Anyone using Kranzle Powerwashers?

[gsxr]

What’s the “bloody wheel cleaner”? I’ve yet to find a wheel cleaner I’ve been happy with.

It's the fancy stuff that sprays on clear-ish, but turns bright red as it reacts with brake dust. Not cheap. This is the cleaner previously recommended on the forum - check out the photos that show the color change:
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KS5JJ4A/

It's available from other vendors at a lower price, for example:
https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B0784S3QF6/

 

[JC220]

What’s the “bloody wheel cleaner”? I’ve yet to find a wheel cleaner I’ve been happy with.

Dan

Iron / fallout remover. Coined various brand names like Dragons Blood, Devil's blood etc. It sprays on clear and changes colour to purple / red as it breaks down the iron / brake dust deposits. Hence it appears your wheels are bleeding

Very effective wheel cleaner and can be used to de-contaminate paint. On white cars it's nice too see the bleeding on the paint showing that there where deposits

 

[Jlaa]

One of the first really nice cars I had was a 1963 Cadillac Fleetwood.

Dang, I really love the nostalgia of the grainy photo of the Fleetwood parked in front of a trailer w snow on the ground --- and especially of the Dodge Omni 024 in the background? Everything reminds me of my own youth...

 

[Jlaa]

I have since been using the 1152 quite alot. And just yesterday to clean around my back yard. The dirt blaster lance is pretty amazing:

Normally it takes a nearly a full day with my Honda Gasser but I used the Kranzle instead and reduced the time to 4 hours - very impressed with this little machine! Highly recommended

Can this really be?? Are you saying that your Kanzle 1152 ELECTRIC power washer is more effective than your PETROL powered Honda washer? If so, I'm buying one next. Or do you think the efficacy difference stems from the design of the "rotating tip thing"?

 

[LWB250]

Dang, I really love the nostalgia of the grainy photo of the Fleetwood parked in front of a trailer w snow on the ground --- and especially of the Dodge Omni 024 in the background? Everything reminds me of my own youth...

The “mobile home” (we weren’t allowed to call it a “trailer”) was my mom’s. The Plymouth TC3 was my Dad’s purchased new, but by the time this was taken he had passed and my wife was driving it.

I only have about three photos of that car, the least of any of my cars over the years for the most part. The basic brown Chevy Suburban that replaced the Caddy exists only in the background of a few family vacation photos. I tried to document just about all of my rides over the years.

Dan

 

[JC220]

Can this really be?? Are you saying that your Kanzle 1152 ELECTRIC power washer is more effective than your PETROL powered Honda washer? If so, I'm buying one next. Or do you think the efficacy difference stems from the design of the "rotating tip thing"?

My Honda Petrol washer just has a conventional / plain lance on it. It would produce more gallon per hour + bar pressure than the Kranzle on paper.

The “Dirt Blaster” Kranzle attachment is what is making the real difference I think. (Other Dirt Blaster systems are available!) It replicates something like 4000psi through the small spinning pencil jet of water.

Compared to my conventional Honda setup – yes this Kranzle packs a bigger punch for paving and that sort of thing. I bet though I could get a similar attachment for the Honda if I wanted. But that Honda requires a water butt to run and is much louder. So the Kranzle which is up to the task for me using the dirt blaster lance is quieter and more convenient. Note that the dirt blaster lance should never be used on the car bodywork! It is intended for paving and concrete that sort of thing only.

 

[Jlaa]

My Honda Petrol washer just has a conventional / plain lance on it. It would produce more gallon per hour + bar pressure than the Kranzle on paper.

The “Dirt Blaster” Kranzle attachment is what is making the real difference I think. (Other Dirt Blaster systems are available!) It replicates something like 4000psi through the small spinning pencil jet of water.

Interesting. I have that rotating tip for my own weak sauce electric power washer -- https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002Z8E52Y/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

as well as an adjustable tip where you can make the angle go from broad to really pencil-tip-narrow. The rotating tip I find to be effective at cleaning a broad area less-slowly, but the adjustable tip set on super-narrow is more powerful. I've been able to drill through stuff with water with the adjustable tip that the rotating-tip doesn't make a dent on.

 

[Matin]

My wash normally consists of:

1. IronX for the wheels/body (great stuff for getting the iron particles off and clean the wheels really well - you can agitate the wheels with a brush to super clean them).
2. Gyeon Bathe snow foam as a pre wash
3. Gyeon Bathe+ with a two bucket method (has hydrophobic properties in the liquid which beads away water really nicely and makes cleaning the vehicle a charm.
4. Every 8 weeks I apply Gyeon WetCoat to enhance the hydrophobic strength.
5. To dry the car, I use a leaf blower (stops any of the paintwork from suffering from swirl marks).

I'd like to get the car ceramic coated in the future.


Cheers

 

[JC220]

The Kranzle continues to get regular use, including power washing around my house where I favour it now over my more powerful Honda Interpump washer.

What I did notice was that if you have quick connect Stop hose fittings on the supply hose it will reduce your pressure! So make sure and take any stop fittings off and use a standard one. I gained about 20psi on the Kranzle gauge with this small change.

 

[JC220]

To dry the car, I use a leaf blower

I also use my petrol leaf blower to dry off my cars and get water out of the jambs etc prior to a microfibre drying towel and some detailer spray

Using the leaf blower on the car gets the neighbour's curtains twitching

 

[mikeym]

I also use my petrol leaf blower to dry off my cars and get water out of the jambs etc prior to a microfibre drying towel and some detailer spray

Using the leaf blower on the car gets the neighbour's curtains twitching

i thought that was a big no no because of gas/oil particulate in the air and ending up on the car unless you have a good filter on which reduces air pressure. I use an electric blower for this purpose (and for quick jobs around the front yard).

 

[JC220]

i thought that was a big no no because of gas/oil particulate in the air and ending up on the car unless you have a good filter on which reduces air pressure. I use an electric blower for this purpose (and for quick jobs around the front yard).

I have a leaf blower that is a year or two old. Believe it or not even small 2 stroke engines now have a tiny catalytic converter!

So no oil smoke or particulate of any kind

 

[gsxr]

Just get a dedicated auto-specific hair dryer. Nothing is too good for your baby/babies, right?

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[8899]

The photo is my garage set-up. What you can't see is the incredible amount of LED lighting installed in my garage. I have spent a HUGE portion of this year learning how to properly detail a car (thank you covid19)....I now know enough to be dangerous. My objective was to never have to pay for a detail shop to properly "clean and protect" my cars. The key thing I learned is that it is possible to do "this" yourself, yet the question is if you WANT to do it yourself. It is not fun and it is VERY time consuming.

A couple thoughts....yes you actually can "clean" a car without having to touch it if it has been properly corrected, ceramic coated and then properly maintained the coating with a good drying aid like BeadMaker. Yes, the word "clean" is subjective, but i know that if I rinse my cars with my Kranzle, then spray foam using Adams Car Shampoo and let it dwell, then rinse again with my Kranzle, then dry with my MasterBlaster.....it will look "clean" to most people.

No one really uses clay anymore. The correct approach is using a synthetic clay (AutoScrub) lubbed with something like NanoSkin Glide. You only get to the clay step in the process after doing a thorough DeCon wash using a soap like CarPro Reset and then doing an iron remover product. You only use clay if you plan on then doing a thorough compound, then polish, then applying a coating. Coatings have pretty much replaced wax for cars that are driven. Yes, wax is great for the Concours events...but otherwise you can get close to the "wax look" via ceramic coating (CSL/EXO) followed up with BeadMaker or C2V3.

 

[Jlaa]

The photo is my garage set-up. What you can't see is the incredible amount of LED lighting installed in my garage. I have spent a HUGE portion of this year learning how to properly detail a car (thank you covid19)....I now know enough to be dangerous. My objective was to never have to pay for a detail shop to properly "clean and protect" my cars. The key thing I learned is that it is possible to do "this" yourself, yet the question is if you WANT to do it yourself. It is not fun and it is VERY time consuming.

A couple thoughts....yes you actually "clean" car without having to touch it if it has been properly corrected, ceramic coated and then properly maintained the coating with a good drying aid like BeadMaker. Yes, the word "clean" is subjective, but i know that if I rinse my cars with my Kranzle, then spray foam using Adams Car Shampoo and let it dwell, then rinse again with my Kranzle, then dry with my MasterBlaster.....it will look "clean" to most people.

No one really uses clay anymore. The correct approach is using a synthetic clay (AutoScrub) lubbed with something like NanoSkin Glide. You only get to the clay step in the process after doing a thorough DeCon wash using a soap like CarPro Reset and then doing an iron remover product. You only use clay if you plan on then doing a thorough compound, then polish, then applying a coating. Coatings have pretty much replaced wax for cars that are driven. Yes, wax is great for the Concours events...but otherwise you can get close to the "wax look" via ceramic coating (CSL/EXO) followed up with BeadMaker or C2V3.

Everything you just said makes me feel like I am living in the dark ages

1) I still use clay
2) I like to wax my garage queens
3) I have never heard of 9/10 the stuff that you mentioned

 

[mikeym]

Everything you just said makes me feel like I am living in the dark ages

1) I still use clay
2) I like to wax my garage queens
3) I have never heard of 9/10 the stuff that you mentioned

Ha, that’s how I felt. First grader in Calculus 101. If you can distill your covid era acquired knowledge into basics including what us mortals should buy and dO, that will be great!

 

[Jlaa]

Ha, that’s how I felt. First grader in Calculus 101. If you can distill your covid era acquired knowledge into basics including what us mortals should buy and dO, that will be great!

We need @8899 to do a similar test like this. BTW I learned "Hybrid Solutions" is some good stuff.

 

[JC220]

Update- I have owned this Kranzle for over 2 years now! I learned one important thing - never use any stop type quick connector on the supply hose. These slow the water pressure and the performance of the washer. I had one fitted on my hose and gained about + 20PSI as soon as it was changed to a normal connector

The machine has been fantastic. However did run into a few issues.

1: The vario lance has only recently got a smaller fan on it. It was girtty in operation truning it to adjust. Maybe some dirt got into the moving sections not sure. But it did not improve from cleaning and is really too powerfull to use on the cars like this. So I just upgraded with a listing on ebay very well timed at £100 (£230 retail approx) for the newer Kranzle setup of quick connect lance:



2; Unrelated to the Kranzle itself is the snow foam bottle I had. Perhaps I did not clean it enough but notice it is quite irregular with the foam quality. So, in line with the above upgrade I bought a branded MTM bottle this time with the newer quick fit attachment.

I use all Bilt Hamber products now including the Touch system. (Touch Less snow foam as pre wash and Touch On mixed in bucket as a hydrophobic ceramic treatment) The Touch system is so good you really could get away with contactless washing but I still contact wash anyway. My cars now stay clean for weeks at a time! The dirt washes off in normal rain including bird poo - not kidding! Members should try the Bilt Hamber stuff if you can get it.

In any case the Kranzle continues to be one of the best tools I ever bought. Rugged, proper German machine

 

[gsxr]

@JC220, do you have pics of the "stop type quick connector" vs the standard connector?

 

[JC220]

@JC220, do you have pics of the "stop type quick connector" vs the standard connector?

Hi Dave,

This side of the pond at least, they look this this:





It is component 1 which stops the water when you detach the hose pipe. Except it also permanently restricts water flow!!