11-06-2021, 05:55 PM
Hi.
Well I worked for a company that repairs industrial cleaning equipment for nearly 8 years after I closed my Radio & TV repair business in 2006. I was already competent in vehicle repairs as I used to work weekends in a garage in my early days as a Radio and TV engineer, it did me in good stread for mechanical jobs on cars and I was able to get the hang of floor scrubbers and industrial pressure washers very quickly. I also went on courses with Karcher and Nilfisk Alto amongst others.
Some people seem to be terrified of a pressure washer on a car. In fact a sponge is far more likely to damage car paintwork than a pressure washer! There is a proviso though, you must use a fan spray, no turbo nozzles or single streams as this will lift paintwork. I wash under my bonnet twice a year and regularly do underneath with my machine, the MOT tester always says your cars are really clean and show no signs of corrosion.
Re washing the chassis, even using the pressure washer for rinsing you need to use common sense. Don't deliberately spray on line output transformers or components that can be damaged.
This year two sets were so grotty I used the method shown in the video. A Bush TV24C I got for £15 looked like a pile of scrap, it was washed as per today and now works beautifully, see it on my YouTube channel, also the Soviet Rekord was done the same way.
You could of course use TFR and then rinse with a hose on hot water, it should work fine. A toothbrush would help in corners. Remember though on alloy don't leave the TFR mix on for longer than about 2 minutes.
Well I worked for a company that repairs industrial cleaning equipment for nearly 8 years after I closed my Radio & TV repair business in 2006. I was already competent in vehicle repairs as I used to work weekends in a garage in my early days as a Radio and TV engineer, it did me in good stread for mechanical jobs on cars and I was able to get the hang of floor scrubbers and industrial pressure washers very quickly. I also went on courses with Karcher and Nilfisk Alto amongst others.
Some people seem to be terrified of a pressure washer on a car. In fact a sponge is far more likely to damage car paintwork than a pressure washer! There is a proviso though, you must use a fan spray, no turbo nozzles or single streams as this will lift paintwork. I wash under my bonnet twice a year and regularly do underneath with my machine, the MOT tester always says your cars are really clean and show no signs of corrosion.
Re washing the chassis, even using the pressure washer for rinsing you need to use common sense. Don't deliberately spray on line output transformers or components that can be damaged.
This year two sets were so grotty I used the method shown in the video. A Bush TV24C I got for £15 looked like a pile of scrap, it was washed as per today and now works beautifully, see it on my YouTube channel, also the Soviet Rekord was done the same way.
You could of course use TFR and then rinse with a hose on hot water, it should work fine. A toothbrush would help in corners. Remember though on alloy don't leave the TFR mix on for longer than about 2 minutes.
