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Homer:
I have heard a few people say that their cars paintwork has been ruined due to going to a car wash where they use power washers, one of them even said he had to get part of his car re-sprayed.

I usually visit such car washes and am now a bit paranoid about doing so. Any thoughts on this? Cheers.

v2brett:
dont think the power washer will do damage if used correctly,  its prob more to do with the spondge thats washed 100`s of dirty gritty cars and has dirt grit etc on it,    speed is king at most these places not care unfortunately.

although there is 1 on my way to town and they take great care and iv heard quite a few people say how can they make any money they take too long  :laugh:

jonnym:

--- Quote from: Homer on June 27, 2013, 09:18:03 pm ---I have heard a few people say that their cars paintwork has been ruined due to going to a car wash where they use power washers, one of them even said he had to get part of his car re-sprayed.

I usually visit such car washes and am now a bit paranoid about doing so. Any thoughts on this? Cheers.

--- End quote ---

I wil never visit a car wash, as at the right pressure, pressure washers can take some paint off. I did it myself once but I was lucky as a new bumper went on later that week. Other thing to be wary of is if dirt doesn't shift, people get into the habit of bringing the pressure washer head closer to the paintwork. This increases the chance of damage to the paintwork. If any paintwork is damaged there generally won't be any recourse especially with the locals pols round where I am. SCRATCHES! You'll get lots of them going to these places despite what they claim. Again, could damage paintwork from other people's grit from their cars. No grit filters etc used.

Personally i'd stay well away and do it yourself. Pressure washers aren't too dear and can be used things other than the car. Just don't spray too close to the paintwork.

keano:
Quite the contrary.

Not using a pressure washer and just an open ended hose may cause the car to burst into flames.  :jumpmove:

xjay1337:
I've been using pressure/jet washes since I was 14 and I've never, ever, ever, had a single problem.
Use common sense and you'll be fine, a good 2ft at the very least in terms of distance. However, the typical drive through car washes, they are bad for your paint end of, you have more to worry about than the pressure washer they use.

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