Self service, high pressure, car wash Dublin 15?

JackHeuston

Hi guys, back home I always used this kind of car wash and I really like them. You avoid paying a lot for a valet service when probably two days later it's going to rain, and also it's not that kind of cheap car wash with the brushes that ruin your paintjob on the long run.

See here on Google Street View: https://www.google.com/maps/@43.282531,13.484814,3a,75y,254.2h,77.76t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sJ0J5aYRq8g-gd0gSIIDYBw!2e0?hl=en

I'm basically looking for something like that, jet gun with different modes (on the left) and then an area to clean your car inside (right).

You wash it on your own, the results are great, and it was costing me something like 4 € for the jet gun going through all the five modes: wheels, pre-wash, hot water and soap, cold water and wax, ionized water so that you don't have to dry it. Plus other 2-3 € for 5 minutes vacuum, carpet cleaner and some wet towels with detergent to clean the dashboard and any other plastic material.

Is there anything similar to that around Dublin? I'm in Blanch'town but I can travel to find something like that!

Until now I only found a small car wash, in the back of a petrol station, with some sort of jet gun, but it's got a brush on the end of it and you're supposed to brush your car with it etc... its condition is not the great too. I'm looking for a car wash with high pressure only.

Thanks!

RandomAccess

Hi, Theres not an awful lot of them around, most stations have automatic washes now.

The two I use are below

AppleGreen station just before the Chapelizod bypass
https://www.google.ie/maps/@53.353911,-6.367395,3a,75y,44.56h,88.32t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sLHiYKEXXvfXhme30jDuzGA!2e0

Tesco Filling station at Tesco Clearwater (Finglas)
https://www.google.ie/maps/@53.383651,-6.295818,3a,75y,325.99h,97.57t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s3nGZXumai7JhzNct9spWzg!2e0!6m1!1e1

The Applegreen has,
Detergent, Power Rinse, Wax

The Tesco machine has those plus has a final rinse option (I guess this may use some means of preventing water spots)

Theres also an established business beside Tesco called Janelle speed wash where they manually wash your car for you, however they use a wash brush so I would avoid for that reason.

Bigcheeze

You shouldn't be just using a pressure washer to blast off dirt if that's what you're looking for. That's bad for the paintwork.

JackHeuston

RandomAccess wrote: »

Hi, Theres not an awful lot of them around, most stations have automatic washes now.

The two I use are below

AppleGreen station just before the Chapelizod bypass
https://www.google.ie/maps/@53.353911,-6.367395,3a,75y,44.56h,88.32t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sLHiYKEXXvfXhme30jDuzGA!2e0

Tesco Filling station at Tesco Clearwater (Finglas)
https://www.google.ie/maps/@53.383651,-6.295818,3a,75y,325.99h,97.57t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s3nGZXumai7JhzNct9spWzg!2e0!6m1!1e1

The Applegreen has,
Detergent, Power Rinse, Wax

The Tesco machine has those plus has a final rinse option (I guess this may use some means of preventing water spots)

Theres also an established business beside Tesco called Janelle speed wash where they manually wash your car for you, however they use a wash brush so I would avoid for that reason.

Yeah that one at Applegreen is the one I was talking about in the OP. Not the best but until now I'm using it. I'll try Tesco too then, thanks!

Nothing like vacuum cleaners for the inside or carpet cleaning machines around?

JohnBoy26

Bigcheeze wrote: »

You shouldn't be just using a pressure washer to blast off dirt if that's what you're looking for. That's bad for the paintwork.

Those petrol station washers usually don't have enough power to do any damage to paintwork, especially original paintwork, or any proper paint job. They spray more of a mist than water.