High pressure cleaners

[Transporter]

Not exactly but there is a plastic canister with pump, hose and jet which you run from your car 12V battery. Alternatively you can use the 12V/240V inverter (1500W ).

[Idle]

I recently bought a Gurni 125.2. Is there anything I should avoid doing with it on the car that could damage the paint? The one that is obvious to me is to maintain some distance when using and if it has variable control to not use it at the highest setting, but any other advice is appreciated.

Be careful and keep the pressure well down when using a jet on painted plastic parts (bumpers etc.) — paint mostly doesn't adhere as well as it does to metal. (Don't ask me how I know...)

Same applies to radiators — the fins are very easy to bend and quite hard to straighten.

@Corey: I doubt there are any 12V battery-powered jet cleaners — the current drain would be too much for them to run for more than a short period.

There might be 32V units for country home lighting systems, perhaps, but 12V seems unlikely.

[Corey_R]

Thanks for the feedback. Unfortunately my car wash bay has no power available... not even within extension cord range. I'd have to roll out a generator or something

[Jarred]

Thanks for the feedback. Unfortunately my car wash bay has no power available... not even within extension cord range. I'd have to roll out a generator or something

Do you have water restrictions in sydney still?

WE used to in melb, which meant a trip to the car was late at night, to use thier hose, and a couple bottles of water from home to fill up ya bucket and give it a wash.

Now that our restrictions have eased (yay for rain) we can use HP washers at home.

Dad's got a gerni that I use (no idea what model) and it's heaps better than the small older karcher was. From what I remember it was close to the region of 300 bucks, but worth it for those who love washing thier cars. You can rise off the entire car, and there is hardly any water on the ground, mostly just mist over spray, incredible!

[Corey_R]

To be honest, I've lived in "recycled water" areas since 2001, so I've got little idea about any of the water restrictions (apart from the common sense stuff to water saving) because we've never had the restriction. However, it means that I've had to adapt to rinsing my car with recycled water though...

Using a HP cleaner could mean that more of the process uses clean water... but then I run into the no electricity problem! hehe doh!

[Transporter]

Thanks for the feedback. Unfortunately my car wash bay has no power available... not even within extension cord range. I'd have to roll out a generator or something

Nowadays you can buy a 1.5kW-2kW inverter reasonably cheap. So, I would go that path.

By the way I bought a cheap Gerni for $149 it is really good, only h/p hose is too short for my liking. Also thinking to remove it out of casing and fit it permanently in my van.

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[aVex]

I'm so keen on buying that $149 Gerni, but I'm unsure if it's sufficient power to do what I want to do. I'm going to get the Autobrite Foam Lance, but is the power output have anything to do with making better foam? If the $149 Gerni isn't powerful enough I'm afraid the foam will be just too watered down and won't dwell long enough on the paint.

[dave_r]

I went one of the cheap gerni's also, was like $130 on sale at bunnings or something. 5m hose is useless unless you like moving the unit around so I bought the 7m extension. Works great, probably not suitable to the small unit but only use it to wash the car and pressure is still more than enough for that purpose.

It came with a bottle/spray attachment which I semi dilute some Autobrite Wheel Gel in. Foams up enough to coat the wheels. I'm sure if I didn't pre dilute the gel in the bottle, it would foam up heaps but works good enough.

[kaanage]

Old thread revived again

So are the little Karcher's not worth considering? Masters are running them out for $59 Karcher Pressure Washer K2.080 - Masters Home Improvement

The equivalent Gerni is about double that at Bunnings

I really only want one to drive a foam lance as I'll do anything to make cleaning my car easier

[Polo GTEye N9]

It will probably do what you want, how cheap can they go?
It will wash cars no worries.
Cheers Al

[kaanage]

It's just the comments about the plastic pump (vs the alloy one in the Gernies) that makes me pause.

[alebonau]

Old thread revived again

So are the little Karcher's not worth considering? Masters are running them out for $59 Karcher Pressure Washer K2.080 - Masters Home Improvement

The equivalent Gerni is about double that at Bunnings

I really only want one to drive a foam lance as I'll do anything to make cleaning my car easier

hehe wouldnt believe it but went and spent twice that on an aldi one this morning Doh ! oh well washed the car earlier seems to do the job. chances are it has a paper mache pump that disintegrates a day or tow after its 3 year warranty !

[Twin_Dad]

I've got an older model named "winner" which is a piece of rubbish but is still going after about 6 years. Stupid 2m hose and low pressure but very cheap.

[kaanage]

hehe wouldnt believe it but went and spent twice that on an aldi one this morning Doh ! oh well washed the car earlier seems to do the job. chances are it has a paper mache pump that disintegrates a day or tow after its 3 year warranty !

If it's this one http://www.aldi.com.au/au/html/offers/2827_26439.htm, then that doesn't look bad at all.

Well I wandered down to the new Masters store this afternoon and they had the Karcher K 2.080 further reduced by $10 as an opening special so I got mine for $49!!!

It has no adjustments and doesn't have enough pressure to strip the paint off my wheels but it'll do for washing the car.

Next to CCP for a snow foam lance