys at Autosport and he suggested a rather nice hot water system and although I'm sure it was a good deal and perhaps the best solution at £1300 I cant convince my dad to put his hand in his pocket to that extent. So whats the verdict on cold water systems with the likes of snow foam, etc, do they do a good enough job without the need for aggitation with a wash mitt or do you end up doing the job twice compared to his current option of using a car wash brush. To a point the cars get treated a bit like work horses so as long as they are clean they are ok, detailing to the extent that a lot of you go for and I use on my A8 isnt really applicable for work. They are all dried by hand after the clean if that makes any difference. Matt [/ QUOTE ] I had a look at the Karcher stand at Autosport too as I was looking at getting one of these 601C a few years ago when they were £1295. They look as though they would do the job very quickly. I cant afford that sort of extragagence now so I'm looking to get one of these instead K785M which should be pretty good for the money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kite Posted January 30, 2008 Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 I have one of these http://www.tooled-up.com/Product.asp?PID=127474 I got a recon one from a guy on fleabay, I've not had any problems and it comes with a karcher guarantee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Botang Posted January 31, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 [ QUOTE ] I had a look at the Karcher stand at Autosport too [/ QUOTE ] I cant remember model numbers I got distracted See attachment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
18ME Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 I do vaguely remember Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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