This is my old SimPole WFP that doesn’t see much use anymore except occasional gutter cleaning jobs.
3/8” flexzilla air hose (for low pressure only; but this should allow me to downstream no problem, as opposed to many extension lances that are too restrictive to DS with.)
Gooseneck is just 1/2” schedule 40 pvc. Heated a section of it with the heatgun, and pulled on it till it drew down to the required diameter for my pole (3/4” in my case).
Then heated it again to put an approx. 45° bend in it.
Getting the hose through the stretched/shrunk gooseneck was a chore. Ended up using some copper wire as a snake, and lubed up the hose with dish soap to ease the process.
No gun on it yet; I have a straight gun that came off my surface cleaner that I could use, but I’m contemplating just using some velcro or something to hold my standard 2315 to the side of the pole. I like having one gun for everything, and being able to remove the pole without the need for a ball valve.
Washing this apartment building. Solid 45’+ to the top of the wall in some sections. The beast will spray that high with a 5’ lance, but just barely, and I don’t like the amount of overspray it produces.
Great minds man! I used a 8 section Sim Black on some tall stuff here and there. Just the tip of the ice berg on what I kept to myself My gooseneck was made out of Type K Copper tubing.
I ended up reverting to the 5’ lance for most of it. Building was barely dirty, apart from the bottom 6’ or so (new construction). So I mixed up a batch of water and heavy surfactant, since there was no organics to attack. That made me feel a little better about the copious overspray
(Interesting side note: you know how hardie board sometimes gets that real streaky look when still wet? It’s not the bleach that does that. It’s the soap. Had it happen with my plain surfactant mix)
Also, I discovered in my short test run yesterday, that 45° is way too sharp an angle for an extension lance. The pole wanted to take off backwards. So I used the heat gun on it and bent it out straighter, maybe ~15°. That’s still more of an angle than is really optimal, though. I think it probably only needs about 5-10° to have a well balanced action to it.
Good work @Infinity on experimenting with new methods, I used a similar setup hooked up to my air compressor to clean cobwebs and dust from high ceilings and beams in school gymnasiums.
Aussie, Good to hear from you. From what we see on the news over here, looks like they still have you’ll locked down tighter than a tick. Are you able to get out and do any business?
It’s a few days drive from here to the states gripped hard by madness which isn’t far enough for me.
More interestingly I scored a couple of weaner buffalo a few days ago for lawnmower duties if they behave and don’t bust my fences and hamburgers if they do lol.
My gooseneck was made out of Type K Copper tubing.
