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Hi all,

What with the rubbish weather and 2 kids who demand entertaining 24 hours a day I haven't been able to get out and wash the van for a while. I was wondering whether anyone had had any particular problems after taking their van to one of those drive through jet wash type places where they cover your car in some sort of highly toxic looking foam then use a high pressure washer to rinse it down.

Particularly concerned about pop top and louvre leakage.......

Ta.

Ya you are very lazy Get the kids outside with you and wash it together, its always a good way to keep an eye on the bodywork to see whats going on

Gogso1 wrote: then use a high pressure washer to rinse it down.

Using a high pressure wash can be an 'interesting' or even 'enlightening' experience with a 20-odd year old van and not to undertaken lightly !

DO NOT TAKE IT!!!!!! they have no idea about these vans and will no doubt blast round seals on windows that will no longer seal!!!!!! Get of ya bum and wash it, it dont take long!

Consider the 'rubbish weather' as a bonus! You don't have to rinse the soapy water off. If you do the job like I do, you will get soaked anyway, so what's the difference if it's raining?

It's like the kids on the beach in the summer! 'I can't go for a swim - it's raining!'

offer the kids a fiver to wash it...............that's what I do

I would not wash mine full stop , the muck is holding it together

Jet wash + Rust = Big holes

Used a jetwash on my Vauxhall stra once............ Never did find that A

Bit the bullet and hand washed the van today, hands are just about thawing out......

luckopig wrote:Used a jetwash on my Vauxhall stra once............ Never did find that A

I know someone who took his MkII Crapi through one of then new-fangled automatique carwashers and the brush fibres got stuck into where the aerial should've been and ripped the wing off and bashed it down the side of the car

More to be pityed than blamed I'm afraid

Ian

One of my mates took his fiesta st to one of them places, it came back missing all the vinyl down one side and half on the other side. Complained and got told to get it fixed and they'll pick up the bill. Guy at car wash wasn't inpressed when he found out it cost over £700 for ford garage to put right!!

If they can do that to super sticky vinyl what could they do to one of these vans

I found out when our local fireman were doing a charity car wash. Went a long and had the joy of havng it washed for me, lots of dishy fireman and felt good that i'd donated to charity as well.Cant wait for the next one!

SEREN123 wrote:I found out when our local fireman were doing a charity car wash. Went a long and had the joy of havng it washed for me, lots of dishy fireman and felt good that i'd donated to charity as well.Cant wait for the next one!

Thank you Seren for supporting our Firefighters charity! bet you're not in my area tho..... not many dishy ones to look at im afraid! and a female in uniform doesnt have the same effect!
and I couldnt get them to clean my van - its all I can do to stop them from trying to cut it up for an RTC practise vehicle!! i keep telling em 'ITS NOT SCRAP'!!!!1