petrol station power washers

shogunpower

does anyone here work in a petrol station who's job involves looking after the car wash power-washers?

if so does anyone know what kind of soap is used in them? presumably they buy in 5gal drums of it, but what is it? i want to get some for my own power washer as it leaves a good shine and lifts the dirt clean off with out having to lay a finger on the car.

also what type of liquid wax is used?

thanks

Eric Cartman

I think its more the pressure and the fact its heated rather than the soap thats doing it , shure just sell the evo/beamer/shogun/hover car and buy a heated diesel washer

-Corkie-

Autosmart detergent is normally used bur thats normally sold in 205l barells. Avoid a red detergent made by craigavion chemicals your red Evo will end up pink or worse it could disapeer.....:eek::eek:

andyseadog

as above, its really the extra pressure and the warm water.

the products most use are piss poor.

a lot use concept delta force detergent which is aggressive aggressive stuff, prolonged use without waxing etc wouldn't be great.

as for their 'wax', im sure its not really a wax, more some silicone based piss to disperse the water off the car and doesn't really offer any protection.

if you want to buy industrial volumes of cleaning products, look at the auto glym commercial range.

freighter

I suppose the reason you ask is you are looking for a summer job washing cars and you dont want to burn your hands on the bad detergent....:p

shogunpower

thanks andy for the helpful reply, as for the other posters have you nothing better to do? got nothing useful to say then say nothing at all. i allready have a heated power-washer so im just looking for the best product to use with it. will look at the auto glym range now thanks.

Midnight_EG

Just get SnowFoam.

shogunpower

Midnight_EG wrote: »

Just get SnowFoam.

how much are they? any particular good brands or things to watch out for?

Midnight_EG

shogunpower wrote: »

how much are they? any particular good brands or things to watch out for?

I take it you didn't bother Googling it then...sigh....http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/washing-and-drying/super-snow-foam-5-litre/prod_370.html

shogunpower

yes i did google it, and i found millions of products, and having little knowledge, i started a thread on a motoring forum, so that i get some advice on what product to get, you get it? ive so far got two useful reply's, which tells me something about the posters on boards.ie

sighhhhhhhhhhhhh.

Midnight_EG

You seriously STILL digging a hole for yourself on boards?

First you go and throw away an account for lying, then you use another account and alienate yourself further by having a go at other posters and being cheeky when we're trying to help?


Seriously, pull the finger out and sign back in as bmw535d and just say sorry...nobody will care once that happens :mad:

Bigcheeze

No way would I want pressure to be lifting the dirt. Eventually it'll start lifting paint too if you're using lots of pressure. Use a sponge in combination with the pressure washer

shogunpower

Midnight_EG wrote: »

You seriously STILL digging a hole for yourself on boards?

First you go and throw away an account for lying, then you use another account and alienate yourself further by having a go at other posters and being cheeky when we're trying to help?


Seriously, pull the finger out and sign back in as bmw535d and just say sorry...nobody will care once that happens :mad:

im digging no hole, ive thrown away no account, im only having a go at posters who are having a go at me thinking im someone else. i wish i could sign into 535d's account to clear up that im not him. theres nothing more annoying than being blammed for something i didn't do over and over again. ive no doubt 535d has long left boards, which is unfortunate for me.

the mods should delete all these off topic threads but there heads are too far up thier asses to do so.

any posts from now on should be on topic, pm me if you want to measure the size of the dick on your forehead further.

shogunpower

Bigcheeze wrote: »

No way would I want pressure to be lifting the dirt. Eventually it'll start lifting paint too if you're using lots of pressure. Use a sponge in combination with the pressure washer

thats the way im washing the car at the minute, i power-wash the loose dirt off, then spray on some turtle wax big orange cleaner, then wash the car with a sponge and autoglym car wash. and rinse it again with the powerwasher, im just looking for a quicker way as its alot of work and it only lasts a day on wet irish roads.

EPM

shogunpower wrote: »

im digging no hole, ive thrown away no account, im only having a go at posters who are having a go at me thinking im someone else. i wish i could sign into 535d's account to clear up that im not him. theres nothing more annoying than being blammed for something i didn't do over and over again. ive no doubt 535d has long left boards, which is unfortunate for me.

the mods should delete all these off topic threads but there heads are too far up thier asses to do so.

any posts from now on should be on topic, pm me if you want to measure the size of the dick on your forehead further.

Oh I do love your contributions here, really I do. For the comedy factor if nothing else. See you in a week and thread closed. Have a nice evening;)