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Title: car valeting equipment needed to start?
Post by: jay foden on March 15, 2006, 11:31:23 am

hi i clean drives and patios and need winter work so am considering cleaning cars too. i have a honda hd 830bs machine with karcher lance and pump and have a dirt blaster head. do you need to mix the tfr with the water or what?  as many tips on the stuff i need will be very gratefull? iconly have a renault kangoo van so can i fit a water tank in there ir what? please help. very gratefull of any advice.  jay. ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ???

Title: Re: car valeting equipment needed to start?
Post by: DASERVICES on March 16, 2006, 09:43:51 am

  Hi Jay,

  I used to do car valeting, yes you do need to mix the TFR with water. It needs
  to be diluted 3:1 ( Water/ TFR).  I had my pump slightly modified in that when
  I turned my nozle head to low pressure it would suck up the TFR from the barrel
  and then come out of the nozzel head. When I turned the nozzle to high
  pressure only the water would come through.

  Hope this helps.

  Doug

Title: Re: car valeting equipment needed to start?
Post by: preston powerblast on March 16, 2006, 11:24:14 am

I have a 40 psi shurflo pump which has a pipe going into a 25 litre barrel connected to this I have an old wfp brush on an alli tube.
I just turn on the pump and brush tfr all over the vehicle, I do all the scrubbing at this stage, then its just a hot wash down with a fan jet, followed by a cold rinse.
Its great.

Title: Re: car valeting equipment needed to start?
Post by: PHILC on March 18, 2006, 07:12:31 pm

wouldnt really worry about a water tank as most people will let you use theirs as to tfr my pressure washer has a chemical pick up so i dont need to mix

Title: Re: car valeting equipment needed to start?
Post by: andrew chrysler on March 22, 2006, 03:29:29 pm

Hi Jay. There's loads of room in a Kangoo for a water tank..... the cheapest way that I've found is to buy a 200 litre water butt from B&Q and attach a hose to the outlet tap. A Kangoo will take 2, side by side, directly behind the seats. Make sure you strap them down tight..... full they each weigh as much as a passenger!

Mix tfr with water and put it in a weedkiller sprayer.

Not that there's much winter work cleaning cars.............