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.....
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
I took a couple of patches of lacquer off my 5 series last year. Was removing some stubborn bugs, before I knew it the bugs were gone, and so were 2 patches of lacquer. I suspect the bugs had coincided with some stone chips on the front bumper. Lesson learnt not to get lance too close to the paint. Good job it's a company motor.
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
Favorite quote: "...it comes down to simple common sense, and if you don't have any, that's not my problem." I have said that myself on more than one occasion. Keep up the great work and the great videos!
I use a pressure washer on car cleaning and found them great to use on cleaning the car, only thing it unstuck the door mirror glass , was an easy fix , just stuck it back on, I now avoid the door mirror glass, still use on the rest of the car. Great informative video.
You could do a test on battery or other manual pressure washers. There are many folks that don't have access to water . I have a friend that carry two buckets with water and a battery pressure water with 30 liter capacity and claim that he can wash the car with two buckets method and not scratch the paint .
+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.
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.
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.
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.
I've always wondered if buying a quality electric pressure washer was a was a safe bet for maintaining the super grimy engine in my 2006 GMC diesel pickup truck. I think after seeing your videos and listening to your well explained cleaning "lectures", I'm going to go for it and buy one. Thanks for the outstanding videos!
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.
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!
New to cleaning cars properly. Before my recent purchase didn't care to be honest. I was concerned about taking my pressure washer to my new car but you have put my mind at ease and will be trying it out this weekend. Thanks for the clarification and tips as well.
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 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.
Great video! I have two gas powered home pressure washers that I have ALWAYS used to clean my cars, and a few select others that I do on the side. Mine are quite a bit more powerful than yours, but here's my trick: I step back a little further. Still does an amazing job, and never damaged ANY of my cars over 15 years of doing this. My tip to anyone using a more powerful washer -- try it on your car first before a vehicle you do not own!! NEVER use the red "needle" tip!!! If you do not know what the tips do, do not experiment on a car -- try it on a sidewalk first. NEVER test new products directly on a car if you are not experienced using them!! BTW, great advice on the foam cannon assembly for PW's. I absolutely adore mine, and for those days when you just don't have a lot of time, but need to do a quick clean of your car, you can't beat a pressured rinse, foam, sit, and rinse session. You'd be surprised how much you can take off just from that! PS. Kick ass accent! Don't let the trolls get you down.
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.
Good explanation. The pressure essentially atomizes the water into finer droplets than a hose can provide. The pressure is nowhere near 1800 psi outside the nozzle. That is the pressure behind the orifice in the nozzle, but not on the exit side..
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!
I watch your videos because you are very well spoken. Thanks for taking the time to upload these videos. I could only imagine the amount of time it takes editing.
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.
Glad your hand survived that encounter with the laser jet death stream of water doom. They're great for getting off 90% of crap before touching the paint.
+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.
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.
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
I have used my grandad's karcher on my mum's car numerous times in the past and for a near 13 year old car which she's had from new, the paintwork is in great condition, I use a bucket and sponge these days as we're on a water meter but to be honest i still think a pressure washer would use much less water than a bucket uses, i go through about 80-90 liters of water 2 buckets to shampoo and the rest rinsing, it doesn't go far when you have to throw the water at the car from a bucket. I'll probably switch to a pressure washer eventually, bet it wouldn't use 80-90 liters like a bucket does and wouldn't take half as long for me to do it either. The one problem i find with using a pressure washer is they tend to only take the top layer of dirt off and the you need use a sponge or microfibre cloth to get the rest before rinsing down again. I love Valeting the car and then also thinking, i made the car lovely and clean.
love this....Ive had people say that using a pressure washer beyond 1200psi will damage your paint, they even said that its "scientific fact" that 2100psi WILL damage paint. I have been using mine for 10 years and use it properly and never had a problem. funny how people insist that what they say/think is fact without providing actual proof. Thanks for the great info
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.
Thank you so much for this video. I've seen lots of nonsense on youtube and reddit about pressure washers being bad for cars, but this seems to come from two source: amateur hobbyists who are just parroting what they've heard, or detailers who only look after extremely high end cars and will avoid anything even approaching the slightest risk while being able to justify any amount of time and expense on a detail. I used to detail cars professionally, did that job for years. On peak days we'd get through maybe 8 cars a day, but a proper job on a car could take all day. So I don't know, I used a pressure washer on thousands of cars. There were a few rare circumstances where a pressure washer was NOT a good idea. 1) classic cars where the paint quality was suspect. 2) already compromised paintwork where bubbling had occurred (and if this has happened, your paint is already gone, sorry). 3) custom modded cars where the electrics were exposed and not water tight. That's pretty much it. We had a pressure washer that went up to 3000PSI, we typically kept it at 2000PSI and kept it on a wide stream and about a metre away. Another interesting fact - we even used them in engine bays most of the time. Never had an issue.
I still like a hose nozzle on the shower setting to rinse away soap that got scattered by a pressure washer. If you have ever gone to a self serve car wash and noticed the low pressure spot free rinse, that is what that is for. There is less pressure with that and that is good because it doesn't blow the soap all over other parts of the car which I find annoying if I want it to be clean even if only for a while before it gets dirty again on the road. I like spray on nano coatings such as Carpro HydrO2. They are quick and easy to use and can make your next car wash easier. They also make the water bead and run off the car very nicely. Now that I have used that, I don't use wax any more. Nano coatings seem like the best things for a car and what I use can be sprayed all over the car because it will not cause bad effects or damage on glass or any other surface. I have also used Rain-X less because this stuff has the same effect on glass but is much easier to use. There are other brands but the one I mentioned is the one I used. As I said before, I am done using traditional waxes.
+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 :)
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.
Thanks for this video, I went to a pressure wash station today with this worry in the back of my mind. I normally wash my car at home with a garden hose but because I don't have the time and the car was becoming filthy i decided to take it there once. I felt the pressure wash at the station was quite powerful those and had to hold steadily otherwise it pushed my hand back. I hope thats not too strong for the car..
What is the best way to dry, without actually touching (and possibly scratching) the paint? I find that towels, terry cloths, leather chamois, all scratch over time, but what about using a leaf blower?
I have 4200 PSI cold water machine that I use around the house and on all my vehicles. It does a great job for everything. I don't get to close to the paint with it because there is no need to. I do take the rims off to washer both sides. That's were the 4200 PSI can really help out at times with really bad brake dust. It does come down to common sense.
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...
Pressure washer wakaa! Lol. That'll be me too. I love using a pressure washer. I started using one a few years back & always wondered how I managed without it. It's an incredible tool & has so many uses. Especially around the house. I love it. Great video. Thanks so much for sharing.
Isn't high pressure water more likely to blast off any wax/sealant on the paint? I was told the advantage of "low pressure" washing wasn't because a pressure washer would destroy the paint, but that lower pressure was less likely to remove the wax on the paint.
I'm in the Pressure Washer camp and wouldn't be without one. I use a 130Bar (which equates to around 1880 PSI) Nilfisk machine and have never had a problem with peeling/scratching paint. When cleaning under wheel arches, I personally don't think you can do that job properly without a pressure washer; certainly not in an area where the mains water pressure is very low. I did invest in a car nozzle that gives an even broader fan-jet than the standard nozzle in the box. Being a larger spread of water, the pressure is spread out further and so the resulting pressure is less. It also means I can clean much more quickly.
I used a pressure washer on my brand new white VW Golf R and some areas around the parking sensors etc were stripped of the paint when the washer was no where near the vehicle
i agree with everything you say. however if you have stonechips. the paint can be removed by pressure washers i did a test on old car in the yard. and paint stripped off using the pressure washer creating a much bigger stone chip.
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.
If a pressure washer peals paint off, it seems to me that the paint has an issue such as incomplete adheasion to the metal or possibly rust under the layer. Care needs to be taken if these situations are thought be present... I have always heard it is best to hand wash before any power washing is done to look for this kind of situations.
Some years ago I borrowed a hot water/steam cleaner from someone who sold and serviced forklift trucks in order to clean down my lorry prior to its annual test. The machine a Wickham as I remember it put out around 5000 psi. not only did it strip paint from the chassis which at the time I thought was due to it being loose, i could hardly see for the steam clouds. It also remove the insulation from the wiring to the rear lights, which I found out when I went to drive off. So although domestic presume washers and smaller machines are safe on paint work don't assume all are, I found out this to my cost.
Thank you!!! I use them at work all day everyday while detailing cars and don't understand why people say they damage paint work just use them correctly 👌
Washed my Hyundai i30n today (3 months old) with a Karcher K4 compact lance that came with it and it has managed to strip the clear coating of the paint on parts of my front bumper where a couple of stone chips were. So either I'm very unlucky or this isn't quite true. Annoyed is an understatement!
Unless you held the lance ridiculously close I’d say you’re very unlucky indeed. Of the countless cars I’ve pressure washed (old, new, chipped etc) I’ve never stripped paint or clear coat. I haven’t tended to an i30N yet so can’t comment on the quality of the paint but that’s a massive bummer.
@@CarCleaningGuru Thanks for replying - and just to say I love the quality of your videos and its nothing against you or them! I'm in talks with the Hyundai Dealer I bought it from and they are going to inspect the damage so I'm just really hoping that I don't have to fork out a load of money to get it repaired! As you said, a massive bummer, especially when it is on my new pride and joy!
"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.
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.....
"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.
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'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?
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...
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
You do have a very soothing, sleepy-time voice and I'm learning a lot about proper car washing care.
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.
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.
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.
lmao coming from someone so insecure about their face they don't even have a profile picture
SM Saad same
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.
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".
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.
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
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.
simple no bullsh*t easy to absorb advice and info as always mate nice one
Depending on if there's sand in the water - if you have a well in your garden etc.
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.
I took a couple of patches of lacquer off my 5 series last year. Was removing some stubborn bugs, before I knew it the bugs were gone, and so were 2 patches of lacquer. I suspect the bugs had coincided with some stone chips on the front bumper. Lesson learnt not to get lance too close to the paint. Good job it's a company motor.
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
Favorite quote: "...it comes down to simple common sense, and if you don't have any, that's not my problem." I have said that myself on more than one occasion.
Keep up the great work and the great videos!
" 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 use a pressure washer on car cleaning and found them great to use on cleaning the car, only thing it unstuck the door mirror glass , was an easy fix , just stuck it back on, I now avoid the door mirror glass, still use on the rest of the car. Great informative video.
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
You could do a test on battery or other manual pressure washers. There are many folks that don't have access to water . I have a friend that carry two buckets with water and a battery pressure water with 30 liter capacity and claim that he can wash the car with two buckets method and not scratch the paint .
5:38 you savage
:]
+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.
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!
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.
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.
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
I've always wondered if buying a quality electric pressure washer was a was a safe bet for maintaining the super grimy engine in my 2006 GMC diesel pickup truck. I think after seeing your videos and listening to your well explained cleaning "lectures", I'm going to go for it and buy one. Thanks for the outstanding videos!
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.
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!
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
New to cleaning cars properly. Before my recent purchase didn't care to be honest. I was concerned about taking my pressure washer to my new car but you have put my mind at ease and will be trying it out this weekend. Thanks for the clarification and tips as well.
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.
Just bought a kranzle k1050p and its fantastic for car cleaning. Great video guru
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
fr
+aaron brooks Newbie voiceover accent!
+Car Cleaning Guru Seems like hes German because of the pics
+aaron brooks scouse
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.
I am going the route of the regular hose... But I am also just cleaning my own car :)
Great video! I have two gas powered home pressure washers that I have ALWAYS used to clean my cars, and a few select others that I do on the side. Mine are quite a bit more powerful than yours, but here's my trick: I step back a little further. Still does an amazing job, and never damaged ANY of my cars over 15 years of doing this.
My tip to anyone using a more powerful washer -- try it on your car first before a vehicle you do not own!! NEVER use the red "needle" tip!!! If you do not know what the tips do, do not experiment on a car -- try it on a sidewalk first. NEVER test new products directly on a car if you are not experienced using them!!
BTW, great advice on the foam cannon assembly for PW's. I absolutely adore mine, and for those days when you just don't have a lot of time, but need to do a quick clean of your car, you can't beat a pressured rinse, foam, sit, and rinse session. You'd be surprised how much you can take off just from that!
PS. Kick ass accent! Don't let the trolls get you down.
Just got a 2900 psi gas powered one and I was worried of using it on my vehicle.
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.
Good explanation. The pressure essentially atomizes the water into finer droplets than a hose can provide. The pressure is nowhere near 1800 psi outside the nozzle. That is the pressure behind the orifice in the nozzle, but not on the exit side..
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.
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!
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.
Awesome myth buster video man, clearly explained with confidence 10/10
good accent / sleep right away
topspykimi and I am not hasiru Gajina balegalekanaba. Movis
I watch your videos because you are very well spoken.
Thanks for taking the time to upload these videos. I could only imagine the amount of time it takes editing.
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
Glad your hand survived that encounter with the laser jet death stream of water doom. They're great for getting off 90% of crap before touching the paint.
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.
A really wonderful and calming video thanks! Looking forward to trying it out in a few weeks time!
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.
Notwithstanding the fact that I could listen to this bloke narrate for days -- holy shit, I really needed to hear this.
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
I have used my grandad's karcher on my mum's car numerous times in the past and for a near 13 year old car which she's had from new, the paintwork is in great condition, I use a bucket and sponge these days as we're on a water meter but to be honest i still think a pressure washer would use much less water than a bucket uses, i go through about 80-90 liters of water 2 buckets to shampoo and the rest rinsing, it doesn't go far when you have to throw the water at the car from a bucket. I'll probably switch to a pressure washer eventually, bet it wouldn't use 80-90 liters like a bucket does and wouldn't take half as long for me to do it either. The one problem i find with using a pressure washer is they tend to only take the top layer of dirt off and the you need use a sponge or microfibre cloth to get the rest before rinsing down again. I love Valeting the car and then also thinking, i made the car lovely and clean.
Your voice gave me flashbacks of watching CBEEBIES as a kid.
love this....Ive had people say that using a pressure washer beyond 1200psi will damage your paint, they even said that its "scientific fact" that 2100psi WILL damage paint. I have been using mine for 10 years and use it properly and never had a problem. funny how people insist that what they say/think is fact without providing actual proof. Thanks for the great info
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
This guy has the best accent, and said everything very smartly with a hint of cheekiness hahahahaha
5:39 hahaha tell em buddy
Thank you so much for this video. I've seen lots of nonsense on youtube and reddit about pressure washers being bad for cars, but this seems to come from two source: amateur hobbyists who are just parroting what they've heard, or detailers who only look after extremely high end cars and will avoid anything even approaching the slightest risk while being able to justify any amount of time and expense on a detail.
I used to detail cars professionally, did that job for years. On peak days we'd get through maybe 8 cars a day, but a proper job on a car could take all day. So I don't know, I used a pressure washer on thousands of cars.
There were a few rare circumstances where a pressure washer was NOT a good idea. 1) classic cars where the paint quality was suspect. 2) already compromised paintwork where bubbling had occurred (and if this has happened, your paint is already gone, sorry). 3) custom modded cars where the electrics were exposed and not water tight.
That's pretty much it. We had a pressure washer that went up to 3000PSI, we typically kept it at 2000PSI and kept it on a wide stream and about a metre away. Another interesting fact - we even used them in engine bays most of the time. Never had an issue.
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
I still like a hose nozzle on the shower setting to rinse away soap that got scattered by a pressure washer. If you have ever gone to a self serve car wash and noticed the low pressure spot free rinse, that is what that is for. There is less pressure with that and that is good because it doesn't blow the soap all over other parts of the car which I find annoying if I want it to be clean even if only for a while before it gets dirty again on the road. I like spray on nano coatings such as Carpro HydrO2. They are quick and easy to use and can make your next car wash easier. They also make the water bead and run off the car very nicely. Now that I have used that, I don't use wax any more. Nano coatings seem like the best things for a car and what I use can be sprayed all over the car because it will not cause bad effects or damage on glass or any other surface. I have also used Rain-X less because this stuff has the same effect on glass but is much easier to use. There are other brands but the one I mentioned is the one I used. As I said before, I am done using traditional waxes.
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 :)
Nice video as always. My only concern with pressure washers is it will not remove any bit of protection present in the car, like sealant or wax?
+Ryaniwk No! As you can see from some of the shots in the video the jet of water was repelled nicely!
+Car Cleaning Guru I'm planning on sealing my car but need to remove any wax first. Will dish soap or car shampoo do ? What do you recommend ?
+MmetalbikesS dish soap will do the trick, I guess
Dish soap will but an automotive all purpose cleaner or even claying would be better.
+Car Cleaning Guru Ok, thank you.
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.
Thanks for this video, I went to a pressure wash station today with this worry in the back of my mind. I normally wash my car at home with a garden hose but because I don't have the time and the car was becoming filthy i decided to take it there once. I felt the pressure wash at the station was quite powerful those and had to hold steadily otherwise it pushed my hand back. I hope thats not too strong for the car..
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've only got a Karcher but I find more than enough to snow foam and rinse all the crude of my prius and another cracking video many thanks ken
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
What is the best way to dry, without actually touching (and possibly scratching) the paint? I find that towels, terry cloths, leather chamois, all scratch over time, but what about using a leaf blower?
I have 4200 PSI cold water machine that I use around the house and on all my vehicles. It does a great job for everything. I don't get to close to the paint with it because there is no need to. I do take the rims off to washer both sides. That's were the 4200 PSI can really help out at times with really bad brake dust. It does come down to common sense.
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...
Pressure washer wakaa! Lol. That'll be me too. I love using a pressure washer. I started using one a few years back & always wondered how I managed without it. It's an incredible tool & has so many uses. Especially around the house. I love it. Great video. Thanks so much for sharing.
Nice video, no one can possibly argue this?!
Isn't high pressure water more likely to blast off any wax/sealant on the paint? I was told the advantage of "low pressure" washing wasn't because a pressure washer would destroy the paint, but that lower pressure was less likely to remove the wax on the paint.
My small VAX VPW1 pressure washer has a 'turbo' nozzle with a warning label advising that it should not be used on cars.
I'm in the Pressure Washer camp and wouldn't be without one. I use a 130Bar (which equates to around 1880 PSI) Nilfisk machine and have never had a problem with peeling/scratching paint. When cleaning under wheel arches, I personally don't think you can do that job properly without a pressure washer; certainly not in an area where the mains water pressure is very low. I did invest in a car nozzle that gives an even broader fan-jet than the standard nozzle in the box. Being a larger spread of water, the pressure is spread out further and so the resulting pressure is less. It also means I can clean much more quickly.
I used a pressure washer on my brand new white VW Golf R and some areas around the parking sensors etc were stripped of the paint when the washer was no where near the vehicle
i agree with everything you say. however if you have stonechips. the paint can be removed by pressure washers i did a test on old car in the yard. and paint stripped off using the pressure washer creating a much bigger stone chip.
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.
If a pressure washer peals paint off, it seems to me that the paint has an issue such as incomplete adheasion to the metal or possibly rust under the layer. Care needs to be taken if these situations are thought be present... I have always heard it is best to hand wash before any power washing is done to look for this kind of situations.
Some years ago I borrowed a hot water/steam cleaner from someone who sold and serviced forklift trucks in order to clean down my lorry prior to its annual test. The machine a Wickham as I remember it put out around 5000 psi. not only did it strip paint from the chassis which at the time I thought was due to it being loose, i could hardly see for the steam clouds. It also remove the insulation from the wiring to the rear lights, which I found out when I went to drive off. So although domestic presume washers and smaller machines are safe on paint work don't assume all are, I found out this to my cost.
well when you put it at 5000 psi, that is what happens
Thank you!!! I use them at work all day everyday while detailing cars and don't understand why people say they damage paint work just use them correctly 👌
Washed my Hyundai i30n today (3 months old) with a Karcher K4 compact lance that came with it and it has managed to strip the clear coating of the paint on parts of my front bumper where a couple of stone chips were. So either I'm very unlucky or this isn't quite true. Annoyed is an understatement!
Unless you held the lance ridiculously close I’d say you’re very unlucky indeed. Of the countless cars I’ve pressure washed (old, new, chipped etc) I’ve never stripped paint or clear coat. I haven’t tended to an i30N yet so can’t comment on the quality of the paint but that’s a massive bummer.
@@CarCleaningGuru Thanks for replying - and just to say I love the quality of your videos and its nothing against you or them!
I'm in talks with the Hyundai Dealer I bought it from and they are going to inspect the damage so I'm just really hoping that I don't have to fork out a load of money to get it repaired! As you said, a massive bummer, especially when it is on my new pride and joy!