Pressure washer
Tuned
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From: Georgia
You are washing your truck with a brush....drying is the least of your concerns. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder but that is so terrible for the finish.
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I bought this chemical Guys Foam Canon off amazon: Foam canon
I have it hooked up to a $69 1500 PSI pressure washer from lowes. It was the cheapest pressure washer at lowes similar to This but a few years older.
It works extremely well combined with the foam canon.
I have a friend that has a industrial deionizer & gave me a 55 gal drum full of deionized water. My next wash I'm going to do the final rinse with the deionized water. These trucks are too big to towel dry!!
I have it hooked up to a $69 1500 PSI pressure washer from lowes. It was the cheapest pressure washer at lowes similar to This but a few years older.
It works extremely well combined with the foam canon.
I have a friend that has a industrial deionizer & gave me a 55 gal drum full of deionized water. My next wash I'm going to do the final rinse with the deionized water. These trucks are too big to towel dry!!
how do you plan to pull the water in to the power washer? Direct drive power washers will not pull from a water source, they must have a pressurized water source. I suppose if you got the tank up high enough, gravity would help feed the washer however, I’d be worried about not feeding enough water and burning up the pump.
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I use an 8gpm hot power washer with 250 degree water. I don’t use a foamer but do inject cleaner into the hose to soap the truck all down and let it soak. Then I rinse it down really well and hand dry it. Works very well.
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From: Charlotte, NC
You guys and your deionized water are killin' me. I think I just heard my wallet wimper when I googled "deionized water systems".
I haven't washed "Big-Un" yet. However for our other cars, I'm using a ~$20 foam cannon from Amazon with great success. The Chemical Guys products and 2-Bucket system works really well.
I haven't washed "Big-Un" yet. However for our other cars, I'm using a ~$20 foam cannon from Amazon with great success. The Chemical Guys products and 2-Bucket system works really well.
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From: Fairbanks, AK
You guys and your deionized water are killin' me. I think I just heard my wallet wimper when I googled "deionized water systems".
I haven't washed "Big-Un" yet. However for our other cars, I'm using a ~$20 foam cannon from Amazon with great success. The Chemical Guys products and 2-Bucket system works really well.
I haven't washed "Big-Un" yet. However for our other cars, I'm using a ~$20 foam cannon from Amazon with great success. The Chemical Guys products and 2-Bucket system works really well.
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That said - looking at the components for the DA systems. Seems like a couple big blue 20" cartridge housings ($50 ea - same stuff in my well house) and deionizing media filter. Could probably build the setup for $110 plus cost of media filters. I already own a TDS meter (cheap also on amazon) so I could spot check it for when it time to replace media.
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From: Fairbanks, AK
The leaf blower idea is golden. I could use one for getting rid of freshly fallen snow in the wintertime, too!
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Mountain Pass
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From: Miami, Fl
Living in sunny FL it's so hot here most of the time darn truck has is try before you can even pull blower out and plug it in ( no gas powered you blow carbon from exhaust into paint) so maybe won't be a bad idea to try and build the system myself.
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Joined: Dec 2006
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From: Maryland
Here is the blower I purchased specifically for the purpose of drying vehicles:
It is inexpensive, light, and works well.
It is inexpensive, light, and works well.
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Joined: Jun 2003
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From: SW VA
The county is running a water line up our road, and we are hooking up to it...so I fear I may have to start thinking about a drying method in the near future because I'm sure it will be hard water. Although when the inspector leaves, we plan to hook the well back up for outdoor watering needs (we need to disconnect from the well for them to allow us to hook up to the water main)
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huh? not sure what kind of leaf blowers you use but my Husqvarna 580 does not "blow" exhaust through the blower tube. It blows exhaust out of the muffler
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From: Wyoming
I'm not aware of any leaf blower that directs the engine exhaust out the blower tube. But it wouldn't take much for the exhaust coming out of the back of the engine to get on the paint. I would be mostly worried about a two cycle engine, less about a four cycle engine and not at all about an electric blower.
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I'm not aware of any leaf blower that directs the engine exhaust out the blower tube. But it wouldn't take much for the exhaust coming out of the back of the engine to get on the paint. I would be mostly worried about a two cycle engine, less about a four cycle engine and not at all about an electric blower.
Not trying to sound like a dick but I never heard concern for exhaust on paint. If that's the case we would never drive our trucks - at least when there were cars on the road
