If you're gunna use quote marks at least get the quote right... *"Again, it comes down to simple common sense, and if you don't have any, that's not my problem."
max quick check from the BMW owners manual and I can confirm this. It reads: “Section 1, Article A, ‘Tips for Detailing Your BMW.’ BMW does not recommend the usage of power washers and other high pressured water devices for detailing your car as it may result in sub-optimal performance of the indicators. If your BMW’s indicators blink upon operating the stock located to the left of the steering wheel as a result of detailing you BMW with pressure washers, please cease vehicle operation immediately and contact the nearest BMW dealership.”
I spent over 12 months cleaning huge chicken sheds in Australia with one of two very powerful truck mounted machines (one high volume and pressure and the other purely high pressure). These cleaned 6 month old, baked on chuck shit and if you were caught in the stream would leave a stripe of bruising across your torso or arm or arse cheeks etc. Each day after work we would use these same machines on slightly reduced settings (but still way higher than any machine used by detailing enthusiasts and most pros) to blast the trucks body work clean and at the weekend clean our cars with them also and guess what? No damage, at all, ever. No dents, no scratches. So it's hilarious to hear people with no direct experience offering dire warnings that your 'over the counter' Karcher shouldn't be used "cus you'll ruin your nice n shiny motor, mate. Trust me, just saying for your own good" blah blah blah.....
+Car Cleaning Guru Your videos are gold, I believe the Integra detail job was possibly the most impressive due to the championship white noticeably collecting dirt easily. I'm actually going off that video for my own future detailing endeavors.
a pressure washer can screw your paint up if you have a big number psi and hold it close to the body,I have a karcher electric 1100psi and been using that for almost a year on different vehicles and no issues. just use your common sense with high pressure water systems
I have a brand new 1700 psi pressure washer and i held it up all the way to the paint in a Inconspicuous spot to see if it would take paint off or do damage then checked a couple other spots. I learned it won't on my car and if it is soft paint or if it is a old brittle paint then it will prolly do damage.
Common sense is more "apply simple logic" when presented with something you have no experience in. So being given a pregnant cow and a pair of gloves you would apply simple logic, put the gloves on and help guide the calf out. Being given sticks and a flint or string may take a bit longer if you have no idea, but applying simple logic such as 'friction causes heat' and 'rubbing things causes friction' will get you there. Being given a pressure washer that you can use to clean ingrained dirt from a brick at 1cm distance, you would not spray your car at 1cm distance (following simple logic). Common sense suggests that you meant to write "there isn't and has never been" as opposed to "there is and has never been". However some people do not have even basic logic when it comes to many things, which is why you get people who spend most of their lives damaging/breaking their own possessions and only learning what not to do once this has been done.
Clearly he didn't have any common sense and ended up killing himself with it.. Poor man didn't stand a chance with that pressure washer such a young hopefull guy who's life was dwindled away by those derned evil paint washer strippers. RIP
Bullshit it doesn't cause damage, it will find any thin point in the paint and will eventually get under it, once under a bit of paint it will only get worse with more use. And this was with a regular fuel station pressure washer standing well away from the car.
+Car Cleaning Guru when a car is painted you get thin points such as on sharp edges of cars, someone could have a scratch there that has gone through the clear coat. bird crap will eat away at the paint also, even if not left on for a long time it still does do some damage, if you really want to jet wash a car then you go over it with a soft sponge and warm soapy water starting from the top going down. then rinse off the excess then you're pretty much good for jet washing which will only really get rid of any grease that has built up anywhere or rubber from tyres. the only time really to be using a jet wash that won't damage the paint will be like in the video it is spraying pretty much a mist, which you might as well just be hand washing it.
I just bought a pressure washer for the car and home.I found this video informative.Unlike other comments,I understood every word you spoke.Your accent is easily understood and it makes a nice change from hearing the nasally,whining American accent.
+SpazzyMagee Haha, I knew someone was going to suggest this! I quite like the stark contrast between the grubbiness of my working equipment and the results they impart :)
Car cleaning Guru: „It comes down to simple, common sense, and if you don‘t have any. Then that‘s not my problem.“ Gordon Ramsay: *“IT‘S CALLED COMMON SENSE. WHICH IN YOUR MIND, ISN‘T COMMON!* We see the different worlds in terms of British foul mouth levels.
bruh this video. you couldnt get any more accurate. the cheeky jokes through out made me lol p.s im a hose head. pressure washer are too much hassle to set up as i live in a terraced house
Titles his video "pressure washers don't damage paintwork". Goes on to elaborate that pressure washers indeed can damage paintwork. They will not if used "the right way" - however, that's exactly what people generally imply when they say that pressure washers might damage paintwork. At least I have yet to hear or read anywhere (outside of this video) anybody saying that pressure washers will damage paint, no matter what, so don't use them - or similar.
Great video! As a detailing enthusiast, I have never been very comfortable using a pressure washer. Your video clearly explained the benefits of properly using a pressure washer, and your technique to use it with excellent results. Thanks again for taking the time to share your knowledge with the world. I look forward to watching more videos from you.
Since I bought my first car, I've always enjoyed washing my car in a professional do it yourself washing hall. The place I'm using has pressurewashers that are much stronger than the typical electric pressure washers sold for the consumer market. It feels stronger than 160 bar. I have never had any problems with that, and my cars paintwork has always outshined my neighbors cars.
The local carwash uses a handheld pressure washer on wheels. It wiped the growler off the center caps of my 2006 Jag, and popped off the "Ford" emblem off my 1998 F150 center caps. Yes a pressure washer can damage a vehicle.
Well, actually after seen many test with water pressure vs hand wash and machine wash made by experts and doing 20 washes or more to the cars water pressure is a really bad thing. What you use here isn't actually into that higher pressure category that people thinks about and that's why it doesn't damage the paint
Pressure water is even used to cut stone so it can have a lot of power.Iif you don't regulate your machine correcly(this guy knows how to do it properly) then you can damage your paint as you can even take some parts of the paint off
ItzNotLuck I know his using it right, you just have to see his videos, but many people use their machines without previous regulation, and you know max power cleans better...
It does depending on the distance your hand is. I've actually cut my hand on a pressure washer before. It was a pretty powerful one I use to wash the dirt and mould off my garden tiles.
I once went to a car wash where the guy blasted off a side indicator and just calmly put it back in like nothing ever happened. I bet as soon as it hit a bump it popped back out haha.
People just have to be aware of the "potential" of damage and do what it takes to avoid those situations. Tools aren't bad, only the people that use them.
The only pressure "washer" capable of stripping off paint as I can think of, is the pressure hose of certain fire trucks which are capable of cutting through metal and even concrete. However the water is often mixed with sand which I doubt anyone would do to their car :D And on the topic of fire trucks; a family member works in the fire department and I often see them washing the fire trucks (with a regular pressure hose as in the video) up to two times every day. After 5 years of use the paint is still looking good. That's ~3650 washes.
Course we are going to use pressure Washers. It's like having a supercharger on your hose. Who doesn't want more power. And then add the foam Lance and it's happy days.
A very professional and thoughtful video. If you were to move to the United States, you'd make a bundle of dough making voice-over commercials. Well done.
Great video. I personally wouldn't touch a car now without having a good snow foam and wash down with the lance, my car is more or less clean then before i get the wash pad on it. I think maybe people try to use the wrong nozzle ie, ones for blasting slabs rather than a dedicated one just for the car such as come with my Nilfisk pressure washer. And as you say its damn good fun lol...Oh just treated myself to a pet blaster dryer so ill be touching my paint even less and stop those annoying water runs from around mirrors and the like....such a child for gadgets lol. Anyway keep the videos coming.
There is a protective sticker but on the door I'd say it's a paintjob after damage. There's no way the car would come like this from the factory. Probably damaged by pressure washing it. :D :D ;D
If you have to have it turned down so much that it won't damage tyres and windows rubbers, which it absolutely WILL given enough PSI, why not just save yourself the trouble and expense, and simply use a hose pipe. They've worked perfectly well for the last 100 or so years.
Thank you again for another great video. Definitely will be using my karcher pressure washer on my car now. At last an easier way to clean those wheel archers and wheels. Thought I would damage them before I watched this. Ooooh a lovely Porsche. How did you know I like Porsches. Thank you for the great advice.
Lack of common sense and ignorance is not the same thing. For example, the thumbnail for this video shows lack of common sense (in the fact that you used it) where as someone who has never used a pressure washer spraying their hand to rinse it off is most likely ignorance of how powerful these things really are. Someone seeing this thumnail may be fooled into believing these things are not as dangerous as they are and end up being seriously injured or even killed by your lack of common sense.
I took my car to a carwash, and he used a pressure washer and tore chunks out of the lacquer, anywhere there is a stone chip, there's a chance that a pressure washer will left the lacquer or even the paint. I once watched a neighbour peeled a large sheet of paint off the car. I totally agree that if used correctly i.e. pulled right back from the paint, there is little chance of damage, but they certainly can damage paint if used incorrectly.
Dry the car with microfiber towels, otherwise, the limescale in tap water will remain when the water evaporates. Limescale is a mineral, so what you see on the surface is limescale residue. In my humble opinion, the term 'water spot' ought to be replaced by 'LRC' (Limescale Residue Contamination).
In my informed opinion... pressure washer's only merit is its water usage efficiency. They push water into your lights and door cavities, where you don't want water to be.
I have used a pressure washer since 1988 and the only time I ever had an issue was when I was using a diesel powered steam cleaning pressure washer. We used it to clean greasy motors and hydraulic pumps and the sort. My boss bought a new Chevy 1500 and pulled up to the wash area, got out of his truck and without asking anyone how to set it, turned the pressure washer all the way up to its highest setting and the steam all the way up. Which should NEVER be done. He grabbed the spray nozzle and walked to his truck and sprayed 1 strip across the passenger side door. It completely stripped the paint to bare metal, just like it was media blasted. He had to have the door repainted. This was an industrial machine, but when set accordingly we used it to wash cars, trucks, vans, ATV's, whatever with no issues.
+MKRM27 no genius, it was with the same pressure washer ID washed hundreds of trucks with. Some clearcoats cannot take it. The point is that nobody can just make a blanket statement saying pressure washers are totally safe to use on cars.
I currently have a 66 mustang. Classic car, the paint is brand new (painted 2 years ago) and a basic LOWER pressure washer does the job really well! Never had a chip or problems. Makes cleaning easy
Lol wish I was that lucky I accidentally ran the nozzle across my leg and it sliced my calf up pretty good but it's 2800psi we detail agriculture equipment on the farms
I have used pressure washers for about 20 years. I have a SAAB 900S V6 that was washed every week for 16 years with a pressure washer. The only damage has been shopping trollies. My MGF and MGTF are both washed with a pressure washer, including the soft top and no damage. The MGF is 18 years old, I have replaced the soft top once because I live in Brisbane Australia and our sun is a killer. But there is no damage to either MG that would point to the use of a pressure washer. My Skoda has been washed each week also for 5 years and no damage. And I also enter both MG's in a concours event so the paint is closely examined. I do clay bar the cars about every 2 years. Put it this way: I use less water (important in OZ) I get it done faster and while I may be cleaning the car in shade, 30 something degrees C and humidity at 80%+ you really don't want to hang around for too long. So, I am going to continue using my power washer and you can continue using your hose pipe and I am not going to break out in hives, as it is your right to use what ever you want. Just give me the same consideration and 20 years of experience of car detail at competition levels.
I used an electric 1,100 on a car once. It took a small piece of clear coat off from getting near a rock chip. So this video is too much of a blanket statement.
s00perflab And you missed my point. Sure, if you go over every square inch of paint. But inadvertently hitting a very tiny chip - as I did - can happen to anyone. But not those who never use a PW on a car with clear cote.
As a brummie I’m amazed how small minded people get hung up on accents! Great video and your ‘quite posh’ Liverpool accent (I hate the term scouse) sounds just fine to me. Amusing and articulate commentary- well done!
What kind of power washer do u use? I have a 2011 camaro rs and I'm tired of useing a hose, it's in very good condition just would like the cleaning to be better and faster
Hosepipe head here: I have a unregulated spigot on the outside of my house that works wonders. I also have one of those foam things for a regular hose and when regulated (at the back of my house) it's awful but unregulated it works wonders. Thanks for the video I will be going power washer in the future tho so I can use less water!
My favorite line in this video starts at 5:39. Well said, sir. I prefer to use pressure washer when i can, as i have 3 vehicles and 2 motorcycles that generally get washed over the same weekend. I couldn't imagine using just a standard hose on something as big as my suburban or to concentrate a steady flow of water onto a carbureted engine like my air cooled sport bike.
Why do you have someone with their hand in the spray from a pressure washer in the thumbnail? That's the stupidest thing I have ever seen. This can not only tear up you hand, but it can also force air into your blood, which will kill you. If anyone does this after seeing that thumbnail, you should be held legally and financially liable for any damages.
I love your video and i appreciate that you are a professional, but i must disagree regarding high pressure not causing swirl marks. You are right that if held at about 4 feet away and angled at 45 degrees you help reduce the possibility of it causing damage but the majority of the time you aren't that careful when using them, and the 45 degree rule would work ideally on a surface that is perpendicular to your jet direction so you'ld need to curve your flow accordingly with the curvature if the car if you really wish to avoid any possible swirl marks. I do not believe it strips paint, i find that just ridiculous, but i have witnessed it cause swirl marks repeatedly. It's so much safer to use the lowest pressure setting on your pressure washer to ensure that even if you got a tad too close or forgot to aim it at the right angle you would not be damaging the paint. The vast majority of professional detailers in australia that i have met either do not use pressure washers at all, or use them but set them to the lowest pressure as i have mentioned. I always advise friends and customers to use a mit to clean the car to remove the extra dust that pressure washers dont remove, as i dont believe washing with pressure water alone is enuf of a wash.
I recently owned a VW Polo which had come chips and cracked paintwork on the rear bumper. Using a pressure washer caused the paint to flake and come off due to the force of the water. So, if you have some paint damage, a pressure washer most definitely may make it worse.
Pressure washer all the way. Except that the first time I used one I did strip a bit of paint off my new car. It's just a Dodge SUV though. Nothing like an exotic or anything. Still wish there wasn't a black mark in the middle of my front bumper the size of a pound coin.
+eddiekul7 my car has a very small scrape and indent on the bumper just next to where it came off so maybe the previous owner hit a snow bank or something and it flawed the integrity of the paint.
From watching RUclips, it seems that pressure washers are far more popular outside of the US for high end cars. I live in a neighborhood where car cleaners come once a week to clean almost everyone's cars (except mine) and I've not seen a pressure washer yet. That being said, I enjoy washing my car and do it every few days. Were it not for my pressure washer, I would never clean anything but the face of my wheels. The area behind the spokes is just too hard to get to by hand, and I have a Jaguar xj, a Jaguar xk, a Mercedes s550, and a Dodge Grand Caravan. ( The van is lucky it gets washed at all.) I have yet to use any tip on the lance other than the white fan tip. I really just use it for the wheels. The difference between clean wheels (behind the spokes) and dirty is like day and night. I enjoy washing the rest of the cars by hand. You really never know what is going on with your car till you wash and wax it by hand. One thing that puzzles me is that I see many Bentleys and Rolls in the neighborhood and the damn things are always spotless. How do they do it? I know they can't be washed every morning, but they look like they just came off the showroom floor. If you are ever in the Palm Beach area, and feel an uncontrollable need to detail a car, I can provide a subject. Take your choice. (except the van)
as noted early in the video no specific science will be used, then we see a guy washing his car and using words like common sense, appropriate and if you are happy then don't use one, followed by it can damage the car if used improperly. And yes, everybody has to try the pencil jet until they damage something.
Hi. I really enjoy your videos. I have a question. I have accsess to warm water that I could run in my pressure washer. I have notice that when I use warm water it cleans much better. So my question is how warm would you suggest the water to be? I have used around 38-40 degres C. Best Regards Lasse:)
Consider this; on a summers day in direct sunlight your car paintwork can get hot enough to fry an egg or burn skin. Paint is also cured under heat lamps. So I'd say anything less than boiling should be fine.
You're not going to damage paint if you're using it that far away, may as well be using a hose mate. couldn't even clean bugs, why bother using a jet if it doesn't even clean the car
+jammybizzle666 It's the contact washing that truly cleans the car. A pressure washer is just an effective means to remove the light and loose dirt prior to that as well as the remaining product after it.
I have placed my hand numerous times in front of Karcher 120bar (and a few 140 bar) pressure washers. IMMEDIATE BURN, absolute pain. Nothing in comparison to what you showed. Your nozzle is spreading the pressure to a vast area, not the razor sharp blade of water that Karcher creates with their products.
Will since I was one of those people who asked a question about your pressure washer, I'm just glad it was about adjusting the pressure. Ha! But, thanks for addressing the myths and questions we viewers do have and giving lessons we can use.
Dear Marge, thanks for the fab painting of yours truly! I hung it on me wall! You're quite an artist. In answer to your question, yes we do have Hamburgers and Fries in England, but we call French Fries "chips"! Love, Ringo.
Good vid. "...comes down to common sense and if you don't have any, that's not my problem." lol I'm curious, if someone can help me, as to how quickly water is ejected from a pressure washer. I know that would greatly depend on the power of the washer and the type of nozzle used, but does anyone have any idea? Thanks
"It's come down to common sense and if you don't have any, that's not my problem"
I love this guy LOL
If you're gunna use quote marks at least get the quote right... *"Again, it comes down to simple common sense, and if you don't have any, that's not my problem."
@@riorompero1314 At least when it was quoted, it didn't change the meaning of the sentence!
Rio Rompero You must be fun at parties
That's literally the argument for this issue. No common sense = damage is inevitable.
HELL, YEAH! YOU TELL 'EM, GURU!!!
" if you don't have any then it's not my problem'" top ten comment of the year. Fantastic .
Mark Jones that's the best roflmao accent and all hahahahahahahaha
BMW recommends not to use these as they could possibly repair the indicators
LOL
i got scared then lool
max quick check from the BMW owners manual and I can confirm this. It reads:
“Section 1, Article A, ‘Tips for Detailing Your BMW.’ BMW does not recommend the usage of power washers and other high pressured water devices for detailing your car as it may result in sub-optimal performance of the indicators. If your BMW’s indicators blink upon operating the stock located to the left of the steering wheel as a result of detailing you BMW with pressure washers, please cease vehicle operation immediately and contact the nearest BMW dealership.”
'This theory does not hold water.' Well done.
"It comes down to simple common sense, and if you don't have any, that's not my problem."
DAMN. STRAIGHT.
Thing is common sense is not very common.
hahaha genius
I think pressure washing can undeniably damage the paint...
If you slam the wand into it a few dozen times.
I'm surprised this is even a concern people have. Just don't wash the dog with it, everything else is fine.
Collared Greens well not everything..... it took 4 hours to reattach my penis
Always ferda... Dude... What was u trying to get off from the night before?
I can wash my wife with it?
I spent over 12 months cleaning huge chicken sheds in Australia with one of two very powerful truck mounted machines (one high volume and pressure and the other purely high pressure). These cleaned 6 month old, baked on chuck shit and if you were caught in the stream would leave a stripe of bruising across your torso or arm or arse cheeks etc. Each day after work we would use these same machines on slightly reduced settings (but still way higher than any machine used by detailing enthusiasts and most pros) to blast the trucks body work clean and at the weekend clean our cars with them also and guess what? No damage, at all, ever. No dents, no scratches. So it's hilarious to hear people with no direct experience offering dire warnings that your 'over the counter' Karcher shouldn't be used "cus you'll ruin your nice n shiny motor, mate. Trust me, just saying for your own good" blah blah blah.....
I don't know how this got in my recommendations... and why I clicked on it... like for real I don't even have a car.
same
+SM Saad But you enjoyed it,right?
Marin Angushev I dunno... I mean I don't own a car lmao.
Haha Same here
lmao coming from someone so insecure about their face they don't even have a profile picture
5:38 you savage
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+Anze G The cut-throat world of car cleaning!
+Car Cleaning Guru Your videos are gold, I believe the Integra detail job was possibly the most impressive due to the championship white noticeably collecting dirt easily. I'm actually going off that video for my own future detailing endeavors.
You sound like the furniture maker from Gone in 60 Seconds :D
"I said 50 Caahhhs not Forty nine and a half"
+Oxedizer Christopher Eccleston. He is from Manchester. Guru is near Liverpool. I found the accents similar and super relaxing.
+Zakk 5150 I just stole fifty cars in one night! I'm a little tired, little *wired*, and I think I deserve a little appreciation!
No way, he’s a southern fairy... this legend is a northerner! Proper man!
Vault-Tec he’s not manc! Listen to Liam Gallagher, that’s manc... this guy is more Merseyside way, but also sounds slightly brum
a pressure washer can screw your paint up if you have a big number psi and hold it close to the body,I have a karcher electric 1100psi and been using that for almost a year on different vehicles and no issues. just use your common sense with high pressure water systems
+Jason cc remember that common sense is not so common anymore haha
Pressure washers are not more effective but merely up the chances of you messing up. Use a hose it does the same thing
+genmaxpain step back we have a professional pressure washerer here
I have a brand new 1700 psi pressure washer and i held it up all the way to the paint in a Inconspicuous spot to see if it would take paint off or do damage then checked a couple other spots. I learned it won't on my car and if it is soft paint or if it is a old brittle paint then it will prolly do damage.
I use a 4000psi 13hp gasoline pressure washer, that can literally cut wood fencing, and I have absolutely no problems cleaning my car with it.
I don't know why your video was recommended to me, but I just want to say, you make some good points and your car looks fantastic.
This is not his car, he has a company "car cleaning guru" Where people take there car in for a thorough wash and they pay him $35-$500.
+Shotparchment Games who cares
J probely looking for pressure washers. Well at lest of me
He’s a scouse he stole it
why is it called common sense? there is so little of if around!
it used to be commen....
Common sense is more "apply simple logic" when presented with something you have no experience in.
So being given a pregnant cow and a pair of gloves you would apply simple logic, put the gloves on and help guide the calf out.
Being given sticks and a flint or string may take a bit longer if you have no idea, but applying simple logic such as 'friction causes heat' and 'rubbing things causes friction' will get you there.
Being given a pressure washer that you can use to clean ingrained dirt from a brick at 1cm distance, you would not spray your car at 1cm distance (following simple logic).
Common sense suggests that you meant to write "there isn't and has never been" as opposed to "there is and has never been".
However some people do not have even basic logic when it comes to many things, which is why you get people who spend most of their lives damaging/breaking their own possessions and only learning what not to do once this has been done.
Chris Hurst some one did some googling
Alexander Dillard nope, that's all original intelligence there.
Chris Hurst I was making a joke lol
Just bought myself a pressure washer after watching multiple of your videos, good salesman ;)
which one?
Clearly he didn't have any common sense and ended up killing himself with it.. Poor man didn't stand a chance with that pressure washer such a young hopefull guy who's life was dwindled away by those derned evil paint washer strippers. RIP
Did you have trouble selling ur used car after damaging it badly from pressure washing?
"It comes down to common sense and if you don't have any, that's not my problem." Cue Thug Life music.
Haha!
Bullshit it doesn't cause damage, it will find any thin point in the paint and will eventually get under it, once under a bit of paint it will only get worse with more use. And this was with a regular fuel station pressure washer standing well away from the car.
+BRAV0 TWO ZER0 If painted properly and free from damage there shouldn't be any 'thin points'...
+Car Cleaning Guru when a car is painted you get thin points such as on sharp edges of cars, someone could have a scratch there that has gone through the clear coat. bird crap will eat away at the paint also, even if not left on for a long time it still does do some damage, if you really want to jet wash a car then you go over it with a soft sponge and warm soapy water starting from the top going down. then rinse off the excess then you're pretty much good for jet washing which will only really get rid of any grease that has built up anywhere or rubber from tyres. the only time really to be using a jet wash that won't damage the paint will be like in the video it is spraying pretty much a mist, which you might as well just be hand washing it.
I just bought a pressure washer for the car and home.I found this video informative.Unlike other comments,I understood every word you spoke.Your accent is easily understood and it makes a nice change from hearing the nasally,whining American accent.
You do realise that you are going to have to do a " Detailing your Kranzle" video.
Quite frankly yours is a disgrace.....x
I'd expect it to be sparkling clean and waxed considering how thorough he is with cars.
+SpazzyMagee Haha, I knew someone was going to suggest this! I quite like the stark contrast between the grubbiness of my working equipment and the results they impart :)
Car cleaning Guru: „It comes down to simple, common sense, and if you don‘t have any. Then that‘s not my problem.“
Gordon Ramsay: *“IT‘S CALLED COMMON SENSE. WHICH IN YOUR MIND, ISN‘T COMMON!*
We see the different worlds in terms of British foul mouth levels.
Your accent is fucking artistic and audibly pleasing
If you say so!
Please understand i mean that in the best of compliments as an american, your content is great by the way, cheers man
Notwithstanding the fact that I could listen to this bloke narrate for days -- holy shit, I really needed to hear this.
bruh this video. you couldnt get any more accurate.
the cheeky jokes through out made me lol
p.s im a hose head. pressure washer are too much hassle to set up as i live in a terraced house
what is your accent? Every time you end a sentence it sounds like you're asking a question. lol
ik it actually bothers me. like a lot
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+aaron brooks Newbie voiceover accent!
+Car Cleaning Guru Seems like hes German because of the pics
+aaron brooks scouse
you have the voice of sophisticated British angel
+MrJewripper Comment of the year thus far!
+Car Cleaning Guru hahaha thanks man, its true
I'd go as far as sophisticated scouser :-D
That's an oxymoron!
Ha ha. Only for those who end every sentence with "like".
simple no bullsh*t easy to absorb advice and info as always mate nice one
Titles his video "pressure washers don't damage paintwork". Goes on to elaborate that pressure washers indeed can damage paintwork. They will not if used "the right way" - however, that's exactly what people generally imply when they say that pressure washers might damage paintwork. At least I have yet to hear or read anywhere (outside of this video) anybody saying that pressure washers will damage paint, no matter what, so don't use them - or similar.
Great video! As a detailing enthusiast, I have never been very comfortable using a pressure washer. Your video clearly explained the benefits of properly using a pressure washer, and your technique to use it with excellent results. Thanks again for taking the time to share your knowledge with the world. I look forward to watching more videos from you.
God his accent is infectious. I think he just sits in front of the mirror and perfects his English just to make other English speakers envious lol
What about Americans? They speak American, not English
good accent / sleep right away
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Since I bought my first car, I've always enjoyed washing my car in a professional do it yourself washing hall. The place I'm using has pressurewashers that are much stronger than the typical electric pressure washers sold for the consumer market. It feels stronger than 160 bar. I have never had any problems with that, and my cars paintwork has always outshined my neighbors cars.
The local carwash uses a handheld pressure washer on wheels. It wiped the growler off the center caps of my 2006 Jag, and popped off the "Ford" emblem off my 1998 F150 center caps. Yes a pressure washer can damage a vehicle.
Paintwork.... literally in the title my dude
@daniel lee if you actually bought decent cars, then this wouldn't happen. Buy shit, get shit...
Your voice gave me flashbacks of watching CBEEBIES as a kid.
Well, actually after seen many test with water pressure vs hand wash and machine wash made by experts and doing 20 washes or more to the cars water pressure is a really bad thing. What you use here isn't actually into that higher pressure category that people thinks about and that's why it doesn't damage the paint
and how is it bad? care to share the explanation?
Pressure water is even used to cut stone so it can have a lot of power.Iif you don't regulate your machine correcly(this guy knows how to do it properly) then you can damage your paint as you can even take some parts of the paint off
ItzNotLuck I know his using it right, you just have to see his videos, but many people use their machines without previous regulation, and you know max power cleans better...
i was always told that if it hurts your hand its too strong
Nate Bennett Chrisfix right?
well actually my dad always told me that, also seen his vid tho
It does depending on the distance your hand is. I've actually cut my hand on a pressure washer before. It was a pretty powerful one I use to wash the dirt and mould off my garden tiles.
This is oddly relaxing.
The only thing I learned from this video is NEVER use a power washer to clean your car.
but I bought PW after watching this video xD
Nope, utterly pointless for cars.
I once went to a car wash where the guy blasted off a side indicator and just calmly put it back in like nothing ever happened. I bet as soon as it hit a bump it popped back out haha.
There are waterjet cutting machines at 60,000 psi that cut like laser. That will damage your car, the pressure washer won't.
Even then a lot of things require the agrigate.. Water only does a lot but even some materials it won't. Touch
Man pressure washing the soap off gives such a satisfying feeling.
I am going the route of the regular hose... But I am also just cleaning my own car :)
People just have to be aware of the "potential" of damage and do what it takes to avoid those situations. Tools aren't bad, only the people that use them.
+Jim Cole Indeed.
The only pressure "washer" capable of stripping off paint as I can think of, is the pressure hose of certain fire trucks which are capable of cutting through metal and even concrete. However the water is often mixed with sand which I doubt anyone would do to their car :D
And on the topic of fire trucks; a family member works in the fire department and I often see them washing the fire trucks (with a regular pressure hose as in the video) up to two times every day. After 5 years of use the paint is still looking good. That's ~3650 washes.
The reason they are unsafe for your paint is beacuse dirt or other small rocks that are on your car can be shot back into the paint damaging it.
Course we are going to use pressure Washers. It's like having a supercharger on your hose. Who doesn't want more power. And then add the foam Lance and it's happy days.
A very professional and thoughtful video. If you were to move to the United States, you'd make a bundle of dough making voice-over commercials. Well done.
Great video. I personally wouldn't touch a car now without having a good snow foam and wash down with the lance, my car is more or less clean then before i get the wash pad on it. I think maybe people try to use the wrong nozzle ie, ones for blasting slabs rather than a dedicated one just for the car such as come with my Nilfisk pressure washer. And as you say its damn good fun lol...Oh just treated myself to a pet blaster dryer so ill be touching my paint even less and stop those annoying water runs from around mirrors and the like....such a child for gadgets lol. Anyway keep the videos coming.
How come EVERYTHING you say sounds like you are ASKING A QUESTION??
+Paul Lodge (Camarosource) Is that rhetorical?
That orange peel on the door @ 10:57
ik I think it looked better before the wash
That's Porsche quality for ya.
+Cup Take a closer look, and correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that protective film? Doesn't appear to be the clear-coat itself...
Evanchi you're wrong.
There is a protective sticker but on the door I'd say it's a paintjob after damage. There's no way the car would come like this from the factory.
Probably damaged by pressure washing it. :D :D ;D
If you have to have it turned down so much that it won't damage tyres and windows rubbers, which it absolutely WILL given enough PSI, why not just save yourself the trouble and expense, and simply use a hose pipe. They've worked perfectly well for the last 100 or so years.
Thank you again for another great video. Definitely will be using my karcher pressure washer on my car now. At last an easier way to clean those wheel archers and wheels. Thought I would damage them before I watched this. Ooooh a lovely Porsche. How did you know I like Porsches. Thank you for the great advice.
Lack of common sense and ignorance is not the same thing. For example, the thumbnail for this video shows lack of common sense (in the fact that you used it) where as someone who has never used a pressure washer spraying their hand to rinse it off is most likely ignorance of how powerful these things really are. Someone seeing this thumnail may be fooled into believing these things are not as dangerous as they are and end up being seriously injured or even killed by your lack of common sense.
Great vid but I just cant do this guys voice mate
Yeah agreed
the voice is OK but that northern accent is horrendous
Scouse in it, reason enough to turn off!
+harlowrog1 Eh, eh, calm down, calm down!
+Car Cleaning Guru 😂😂
I took my car to a carwash, and he used a pressure washer and tore chunks out of the lacquer, anywhere there is a stone chip, there's a chance that a pressure washer will left the lacquer or even the paint. I once watched a neighbour peeled a large sheet of paint off the car. I totally agree that if used correctly i.e. pulled right back from the paint, there is little chance of damage, but they certainly can damage paint if used incorrectly.
5:39 hahaha tell em buddy
I get a lot of water spots on my car after pressure washing. How can I fix it. The source of water cannot be changed.
dont let the water dry on the car
or use kotch chemie fse detail spray it removes water spots
Dry the car with microfiber towels, otherwise, the limescale in tap water will remain when the water evaporates. Limescale is a mineral, so what you see on the surface is limescale residue. In my humble opinion, the term 'water spot' ought to be replaced by 'LRC' (Limescale Residue Contamination).
In my informed opinion... pressure washer's only merit is its water usage efficiency. They push water into your lights and door cavities, where you don't want water to be.
So does driving at 70mph in the rain
I have used a pressure washer since 1988 and the only time I ever had an issue was when I was using a diesel powered steam cleaning pressure washer. We used it to clean greasy motors and hydraulic pumps and the sort. My boss bought a new Chevy 1500 and pulled up to the wash area, got out of his truck and without asking anyone how to set it, turned the pressure washer all the way up to its highest setting and the steam all the way up. Which should NEVER be done. He grabbed the spray nozzle and walked to his truck and sprayed 1 strip across the passenger side door. It completely stripped the paint to bare metal, just like it was media blasted. He had to have the door repainted. This was an industrial machine, but when set accordingly we used it to wash cars, trucks, vans, ATV's, whatever with no issues.
Does pressure water ruin the car?
just keep it off the bearings..m
haven't watched the video at all have you?
+JimsJams Smithy haha
JimsJams Smithy lmao. I did it on purpose
Yes, it destroys it, as explained in the video.
I think the safe PSI is 1200-1800. No damage with that.
I have literally stripped paint off my own car using a pressure washer. Clear coat is especially risky on some cars.
That was careless.
+MKRM27 no genius, it was with the same pressure washer ID washed hundreds of trucks with. Some clearcoats cannot take it. The point is that nobody can just make a blanket statement saying pressure washers are totally safe to use on cars.
+Matt Bennett and when has he? he says prolly 100 times make sure it's not to powerful, use commen sense. sucks its not so commen anymore
Stupidity
Jeviam you can lick my sack. I was at a safe distance for 99.99% of cars. The point is that some older cars don't have the best paint.
I have a 4400psi washer, is there a safe way to wash my vehicles with it?
" It comes down to simple common sense and if you don't have any, thats not my problem." you sir, are a gem. Great work again.
I currently have a 66 mustang. Classic car, the paint is brand new (painted 2 years ago) and a basic LOWER pressure washer does the job really well! Never had a chip or problems. Makes cleaning easy
Just like a hose pipe.
Nice video but will constantly using a pressure washer to clean my car remove the wax or polish I've applied,that's the time consuming job.
+m16msn Nope!
cheers for the reply, I have toyed with the idea of treating myself to a pressure washer.
+m16msn But you can remove the paint on things like trim,
where chrome parts have infill colour that can be damaged.
+m16msn Save your money at the pressure hes at your garden hose with a high pressure nozzle will do same job.
pressure waahers are great,
like has been said just be careful
Lol wish I was that lucky I accidentally ran the nozzle across my leg and it sliced my calf up pretty good but it's 2800psi we detail agriculture equipment on the farms
Yeah these auto detailing washers don't put out anywhere near the same pressure as industrial high pressure units.
This dudes accent is to much for me.
It's like finger nails on a chalk board.
UGHHHHHHH....... MAKE IT STOP!!!!!!!
+rdog1121 Second most unattractive accent in the UK apparently. Yes, believe it or not - there's worse!
+Car Cleaning Guru my wifes a scouser sexiest accent ever
+Dave hawkins what the heck is a "scourer"???
haha a typo. should read "scouser". a term for someone from merseyside or close by
I feel you
I have used pressure washers for about 20 years. I have a SAAB 900S V6 that was washed every week for 16 years with a pressure washer. The only damage has been shopping trollies. My MGF and MGTF are both washed with a pressure washer, including the soft top and no damage. The MGF is 18 years old, I have replaced the soft top once because I live in Brisbane Australia and our sun is a killer. But there is no damage to either MG that would point to the use of a pressure washer. My Skoda has been washed each week also for 5 years and no damage. And I also enter both MG's in a concours event so the paint is closely examined. I do clay bar the cars about every 2 years. Put it this way: I use less water (important in OZ) I get it done faster and while I may be cleaning the car in shade, 30 something degrees C and humidity at 80%+ you really don't want to hang around for too long. So, I am going to continue using my power washer and you can continue using your hose pipe and I am not going to break out in hives, as it is your right to use what ever you want. Just give me the same consideration and 20 years of experience of car detail at competition levels.
I used an electric 1,100 on a car once. It took a small piece of clear coat off from getting near a rock chip. So this video is too much of a blanket statement.
+David Spencer Did you watch it? He clearly sated if you have paint imperfections that you shouldn't a pressure washer.
s00perflab
And you missed my point. Sure, if you go over every square inch of paint. But inadvertently hitting a very tiny chip - as I did - can happen to anyone. But not those who never use a PW on a car with clear cote.
Whats the recommended PSI to use when washing a car>?
As a brummie I’m amazed how small minded people get hung up on accents! Great video and your ‘quite posh’ Liverpool accent (I hate the term scouse) sounds just fine to me. Amusing and articulate commentary- well done!
What kind of power washer do u use? I have a 2011 camaro rs and I'm tired of useing a hose, it's in very good condition just would like the cleaning to be better and faster
A Kanzle K7.
Awesome myth buster video man, clearly explained with confidence 10/10
A really wonderful and calming video thanks! Looking forward to trying it out in a few weeks time!
Hosepipe head here: I have a unregulated spigot on the outside of my house that works wonders. I also have one of those foam things for a regular hose and when regulated (at the back of my house) it's awful but unregulated it works wonders. Thanks for the video I will be going power washer in the future tho so I can use less water!
wow... water must be really expensive in the UK! Because I saw nothing in the video that would make me think about buying a pressure washer otherwise.
@@dubhunt2095 correct, and I don't buy it uses much less anyway. It'd take 20 years to recoup the cost of the pressure washer!
My favorite line in this video starts at 5:39. Well said, sir.
I prefer to use pressure washer when i can, as i have 3 vehicles and 2 motorcycles that generally get washed over the same weekend.
I couldn't imagine using just a standard hose on something as big as my suburban or to concentrate a steady flow of water onto a carbureted engine like my air cooled sport bike.
Nice video, no one can possibly argue this?!
Why do you have someone with their hand in the spray from a pressure washer in the thumbnail? That's the stupidest thing I have ever seen. This can not only tear up you hand, but it can also force air into your blood, which will kill you. If anyone does this after seeing that thumbnail, you should be held legally and financially liable for any damages.
And here’s me thinking only Biden supporters were scared of pressure washers 🤷♂️.
@maga man Just out of curiosity, how was all that air forced into your head, with a pressure washer?
All wise words of wisdom. Great video. Please keep em comin!!!
Depending on if there's sand in the water - if you have a well in your garden etc.
if you dont have any thats not my problem:D lol!
I love your video and i appreciate that you are a professional, but i must disagree regarding high pressure not causing swirl marks. You are right that if held at about 4 feet away and angled at 45 degrees you help reduce the possibility of it causing damage but the majority of the time you aren't that careful when using them, and the 45 degree rule would work ideally on a surface that is perpendicular to your jet direction so you'ld need to curve your flow accordingly with the curvature if the car if you really wish to avoid any possible swirl marks. I do not believe it strips paint, i find that just ridiculous, but i have witnessed it cause swirl marks repeatedly. It's so much safer to use the lowest pressure setting on your pressure washer to ensure that even if you got a tad too close or forgot to aim it at the right angle you would not be damaging the paint. The vast majority of professional detailers in australia that i have met either do not use pressure washers at all, or use them but set them to the lowest pressure as i have mentioned. I always advise friends and customers to use a mit to clean the car to remove the extra dust that pressure washers dont remove, as i dont believe washing with pressure water alone is enuf of a wash.
They mess up Black Porsche brake calipers.. More to do with the user I will agree!!
I recently owned a VW Polo which had come chips and cracked paintwork on the rear bumper. Using a pressure washer caused the paint to flake and come off due to the force of the water. So, if you have some paint damage, a pressure washer most definitely may make it worse.
What model pressure washer do you use?
Kranzle K7.
Pressure washer all the way. Except that the first time I used one I did strip a bit of paint off my new car. It's just a Dodge SUV though. Nothing like an exotic or anything. Still wish there wasn't a black mark in the middle of my front bumper the size of a pound coin.
+eddiekul7 my car has a very small scrape and indent on the bumper just next to where it came off so maybe the previous owner hit a snow bank or something and it flawed the integrity of the paint.
From watching RUclips, it seems that pressure washers are far more popular outside of the US for high end cars. I live in a neighborhood where car cleaners come once a week to clean almost everyone's cars (except mine) and I've not seen a pressure washer yet. That being said, I enjoy washing my car and do it every few days. Were it not for my pressure washer, I would never clean anything but the face of my wheels. The area behind the spokes is just too hard to get to by hand, and I have a Jaguar xj, a Jaguar xk, a Mercedes s550, and a Dodge Grand Caravan. ( The van is lucky it gets washed at all.) I have yet to use any tip on the lance other than the white fan tip. I really just use it for the wheels. The difference between clean wheels (behind the spokes) and dirty is like day and night. I enjoy washing the rest of the cars by hand. You really never know what is going on with your car till you wash and wax it by hand.
One thing that puzzles me is that I see many Bentleys and Rolls in the neighborhood and the damn things are always spotless. How do they do it? I know they can't be washed every morning, but they look like they just came off the showroom floor.
If you are ever in the Palm Beach area, and feel an uncontrollable need to detail a car, I can provide a subject. Take your choice. (except the van)
as noted early in the video no specific science will be used, then we see a guy washing his car and using words like common sense, appropriate and if you are happy then don't use one, followed by it can damage the car if used improperly. And yes, everybody has to try the pencil jet until they damage something.
What do people think electric or petrol washer???
As long as you don't get too close, a pressure washer is a fantastic way to clean a car
Hi. I really enjoy your videos. I have a question. I have accsess to warm water that I could run in my pressure washer. I have notice that when I use warm water it cleans much better. So my question is how warm would you suggest the water to be? I have used around 38-40 degres C. Best Regards Lasse:)
Warm/hot water will technically clean better but it can also damage the pump/seals in a domestic cold water washer.
Ok. Thank you. But what about the paitwork? How warm water can i use?
Consider this; on a summers day in direct sunlight your car paintwork can get hot enough to fry an egg or burn skin. Paint is also cured under heat lamps. So I'd say anything less than boiling should be fine.
noxious89123 That is true. Thank you so much:)
This guy has the best accent, and said everything very smartly with a hint of cheekiness hahahahaha
holy crap $950 for that pressure washer! must last forever that thing jesus. And its only 1600psi?
When Christopher Eccleston tells you pressure washing is safe, you listen
You're not going to damage paint if you're using it that far away, may as well be using a hose mate. couldn't even clean bugs, why bother using a jet if it doesn't even clean the car
+jammybizzle666 It's the contact washing that truly cleans the car. A pressure washer is just an effective means to remove the light and loose dirt prior to that as well as the remaining product after it.
I have placed my hand numerous times in front of Karcher 120bar (and a few 140 bar) pressure washers.
IMMEDIATE BURN, absolute pain. Nothing in comparison to what you showed. Your nozzle is spreading the pressure to a vast area, not the razor sharp blade of water that Karcher creates with their products.
Will since I was one of those people who asked a question about your pressure washer, I'm just glad it was about adjusting the pressure. Ha! But, thanks for addressing the myths and questions we viewers do have and giving lessons we can use.
Dear Marge, thanks for the fab painting of yours truly! I hung it on me wall! You're quite an artist.
In answer to your question, yes we do have Hamburgers and Fries in England, but we call French Fries "chips"!
Love, Ringo.
+Steve Gould Haha!
Oh Ringo you're such a card!
Do you make a meal of doing the dishes as well? My mrs always moans that she wished I washed the dishes as well as I wash my car 😂
Good vid. "...comes down to common sense and if you don't have any, that's not my problem." lol
I'm curious, if someone can help me, as to how quickly water is ejected from a pressure washer. I know that would greatly depend on the power of the washer and the type of nozzle used, but does anyone have any idea?
Thanks