Sydney water restrictions - cleaning your fourby

At present I go round the corner and get the worst off at one of these coin operated car washes. I just use the cold high pressure rinse cycle - costs a few bucks but not too bad. I'm considering buying a Gerni so I can do a more thorough job of all the cars as well as other things that need cleaning - just need to soften up the hand brake.....Russell S
Prado RV6

easy....... in adelaide you are allowed to wash your car so long as you wash it from a bucket and hose it off with a triggered sprayer...anytime of the day or night no matter what your street numbers are.........
as far as cleaning mud from the car i would go to carlovers and mess up their driveway but with sand or light wheel-arch muck your own back yard is the place to go if you need to use your gerni away from the prying eyes of your goody two shoes dobb you in neighbours......_____________________________________________

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Just checked the Sydney Water website, the only way you are allowed to wash a vehicle is using a bucket, no hoses. The only people allowed to use hoses or high pressure cleaners for vehicles are car yards, car wash etc.

Enjoy...
Michael

The only way you can wash you vehicle in the Canberra/Queanbeyan area is in a commercial carwash that uses recycled water. I tend to drive my truck (with roof rack fitted) through Carlovers - laserwash. Bit costly at $7-$11 per go depending on what sort of wash you want but is better than noting for keeping the corrosion gremlins away.

Regards
Pete

I say "f*ck it!" and wash my car with a high-pressure sprayer. They should be allowed, as they use about 1/10 the water of a hose.

I have a "bucket", that is 60L and a wash using the high pressure Karcher would use less than that indeed!

It doesnt say in my manual that I have to wash the thing every time it gets dirty (ie used) So it gets a wash (underneath) every time it rains, yep drive through the puddles. Other than that a bit of metho and water on the glass areas and good as.
I happened to grow up in the bush where we ALWAYS had water restrictions, and as for as I know they still do.
cheers haze

Shhhhhh....I was my truck when no one is looking...about once a year.

Alternatively wait until the mud dries and then scratch it out with a screwdriver or paint scraper. Wear glasses as the mud tends to get into ones eyes.

You can wash the outside of the vehile quite easily with a bucket. Go buy 5 plastic buckets from the cheap shop and fill them. You will probably use more water that way than with a hose with a spray nozzle.

Cheers,
Willie

Never a dull moment

I use the hand car wash people when the vehicle is dirty enough which is about once a month. They recycle and use a gurney. $30 a go, but I'm lazy.

What if I use my glind shower unit syphoning from a bucket? Hmmmm....Cheers,
Stuart
- To err is human, to moo bovine -

Shiners car wash

Car lovers for me.

Car lovers for me.

Melbourne is currently under stage two water restrictions.

Vehicles can be washed using a bucket, and high pressure water cleaning unit.

I have a Karcher high pressure washer, and this is allowable under stage two restrictions, no proplems.

So, when the Maverick is dirty, out on the driveway, and out with the Karcher. Works like a charm :-)

Interesting topic.

I live on the NSW Central Coast, where we have had Sydney type water restrictions for quite some time. We have to use buckets to wash cars.

So .... with my usual total contempt for Gosford City Council I washed my car (80 Series Landcruiser) using buckets .. total buckets used was 6 for the rinse to wash off the suds.

A week later, I washed it in the normal manner using a hose (with on/off capability), and timed each rinse cycle. I then put the hose into the bucket for the same amount of time. Total buckets used = 7/8 of 1 bucket. Water saved by use of hose was 5 1/8 buckets.

This excludes the bucket with the suds of course. So, I am back to using a hose.

See you in court, Gosford Council.

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Hi all,

In Melb superCheap had high presure sparys on sale a few weeks back. $79 (usually $129) and it works a treat. I use it with ct18 truck wash. The only legal way to wash your car at the moment with the water restrictions!

Leroy

I went to Bunnings Keysborough on the weekend and bought a little high pressure GMC for $89 and I will get $30 rebate from the Vic govt so all up $59. Better than a Karcher and it was one of the last 10 in the state. Much better than a bucket... yahoo!!!