Garage Jet Wash
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- The TerrorVortex
Nigel-YZ1
Guru
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- Somewhere else... maybe soon.
I've read that a jet wash can push dirt along paint and cause scratches. Being a prudent sort of chap I'll only use mine for cleaning the patio in future.
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- The TerrorVortex
I'd have settled for scratched paint. It's missing paint that gets me down!!
Nigel-YZ1
Guru
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- Somewhere else... maybe soon.
Reminds me of my first car. A Vauxhall Cavalier with so much body filler it would have killed people with shrapnel in a crash.
I took it through a car was once, and watched as the paint flowed out along with the soap suds!
Depends how close you keep the nozle from the bike. The further you get back, the lower the pressure and the risk of all the above. I think at about 1/2 meter away, the pressure is not bigger than a soft brush and quite safe to use, but I would still keep the jet away from sensitive areas where grease can be easily stripped. Personally I wouldn't bother setting it up, a normal garden hose with a shower / spray attachment does exactly the same job and it's much safer.
Saluki
World class procrastinator
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- ...Norwich over the water.
I too live in a flat and I use the Muck-off stuff and then a big sponge and a bucket of water, that I carry carefully down the stairs and out to the shed where my sponges, cleaning stuff etc lives. I have cleaned my bike in the bath before now, with a shower attachment on the taps.
Having knocked filler out of an old car with one of those garage jetwash jobbies, I am loathe to let one near my bike.
Having knocked filler out of an old car with one of those garage jetwash jobbies, I am loathe to let one near my bike.
numbnuts
Legendary Member
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- Gone over the hill and far away
It's not a jet wash, but I have one of these I too live in a flat
http://compare.ebay.co.uk/like/3805...ff11=ICEP3.0.0&ff12=67&ff13=80&ff14=63&ff19=0
http://compare.ebay.co.uk/like/3805...ff11=ICEP3.0.0&ff12=67&ff13=80&ff14=63&ff19=0
jann71
Veteran
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- West of Scotland
That looks cool. I could stick that in the car when going mountain biking.
In the bath... hmmm... Oh you shouldn't have said that.... My wife is gonna kill me
themosquitoking
Guru
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- Spain
I live in a flat and to clean my bike i use one of these http://www.evanscycles.com/products...=mkwid__pcrid_17321847296_kword__match__plid_ (or one like it) and these http://www.cleaningproducts.eu/?i=3...campaign=rss&gclid=CJSwtvzJ6bcCFavHtAodM1kAmQ
the_mikey
Legendary Member
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- South Gloucestershire
There's nothing I like more than rusty bearings! I would wash the bike with some warm water, sponge and some bike friendly cleaning product. I sometimes use a hosepipe with low pressure to wash the mud off the frame, but avoid jet washing any moving parts.
Saluki
World class procrastinator
- Location
- ...Norwich over the water.
If you clean the bath out afterwards, I can't see where the problem is.In the bath... hmmm... Oh you shouldn't have said that.... My wife is gonna kill me
I never minded when my OH took his motorbike engine apart on my kitchen table - as long as he covered the table first. Then again, he didn't mind when I had my bike engine apart on the kitchen table either. I might just be a slightly odd woman though.
*runs for cover*