i am fully aware of the wonderfulness of steam and its cleaning ability.

after seeing the price of an industrial/professional unit a while ago i tried making one out of a wallpaper steamer and a basketball needle..... yeah it was poo so i gave up on the whole idea.

about 4 years on ive seen these new handheld steam pressure cleaners coming out. at a very affordable price. 15 - 50 quid

120- 200 degree C steam at 3.5 - 5bar of pressure.


anyone tried one out on an enginebay? or their wheels. a few say they do brake dust on alloys but im wodnering how exagerated the claims might be?

thanks in advance
jim

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Not good if u want to protect the paint, engine degreaser should be fine.

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Pug fee`ver,

Pick a Bogey, buy a Pug.

Black 306 GTI 6 Standard, was 60k mileage, bargain!!

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lol on the karcher monster. thats a little bit too overkill for my liking

and i may resort to engine degeaser, i just dont like paying everytime i want to clean my enginebay on a new car etc. plus degreaser never really seems to fullfill what i was expecting from it.

ive gone for a 15 pound jap one on ebay. 3.5bar of 200degree steam (or so they say) worst comes to worst and it doesnt clean my engine bay i can use it as a present for my mom/sister

ill do before and after pics and post them if theres anything worth mentioning.

cheers
jim

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Bit big for handheld lol

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3.5 bar? Weak.

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Bring on the Trumpets.

dont open the throttle and spray in there and you'll be fine.

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Bring on the Trumpets.

Can these be used on small pets, our dogs stink really doggy?

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andrew315rawson@live.co.uk
Moonstone phase 7 gti6
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One less pavement sh*ter to worry about. Result

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Phase 2 Blaze GTi6

PS3 - Black Ops 2

Engine crane for hire Renfrewshire

Dead is ideal, I can't stand the things.

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Moonstone phase 7 gti6
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its here. it works.

it cleans about...1 or 2 square mm every 5 seconds.

i also had to use half a roll of blue tissue. the water that comes off dries pretty quickly and resets any dirt that was in it straight back onto what ever surface its splashed onto.

so yeah ill be in my engine bay for a while. its horrifcally grotty to begin with so dont take this info discouragingly

as a whole im very impressed, each 2mm section every 5 seconds or so comes up sparkling

for detail work or intricate part cleaning its ideal (throttle body insides are clean as a whistle now)

cuts through grime, oil, grease, s**tty celotape crap on windows,gaffa tape residue, cleans the ribbed protecting sheaths round your wiring loom and makes em look brand new. and its still yet to chip my paint.

officially my new favourite toy *two thumbs up*

shame it cant fix some of the rust its uncovered though

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