I bought one of these and used it once.

 

http://www.flashcarwash.co.uk

 

It's excellent.

 

 

I live in a VERY hard water area. Normally I get loads of white streaks all over my car when I wash it from the calcium salts in the water I hose it down with. Chamoixing doesn't stop them. Not does a silicone blade. Or two chamoix - or anything else I tried. Even Demon Shine didn't work. The only way to get it shiny was to wax / polish the whole thing.

 

The Flash car wash thing leaves an immaculate, streak free mirror finish. It makes washing the car faster too.

 

 

If I didn't live in a hard water area I wouldn't bother but if you do it's well worth thinking about.

 

I suspect keeping it in special shampoo and chemicals to purify the water for that streak-free finish may not be cheap but at least it works!

 

:D :D

Yeah read a few reviews about it. Does the drying system work too?

Does the drying system work too?

 

Only in direct sunlight, when i tried it at dusk, it left marks all over

sounds good, so how much does it cost, and how many washes would you expect to get out of the chemicals provided ?

Only in direct sunlight, when i tried it at dusk, it left marks all over

 

Thats because you let anything with a kebab sit on your bonnet :x: :rofl:

Yeah read a few reviews about it. Does the drying system work too?

 

 

Yes, that's the good bit.

 

The 'washing' just means spraying water and shampoo onto the car and you then rub it with a sponge - nothing special there.

 

But you then rinse with normal water, then use the drying feature which is normal water that goes through some chemical / filter. It makes the car dry fast and with no water marks at all. It's that lack or marks when dry that really impressed me.

sounds good, so how much does it cost

 

£20 for the kit, refills are expensive though

 

 

how many washes would you expect to get out of the chemicals provided ?

 

3 each out of the kit

Thats because you let anything with a kebab sit on your bonnet :x: :rofl:

 

Dooooooooooode dont make me compare :D

Go to savers - they have the kit AND a refill pack for 14.99 on special offer !!

Although savers may only be a midlands store....? No idea to be honest.... i probably made that up..... :mac1:

Dooooooooooode dont make me compare :D

Kebab shots?

sounds good, so how much does it cost, and how many washes would you expect to get out of the chemicals provided ?

 

£20 for the thing itself which includes a small bottle of shampoo and enough drying filter for three washes. Not cheap but I've spent loads on chamoix, silicone blades, Demon Shine, none of which worked.

 

Then a filter than does 10 washes is about £5 delivered (or £6 from Halfords I think). Shampoo is about the same but lasts longer I think.

 

It leaves the car absolutley sparking and is very quick to use.

 

But I've only used it once, so don't blame me if it makes all the paint fall off in 6 months too!

Go to savers - they have the kit AND a refill pack for 14.99 on special offer !!

Shyte - I was stung by Halfords again!

Kebab shots?

 

Never got that far, Chunk frightened them away with his 1 bite to swallow a ginsters XL trick again :rofl:

Kebab shots?

 

A fresh nan with a bit of shish-donner mix poking out... mmMMMMM! :D

A fresh nan with a bit of shish-donner mix poking out... mmMMMMM! :D

 

 

Whose Nan though ?!?

Costcos were selling these too.

 

Vijay

http://search.ebay.co.uk/flash-car-wash_W0QQfromZR8QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQsbrbinZt :D

well i dont need to buy owt to clean my car as im a window cleaner that uses (and builds) these new window cleaning machines.

 

these machines use an idea similar to the flash car kits. the tap water goes through a series of filters and resin to make it pure, removing all trace of things that leave those white spots/marks on your paintwork.

 

best bit is you dont need to dry the car as the water dries smear free!

 

hope you all enjoy your flash kits:D

 

gaz!

In banzai magazine i saw someone selling a bit of kit that goes straight on the outside tap to filter the water and de-ionise or whatever it does to do smear free £45 but i dont know how long it lasts :confused:

 

Ionic Systems 0845 2266001 http://www.ionicsystems.com/cars

fook washing my car with flash thats for the kitchen floor :D