MK5 Golf GTI

General => Detailing => Topic started by: berg on March 26, 2011, 05:14:37 pm

Title: Which Karcher accessories are ok to use on car?
Post by: berg on March 26, 2011, 05:14:37 pm: just bought me first karcher.

is there a wheel cleaning brush i can see and a foam nozzle is it to wash your car?

do you have to use genuine karcher soap to wash car or can you try any of the products from keith @ washshop for example?

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Title: Re: Which Karcher accessories are ok to use on car?
Post by: Hedge on March 26, 2011, 05:17:58 pm: I would say no to all questions.

Just use it as a high pressure hose for rinsing or to apply Snow Foam with a proper Snow Foam kit. :smiley:
Title: Re: Which Karcher accessories are ok to use on car?
Post by: stealthwolf on March 26, 2011, 05:27:31 pm: As per hedge, no.

You can buy a snow foam lance with Karcher fitment. I'd stick to using snowfoam through the lance.
I'd recommend using a separate car shampoo to wash the car with using a bucket (ideally two) and wash mitt.
For wheels, if you clean them properly with a dedicated wheel brush and wheel cleaner, and then seal with wheel sealant/wax, you then need to merely rinse the wheels down with the pressure washer - no scrubbing needed.
Title: Re: Which Karcher accessories are ok to use on car?
Post by: boxxer1973 on March 26, 2011, 08:13:01 pm: what power should the nossle be on ? what do you
guys set it at ? rinse btw
Title: Re: Which Karcher accessories are ok to use on car?
Post by: stealthwolf on March 26, 2011, 08:25:55 pm: I think Karchers come with two lances - one has a tiny nozzle in the nose of the lance and it will strip paint off the car (not quite but I wouldn't use it). You can use this one to shift dirt off concrete ground.

The one with the variable nozzle/fan spray is safer. I would start off with the nose at least 2 foot away from the paintwork, and on the widest jet. Play with the settings and as you become comfortable using it, you can come closer. I'd keep the nose at least 1 foot away from the paintwork. I tend to keep my nozzle on about half way so you still get a V-shape but it's narrow, maybe the width of one of the B-pillar columns.
Title: Re: Which Karcher accessories are ok to use on car?
Post by: berg on March 26, 2011, 09:57:19 pm: cheers chaps, so the snow foam lance is used by detailers is it in some of the photo's we see in this section where the car is covered in "snow foam"?

am using 2 bucket method and wash mitt at mo so think may play safe and just use karcher on the wheels and arches to get rid of all the crud.
Title: Re: Which Karcher accessories are ok to use on car?
Post by: stealthwolf on March 26, 2011, 10:41:47 pm: Mate, Karcher can easily be used to rinse the car. Start from a distance and build up your confidence. You will only damage the paintwork if you go very close the car.