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re: Borrowed a $1500 pressure washer from a neighbor..OMG
Posted on 9/17/15 at 3:31 pm to S
Posted on 9/17/15 at 3:31 pm to S
If you mentioned it I didn't see it but what is the PSI on that unit ?
Except for the driveway, anything over about 3500 PSI will cause more damage than good if cleaning wood siding, etc on a residence...learned that the hard way years ago !
Except for the driveway, anything over about 3500 PSI will cause more damage than good if cleaning wood siding, etc on a residence...learned that the hard way years ago !
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Posted on 9/17/15 at 5:27 pm to ElderTiger
I have one almost exactly like it and love it. Would never buy one at the big box stores again.
Posted on 9/17/15 at 5:48 pm to CAD703X
my dad taught me at a young age not to borrow someone expensive things. It could break or something worse. Go buy your own.
Posted on 9/17/15 at 6:12 pm to ElderTiger
Even the 3500 psi units are pretty good at blasting away the cementitious concrete cream on the surface and leaving the aggregate exposed. It depends on the psi of the concrete, how it was poured, what tip you use, and how close you place the tip to the surface.
I can't tell you how many times we have had a goofball masonry laborer screw up a brick wall with a pressure washer.
Cleaning is great, creating a partially exposed aggregate finish is not good.
I can't tell you how many times we have had a goofball masonry laborer screw up a brick wall with a pressure washer.
Cleaning is great, creating a partially exposed aggregate finish is not good.
Posted on 9/17/15 at 6:18 pm to AndyCBR
Gotta use the right tip
Posted on 9/17/15 at 7:27 pm to Chad504boy
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same honda motor
yea, but that is direct drive...belt drive like the unit in OP is the way to go...
Posted on 9/17/15 at 7:33 pm to CAD703X
4 pages and no pressure washer porn? fricking slackers.
Posted on 9/17/15 at 7:48 pm to rbWarEagle
Part of the reason people have trouble starting them is because they typically use ethanol gas and only use the machine maybe every few months and the gas turns to water. As opposed to your lawnmower which is typically used weekly and down here even during winter is frequently used so the gas doesn't go bad.
Find no ethanol gas for these motors not frequently used. On all of my small motors - with exception of lawnmower and weed eater I use synthetic TruFuel. It never goes bad so I never have to worry about it. Home Depot sells it and it beats having a motor not run when you need it and cheaper than having a new carb put on.
Find no ethanol gas for these motors not frequently used. On all of my small motors - with exception of lawnmower and weed eater I use synthetic TruFuel. It never goes bad so I never have to worry about it. Home Depot sells it and it beats having a motor not run when you need it and cheaper than having a new carb put on.
Posted on 9/17/15 at 7:52 pm to captainahab
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By the way, that unit can skin a cat at 60 yards
My dad found out the hard way. A couple years ago (he's in his early 70s and his skin tears if you look at it wrong), he was pressure washing and reached for something. His hand passed in front of the stream, and it sliced his hand wide open. Tore through tendons and everything. You could have hit his hand with an axe and did less damage. Had surgery and months of physical therapy, but it never did return to 100%.
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