Im sure some of you have been through a touchless, when you're away from home, and just needed to get off some of the road grime. There is usually a "tri-colored foam" that glops out onto your car if you get the top package.

This weekend I stopped at a car wash by my parents house that had a Tri-colored foam gun!! Soooooo much fun!! Ill take vids next time I make the trip

There are two seperate pics....

 

Looks good. Is it also sugarless?

 

Excellent! Looks like a Jackson Pollock MINI! Very cool!


Clover

 

I love the looks of that foam. Some car washes even have foam that smells like Fruity Pebbles!

 

The foam looks nice, but do we know what it's composed of???


I've always used the spray gun-type wash at car washes without soap, wax, etc. Just the "rinse" cycle.

The pressurized water, often with warm water, is all that's usually needed to thoroughly clean a car that has a good coat of wax on it.

I don't trust what's in that "soap" cycle, and I'd never use the spray wax. God knows what they put in that stuff.

 

 

where you point that pressurized washer. You could end up damaging a few things.

 

It's all fun and games and tri-colored foam until someone loses an eye.

 

Like?

 

Pressure washers that have very high pressure pinpoint-style nozzles (these are generally home- or professional-style portable models) can lift decals, stripes and emblems if pointed at the edges of these items at close range. They can bend the fins of radiators, condensers and intercoolers as well if used point blank range. Even paint can be lifted if sprayed at chipped or scratched areas. The best thing to do is adjust the nozzle for a fan pattern if possible to help spread the spray force over a wider area. You wont lose any cleaning power, but you minimize the risk of any sort of damage occurring.

Most car wash nozzles have a wide pattern to help prevent damage and also make the spray itself safer to bystanders. If you use a pressure washer at home, adjust the pressure and pattern to a setting no higher than needed for a good cleaning.

Advantages of using a pressure washer over just a garden hose is more thorough cleaning and rinsing using less water and the ability to clean under the car and flush out gunk from around trim and body seams.

The soap foam spray in those pictures looks like the car was attacked with Silly String!

 

That looks fun alrite :smile: Coop d'etat


Few weeks ago on a late Friday afternoon, I took Koopee to a carwash for a quick clean just to ready for early Sat trip. After vacuuming the car, the attendee drove Koopee into the washing area; there, I noticed the guy was in some sort of "panic" . He looked up & down, around & around in the car. And once he saw me watching him thru the glass window in the hallway, he shrugged his shoulders with disbelieving . I knew rite away that he couldn't get out, so I made some hand signals just to help him out

1. Show 1 finger (index of course :smile
2. Show 2 fingers
3. Pull 2 times

The guy was pretty smart, he followed & got out of the car with an embarressed smile (and so did most of my friends whom I took for a first time drive with Koopee )

 

You gotta give hand signals to get the 'car guy' out of your MINI... too perfect.

When in grad school years ago, I went to a garage with my roommate who was taking in his Porsche 914 (mid-mount engine porche from the early 70's that looked like a Pontiac Fiero). He needed a simple oil change and tire rotation. The mechanic went to the rear of the car and opened the trunk (guy thought he was pretty good... going to the rear to find the engine in a Porsche) and found no engine. He shrugged and went to the front and opened the hood. The look on his face was priceless when he saw that there wasn't an engine there either. My roommate promptly found the manager and suggested that he find another mechanic to do the work...