Wet Vac recommendations

Foxhole Norman · 23-11-2016 5:21pm #1

So since I've decided to try a work at my own detailing business full time has anyone recommendations for wet vacs? Have been looking at the Numatic George and some of Nilfisks offerings.

Curran · 23-11-2016 8:32pm

Cant really go wrong with either of them brands to be fair!

Best of luck with it!

Foxhole Norman · 23-11-2016 9:18pm

Curran wrote: »

Cant really go wrong with either of them brands to be fair!

Best of luck with it!

Cheers! Sitting here waiting patiently for the sale

:D

Ron Burgundy II · 29-11-2016 5:44pm

Which one did you go for? I know I'm a bit late but D&D had 20% off nilfisk

Foxhole Norman · 29-11-2016 6:08pm

Ron Burgundy II wrote: »

Which one did you go for? I know I'm a bit late but D&D had 20% off nilfisk

None yet as I'm still very undecided, I take ages with decisions

Mister Jingles · 30-11-2016 2:11am

As a main professional machine i wouldnt have much of a clue but as a back up (you will need one) if you come across a parkside wet vac in lidl you could buy one as a spare.

MetzgerMeister · 06-12-2016 2:17pm

If I were you FN I'd ask Elite Auto Clean what they are using. They will only have the best I'd imagine.

Curran · 06-12-2016 4:56pm

You're not wrong there!! Buy you'll need a big wallet!

MetzgerMeister · 06-12-2016 5:00pm

Curran wrote: »

You're not wrong there!! Buy you'll need a big wallet!

I never said it was going to be cheap haha

Foxhole Norman · 13-12-2016 6:04pm

As per usual I went for something completely different :pac:

Just picked up a Vax 6131T, seems to get rave reviews from the groups on Facebook as well as general reviews. Looking forward to trying it

Curran · 13-12-2016 6:30pm

Heard its a good machine also!

Detailing work is thirsty work, aint it....plenty fizzy there to keep you going! :P

Foxhole Norman · 13-12-2016 6:32pm

Curran wrote: »

Heard its a good machine also!

Detailing work is thirsty work, aint it....plenty fizzy there to keep you going! :P

That was only a quarter of the stock

Lucozade Orange is my jam though

high horse · 16-12-2016 3:50pm

I got the same Vax 6131T delivered last week, much cheaper on Amazon than locally.
I won't get a chance to use it until the Christmas holidays. My car has light grey carpets so it should make a big difference to them.
I had considered getting a George wet vacuum but for the price and the amount of use it would get, the Vax made more sense
Have you used yours yet FN?

Foxhole Norman · 17-12-2016 1:42am

high horse wrote: »

I got the same Vax 6131T delivered last week, much cheaper on Amazon than locally.
I won't get a chance to use it until the Christmas holidays. My car has light grey carpets so it should make a big difference to them.
I had considered getting a George wet vacuum but for the price and the amount of use it would get, the Vax made more sense
Have you used yours yet FN?

Nope! Cracked it open ready to use on a job this morning and ended up changing what was being done to the car so didn't even use it dry vacing yet! Mine was €139 from Argos, with Amazon it was coming to about the same with shipping when I checked last.

high horse · 17-12-2016 9:35am

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Nope! Cracked it open ready to use on a job this morning and ended up changing what was being done to the car so didn't even use it dry vacing yet! Mine was €139 from Argos, with Amazon it was coming to about the same with shipping when I checked last.

I got it for £80 including delivery from Amazon which worked out at about €93 with currency conversion at the time

Foxhole Norman · 17-12-2016 10:22am

high horse wrote: »

I got it for £80 including delivery from Amazon which worked out at about €93 with currency conversion at the time

You were lucky, even now it's £93 plus £15 shipping so comes to €135 from them now anyway!

clubberlang12 · 25-12-2016 7:50pm

Have you had a chance to test this properly yet FN?

Foxhole Norman · 25-12-2016 7:55pm

clubberlang12 wrote: »

Have you had a chance to test this properly yet FN?

Only the dry Vac but very impressed with the power! Have some carpets in my Saloon and Touring that need serious shampooing so whenever I get the chance to do them I'll report back!

high horse · 27-12-2016 4:03pm

I got a chance to use my vax today and I have to say that I'm pretty impressed.
The cleaning solution tank could be a bit bigger but for a domestic appliance it is fine, I'm sure industrial grade machines would have larger capacity.
I decided to start with the boot as I thought it would be the easiest part of the car to work with due to the flat surfaces even though it has more carpet than the rest of the car. It is pretty easy to use although I think I'll pre-soak some of the tougher stains next time.
I think that the picture speaks for itself. Who doesn't like a 50:50 picture?

https://goo.gl/photos/PGqbAoBhyfqxt7Rq6

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