scoobyschef

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just been to local car shopand they had steam cleaner fo 20 quid are they any good for engine bay and if so what cleaning products to use in conjunction

F1 CJE UK

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are you sure that it was not just a Tea Kettle,

scoobyschef

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four coffees

F1 CJE UK

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sorry could not resist,

never tried one but have always been interested what they could do, at 1 point my mum was looking at getting one but they where all around £250-£300 and she was unsure how good it would be around the house, £20 does seem very cheap tho don’t see that it would be any good at that price but then that just me, always buy the expensive 1 thinking it’s the best not always the case but I have sent cash on to many stupid cheap things and then had to spend even more to get a good 1 a few weeks later

would be interested in what others say about how good steam cleaners are, do they work on alloys ???

scoobyschef

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gonna buy it tommorrow and bill my boss for it. not looking to clean a house wwith it just spray some steam into hard to reach corners.sure i reads somewhere onn here that someone else used one will post results tomorrow

F1 CJE UK

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cool thanks

StickyMicky

i bought a big £300 jobbie, and TBH it never ever gets used

must have used it properlly all of 3 times

Rich @ PB

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Not worth it in my opinion - I can get engine bays sparkling in 1-2 hours using just a decent degreaser, a powerwasher and a selection of good towels and dressings, so for me a steam cleaner makes no sense. A decent wet and dry vac for interior use, now there's a tool worth buying!

StickyMicky

which one do you use rich??


i have a mate useing a big £500 numatic thing with twin motors (i think)
he raves on about it all the time, but it costs a lot when it breaks

i use the small george/clentech numatic style ones, parts are cheap, replacement motors can be had for around £40 deliverd and the replacement chemical pumps are around £40 for a pattern part (never replaced a chemical pump yet TBH)

i do tend to go through quite a few motors, but there on nearly every single day and sometimes its a solid 10hour shift for them all day long, so its not suprising TBH

they tend to get hot

i have a 5 litre water kettle at work which fills the chemical tank to the brim, so while the machine is being used, the kettle is boiling up another 5 litres, ready for action, works very well, record so far is around 13 loads into the wetvac to clean a ford galaxy

Rich @ PB

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We've just acquired a George! As you say, very good value, and unlike you, we might only use it once or twice a week, so good value is even more important, otherwise we'd never get the money back quick enough. Worked a treat on the interior of an M3 CSL today, very pleased with it.

StickyMicky

i spoke to soon, chemical pump melted today
lad called me over to say it was smoking

had to nip over to asda for a £4.32 2 litre spray thing to finish a car

does your "george" have the chemical line inside the main vaccum hose?

if so i recomend you go to b&q and buy sum small black tube, i think it was for a fishtank, and keep it spare for when the standard one breaks, simply ziptie it to the outside of the hose, much better

Rich @ PB

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Nice tip, cheers.