Car wash: how to choose the best?
The question becomes especially relevant with the onset of the warm, dry season. Any urban resident now has the opportunity to wash his car almost at every intersection. But sinks are different ...
On its device, equipment and technological process, they are all divided into manual and automatic, as well as contact (brush) and non-contact. Each of the four species has its advantages and disadvantages that should be considered by choosing a place where to wash the car.
Manual contact washing
In Russia, this is the most common type of car wash. In fact, the process is not much different from the "domestic" washing machine. The only difference is that instead of garden hoses and leeks, household shampoos and old towels, high-pressure apparatuses and special car sinks with space-powered materials are used on a professional car wash.
Advantages. With a good approach, a manual contact washing with Khecher, good shampoos and soft wipes allows you to wash the car almost perfectly, because the washer can get to any hard-to-reach place - the inner surfaces of the wheeled arches, the "knitting" of the disks, connecting mirrors, door handles, etc. ., Removing from there the dirt and oil raids. At the same time, in the case of the detection of "unscrewed" from pollution or non-water areas from the water on the body, the owner has the opportunity to immediately indicate them and the shortcomings immediately (I want to believe) will be eliminated.
Disadvantages. "Human factor". The quality of the manual contact washing directly depends on the diligence and accuracy of the washers. And since this work is not prestigious and highly paid, then the attitude to work in the staff is appropriate. Yes, and in the season, when the queues are great, the washers just get tired, and they do not have no strength or time, "lick" every car.
Manual contactless (foam) washing
Soaks of this type appeared in Russia about 10 years ago, but still not received widespread. The key link of the process here is the so-called. "Foamer", he "Penopystole" generating from special "charget-tablets" washing foam, which through the spray nozzle is applied on top of the body and wheels of the autmobile, covering the machine entirely. Then, after 3-7 minutes of exposure, the foam washed off by the device in the VD and the body dried with a powerful "hairdryer".
Advantages.The absence of manual wipes, which means mechanical impact on body paint. Manual wrap can be performed by a person with different effort and different purity with napkins, where sandbanks and dirt can remain, which, with a strong naja, scratch paint.
Disadvantages. "Human factor" and "business factor". As well as on a regular manual car wash, the staff may not fully launder and dry the car. In addition, the owners of foam miles are present to the temptation to save on consumables - "charges" for the foam generator, which differ in price and quality.
Automatic contact (brush) washing
All familiar to everyone, but small in Russia washing. Their organization requires an order of large investment, rather than ordinary handmaking served in an inexpensive working force. By its design, automatic sinks are two types: "tunnel", where the car is fixed on the "conveyor" and is carried out along the washing complex, and "portal", in which the car is still motionless, and the P-shaped frame with washing equipment is moving above it. The main working element of automatic contact miles are rotating bristle rollers, wipe the body. Also in the process of washing through sprayers on the body, washing shampoos are served, water, and at the end, the "fenas" of the signals is performed.
Advantages. The complete absence of the "human factor". Three-lasting smaller ropes on the body washing, compared to manual. When using high-quality new brushes and rollers and the correct debugging of the entire complex, it allows you to achieve a good cosmetic result for "fast washing".
Disadvantages."Business factor". Bristial vehicles are expensive consumable, on which the owners have a temptation to save. Meanwhile, the quality of the sink itself is directly dependent on the state of the brushes, and the degree of impact on the paint coating of the body. In addition, according to its constructive features, automatic brush sinks give a superficial result and they are not able to wash the dirt in hard-to-reach places, such as the bottom of the thresholds, the inner surfaces of the wheeled arches, molding connections, mirrors, etc.
Automatic contactless car wash
One of the most common, let's say, in the US and quite rare in Russia the type of car wash. On the organization of the process and design, this washing is close to the brush, but with one essential difference - the "wool" rollers are not here and they are replaced by water sprayers under high pressure.
Advantages. The absence of the "human factor" and "business factor": for the current service of such a sink, only the cashier operator needs, and there are no expensive consumables on which it is beneficial to save. There is no physical contact of the bodies with the body, the paintwork is not erased.
Disadvantages.Surface "cosmetic" result, technical impossibility of careful removal of contaminants from hard-to-reach places. For cars with problems with rubber doors and trunk seals, the danger of water getting inside is high.
Instead of a post-promptum: What we chose
In our opinion, the best versions of the car washes will be the first and last - manual contact and automatic contactless washing. In favor of manual, there is a wide prevalence, the lowest prices and the ability to present claims that can immediately be satisfied. The automatic contactless washing is chosen for the speed of the process and the minimum effect on the bodice coating.
