Tank Sprayer

[sbkim]

I live in an apartment complex and they do not allow car washing with hose... Has anyone tried using 2 gallong tank sprayer to do the first round of washing to get extra dirty off the car before doing rinseless wash? I am most curious whether there is strong enough spray to even work on a dirty car. Is there an electric version of this pump? Where do you buy this pump - home depot?

Thank you!

 

[ScottB]

I'll give you a couple other hints, one legal and one well "might" not be so ...

There was a time where I had to use the coin washes. I am not one to use their soap, brushes , and so on. So I would go late in evening and fill up bucket with water and bucket wash. I would then dry car. I even found an outlet to plug in leaf blower next to Vac's ... and evenings meant no visitors and time to work in stall my way.

and...

I also learned from a "friend" that it is very wise to buy a faucet valve at local Lowes and keep in car. You see at night after resturants and plaza's close for the evening, there is usually a water spigot in rear that "could" be used. Now they likely remove the head to avoid its use, but with yours in trunk you have instant access to it. Consider a roll-up hose and lets just say its nice to leave a tip !

 

[sbkim]

LOL - great tips! That's one of the issues that I am having - for some odd reason I cannot seem to find any do it yourself car wash in Northern NJ - near Morristown. Every one of them involve some dude with a dirty rag ready to do a number on your finish...

I just found out the pump sprays can do up to 45psi which may not be enough to wash off mud etc??

 

[PhaRO]

I use a cheap 2 gallon sprayer with ONR to clean wheels, tires and wells. I can rinse off mud and such too. The time it will take depends on the mud involved. If you just have a little on the panel behind the wheels it works pretty quickly. For the rest of the vehicle I use ONR in a bucket. The cheaper sprayers are generallly around 45 psi. They can be found in any store with a lawn and garden section. There are sprayers that you can fill with compressed air that spray until empty. Northern Tool sells Hudson Neverpump sprayer that run $37-$100 and use battery powered or 12v pumps. I've never used one but am thinking about getting one. You can also get higher psi sprayers some are 180psi.

Household water pressure I believe is 40-70 psi. I think any car can be cleaned safely with ONR using a bucket and a sprayer. With vehicles in extreme condition though it would be too time consuming and use too much ONR.

 

[sbkim]

PhaRo - thanks for the info. Just picked up a 3gallong Gilmour professional tank sprayer for $39. I might look into the battery powered one if it can achieve 70 + psi.