Detailing chat

theintern

Very close to pulling the trigger on a pressure washer. I live in an apartment block but I've decided instead of faffing around with a battery powered piece of cr@p, I'm going to get a Karcher K4, and use the suction hose attachment to pull water from a large container and just run a very long extension cord.

Does anyone have experience of doing this that they want to share?

Also, has anyone ordered from KarcherOutlet.co.uk? They look to be a great deal on official refurbs. No delivery to Ireland but should be able to Parcel Motel it.

MetzgerMeister

Is there no power outlet near where your car is parked that you could use rather than having to run a long extension cable?

Technique

theintern wrote: »

Also, has anyone ordered from KarcherOutlet.co.uk? They look to be a great deal on official refurbs. No delivery to Ireland but should be able to Parcel Motel it.

I looked at them a while back and it was mainland UK delivery only, which would rule out Parcel Motel. I also think the package was too big for An Post's UK collection service.

theintern

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Is there no power outlet near where your car is parked that you could use rather than having to run a long extension cable?

Nope, I've hunted! Have asked the building to install an external plug and an external tap which would help, but I don't know when they'll get round to it.

Right now I'm on the first floor, so it'll be out the window, and about 15/20 metres out to the car parking space.



The bigger pain is going to be getting the water downstairs, but having a power washer will be better than running up and down with buckets as I am now.

The idea behind getting a normal power washer over a portable one like the Worx one is that in the future if there is an exterior tap/plug things just get easier. I'm sick of going to a jet wash, and buying multiple 3 minute sessions, then hogging the wash for ages trying to a proper pre wash, decon etc

theintern

Technique wrote: »

I looked at them a while back and it was mainland UK delivery only, which would rule out Parcel Motel. I also think the package was too big for An Post's UK collection service.

They do NI delivery for an extra £5.
It'd be a big parcel for Parcel Motel, but seems like they'll handle large parcels for an extra fee.

Wailin

Best alloy wheel cleaner lads?

vectra

theintern wrote: »

Also, has anyone ordered from KarcherOutlet.co.uk? They look to be a great deal on official refurbs. No delivery to Ireland but should be able to Parcel Motel it.

theintern wrote: »

They do NI delivery for an extra £5.
It'd be a big parcel for Parcel Motel, but seems like they'll handle large parcels for an extra fee.

Use Parcel Wizard, ( DPD ) delivered to your door.

As for the extension lead, I use a 50 foot one all the time ( Made it myself with trailing plug/socket )so I would have no worries about that, would it not be possible to use a 50 foot hose out the window as well?

theintern

vectra wrote: »

Use Parcel Wizard, ( DPD ) delivered to your door.

As for the extension lead, I use a 50 foot one all the time ( Made it myself with trailing plug/socket )so I would have no worries about that, would it not be possible to use a 50 foot hose out the window as well?

I'd have to attach it to the tap if that was doable?

To be honest, I never even considered it. I would have thought that the water pressure would be a disaster?

vectra

theintern wrote: »

I'd have to attach it to the tap if that was doable?

To be honest, I never even considered it. I would have thought that the water pressure would be a disaster?

My hose and extension cable run the same distance to my washer.
Never had an issue.
Granted I fitted an outdoor tap to the rear of my house.

MetzgerMeister

Wailin wrote: »

Best alloy wheel cleaner lads?

Bilt Hamber Auto Wheel. Spray on, leave to dwell, pressure wash off. No scrubbing

Wailin

Where do you buy that from? I tried Amazon but no delivery to Ireland.

MetzgerMeister

Wailin wrote: »

Where do you buy that from? I tried Amazon but no delivery to Ireland.

I get the 5 litre drum from bilthamber.com along with an empty bottle for it. It's worth just buying the 5 litre and refilling each time as it saves the hassle of having to order another 1 litre each time.

Sexual Chocolate

Wailin wrote: »

Where do you buy that from? I tried Amazon but no delivery to Ireland.

Think Reflect do it as well. There shipping is only about 6 quid which isn't bad at all tbh.

cena

foam lance gauze. Best place to get one of these in Ireland

high horse

cena wrote: »

foam lance gauze. Best place to get one of these in Ireland

I got one from D&D in Cork, they had them in the shop

MetzgerMeister

If you send it to D&D they'll do a full service on it.

Black_Knight

Debub wrote: »

HI - need some adv.. a kid fell on my car with his bike and created this, anything can be done to rectify it plaese?

thanks

Stallingrad wrote: »

Checkout Dr Colourchip for that, you will get much neater results than a touch up brush.

20% off at the moment

20% OFF DR COLOURCHIP PRODUCTS - IT'S SPRING AND THE DOCTOR'S FEELING PERKY! THERE'S 20% OFF EVERY DR COLOURCHIP PRODUCT FOR YOUR CAR, MOTORBIKE, CARAVAN OR BOAT.

Debub

Black_Knight wrote: »

20% off at the moment

thanks for this - sorry but I am a bit lost - so will it be the Pen Repair Kit that i will need to order?


thanks

Black_Knight

Debub wrote: »

thanks for this - sorry but I am a bit lost - so will it be the Pen Repair Kit that i will need to order?


thanks

No experience with the pen. I got the standard starter kit.

Pen looks like it could do the job for you.

Titzon Toast

Howdy folks, I'm looking for some advice please. I had my car resprayed last week and I'm wondering what I should do to protect it going forward please?

Any help and advice would be much appreciated. Cheers.

MetzgerMeister

Folks, I have a Vertool Forced Drive polishing machine for sale. If interested, send me a PM.

LollipopJimmy

Howdy foljs

Having given up on car ownership a couple if years ago - living and working in the City Centre I've now gone down the route of a motorbike. I went to buy some cleaning stuff, fallout remover, degreaser etc etc only to find detailingshed gone. Where is the best place to buy now? I always liked the chemical guys and bilt hamber stuff

MetzgerMeister

D & D in Cork
Block51 in Northern Ireland
Cleanyourcar.co.uk
in2detailing.co.uk
adbl.ie

Since you have a bike I would suggest you invest in a Metro Blaster Sidekick. It's made for blasting water from hard to reach areas and areas that would be impossible to reach with a cloth.

Duff

Can anyone tell me if this snow foam lance fits this? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Demon-Motorsport-Snow-Foam-Lance-Karcher-Nilfisk-Bosch-Lavor-Vax-Parkside-M22/361647483010?hash=item5433dea882:m:mj1mPiaKZAjngrfTdmMoDNw

It's a Parkside PHD 150 C2 that my father bought a while ago in Lidl that's been collecting dust in his shed. I believe Parkside are just re-branded Lavor units.

Below is the jet lance connector thats currently on the power washer


And this is what it connects to



Thanks, lads.

Vico1612

Duff wrote: »

Can anyone tell me if this snow foam lance fits this? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Demon-Motorsport-Snow-Foam-Lance-Karcher-Nilfisk-Bosch-Lavor-Vax-Parkside-M22/361647483010?hash=item5433dea882:m:mj1mPiaKZAjngrfTdmMoDNw

It's a Parkside PHD 150 C2 that my father bought a while ago in Lidl that's been collecting dust in his shed. I believe Parkside are just re-branded Lavor units.

....

Thanks, lads.

Yep, Lavor.
I have a Parkside and got https://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/cyc-snow-foam-lance (you can see the adaptor pic)

Duff

Vico1612 wrote: »

Yep, Lavor.
I have a Parkside and got https://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/cyc-snow-foam-lance (you can see the adaptor pic)

Gent. Cheers.

Wailin

Autoglym super resin polish is some stuff. Wifes car was full of hand prints from suncream and kids. No amount of washing would remove them so I tried the autoglym today and it worked wonders.

keano25

Wailin wrote: »

Autoglym super resin polish is some stuff. Wifes car was full of hand prints from suncream and kids. No amount of washing would remove them so I tried the autoglym today and it worked wonders.

Put some wax over it now to protect it if you haven't already.

Wailin

keano25 wrote: »

Put some wax over it now to protect it if you haven't already.

Feck that she's lucky I washed it

Nah I had the wax out ready to go but time got the better of me. Might do it tomorrow the car won't be moving anyway.

PsychoPete

Spent yesterday doing the interior of the car,done a deep clean and extraction on the carpet with Valet Pro carpet cleaner,took the front seats out. Used Geyon leather cleaner on the seats, kind of ashamed the amount of dirt that came off them. Cleaned the plastics with reflect auto car apc and dressed with CG VRP. Ideal weather for leaving the carpet dry out