What The Best Method - Washing Car on level 3 Water Restrictions???

[timofytit]

Here in Brisbane, we are on level 3 water restrictions. There is a ban on washing cars. You are only allowed to wash you car with buckets of water. No hosing of car at all. I know many people will be in the same situation. Lets cut the crap and find out the safest way too keep our car blingin. Options i have though of are; car detailing, non contact car washes, and buckets. I've never had a detailer that takes the time and effort to do a flawless job, even when my cars are in weddings. You always end up unhappy and out of pocket, with a result you could do better yourself. No offence detailers, if you can do a flawless job, please contact me.

Question: What is the safest and best way i can wash my car in this situation????

[faijai]

i would just take the car to some sort of place similar to carlovers. bring a bucket and sponge at night or when theres not many cars and take your time.

[Menzy]

hmm ... take your car into the backyard :D

or what he said ^^

[czy_sol87]

what about a bottle of waterless wash spray
or take ur car to a car wash that recycles the water

[BiLL|z0r]

Use a watering can to rinse. This seems to get more suds off and saves extra trips back and forth to the tap.

[Fr3aKi3]

Watering can is good but the annoying this is that it leaves a lot of water on the car because it doesn't stream off like a hose and it's sooooo weak... lol
Tiring work going back and forth refilling the watering can.

I'm not too sure of the exact details of water restrictions in Brisbane but have a closer look at what is and what isn't allowed. In Sydney for example, you aren't allowed to use a tap and hose directly (this includes connecting a hose to a pressue sprayer) BUT you can fill up a bucket and use a pressure sprayer. Not sure if that still applies or not though.

[dsp26]

due to the water restrictions i have:
1) setup a 1000l water tank plumbed into roof water vents
2) also got a few 100l barrells from dads work and leave it out in the backyard (free or really cheap)
3) purchased backback pressure washer with a pump


all this after i realised the spray can washers leave residue if you miss a spot and keep coming back... their also ~$30 a can and last 2 cars only...

water restrictions will be on for a while so i highly suggest people setup water tanks. all you need to get rainwater from the vents is a bypass which you can get from any plumbing store or bunnings.

I WILL NEVER TRUST CAR LOVERS AGAIN. *cough Hume Hwy cough* for stripping paint on mine, mates and bosses car with their pressure hose.

[kraiye]

get a water tank
;)
seriously, i dont know why more people dont do this!

[BiLL|z0r]

Since the intro of water restrictions almost country wide they've trippled in price. Also we have a very small yard (and rent) so water tank is out. The Gold Coast has 94% full dam yet we're on water restrictions because neighbouring dams are down lower than 30%. Wish we could at least hose our cars. It uses less water anyway than buckets and stuff the garden, my car's dirty ;)

[NeRV]

i took my car to carlovers yesterday and sat there waiting in line for 30 minutes :thumbdwn:

[bungsai]

i would just take the car to some sort of place similar to carlovers. bring a bucket and sponge at night or when theres not many cars and take your time.

Ya go to a carlovers or somtething that is 24 hour, best go late at night - no attendant to tell you off, and no queues.

$1 - Put it on high low pressure and get the car wet, put it on high pressure to blast the mud. Stand at a distance if u wanna use high pressure so as not to destroy the paint.

When the one dowlar finishes, bring out the meguirs car wash soap, and a big sponge. Wash the car down.

$1 - High pressure, rinse off the soap.

Bring out the Chamois and dry down the car.

Beautiful.

[aaronng]

I use a watering can too. When I am rinsing, I take off the head so that I get a stream of water that sheets all of the soap off and leaves very little water behind (if your car was already waxed, that is...)

[amurray]

hey man. lvl 3 water rules outline " no outdoors hosing of anykind "... do it in ur garage.. thats what i do...

[timofytit]

hey man. lvl 3 water rules outline " no outdoors hosing of anykind "... do it in ur garage.. thats what i do...

Sounds fair to me. I'll be spending the arvo getting my stuff of the garage floor. Then hook in i guess.

[timofytit]

hey man. lvl 3 water rules outline " no outdoors hosing of anykind "... do it in ur garage.. thats what i do...

Sounds fair to me. I'll be spending the arvo getting my stuff of the garage floor. Then hook in i guess.

[Zilli]

[QUOTE=Menzy]hmm ... take your car into the backyard :D


:wave:

[iket]

I use a watering can, but in my opinion it wastes alot more water than a hose, likewise for a bucket :( [Politics?] But I've found that i get a better result using one of those car washes where you wash your own car. I'd never trust anyone else to wash mine!

[timofytit]

trust is always a problem. Even when i took my car to a detailer, and watched him, after they'd finished, i had to ask them to touch it up 3 times after that. And still they hadn't buffed all the wax. Perfection is a bad habbit. But perfection is perfection.