Hello. I have read that a couple of you use small surface cleaners for cleaning large sections of wall. Are you guys talking about the Briggs/Straton 15in that can be purchased at Lowes? If so, What’s the maz gpm you can put through one of those things and how long do they last?
You can probably go to the store online or I. Person to get the specs. I doubt there are many folks here using that equipment. Maybe mosmatic not b&s surface cleaner.
Hello. I’ve seen a couple of videos online. Check out this guy. Portland Pressure Washing - Brick Wall - YouTube
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Talk about life made easy!
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Actually it’s been mentioned by a few vets they work great for steps and small door pads.
I stand corrected.
Give the guy some info on it. I cannot from experience.
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Ok guys so I found this video and decided to take a chance! I never used my extension pole so I had to dig it out the attic and modify it a bit to make yesterday’s job a huge seccess!!! Powerwash on Bricks House - YouTube
Some customer will stumble onto this forum, see that stupid video and think it is an actual legitimate contractor lol
- YouTube this is the video that auto played adter that crazy one.
Say what you will about the mans methods, but I for one really appreciated the tip and will use it to avoid wanding whenever I can!!!
Hard to believe you ran that on an 8. My surface cleaner broke on ajob with one small section left so I bought one of these. I could barely keep it on the ground with a 5gpm. Couldn’t imagine it on an extention pole at 8gpm. Results look nice though
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I though it was going to blow up as well! But I just rationalized it as it wouldn’t accept any more water than its rating and the rest would bypass back to the tank and kept right on getting at it!
that sounds bad for your machine.
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Yeah, it sounded like the SC was going to explode eventually on the first video. I give the guy props for getting it done but I think it would have been faster to use a 4% solution and a wand.
On the church I am not sure. Certainly interesting.
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I agree with Harold. Before just hooking up anything to your machine you want to be sure to look at a nozzle chart. If you have an 8 gpm machine you want to make sure the nozzles add up to 8 gpm and never less. I would imagine that the nozzles on that little briggs surface cleaner are only rated at about 1-1.5 gpm each since they’re probably meant for a 2.5-3 gpm machine. I bet you could drill out the orifice to any size you want to get your 8 gpm @ 3000 psi or whatever you wanted for psi. That thing would probably last longer and so would your pump.
Maybe what can’t go out the nozzles does go to bypass but I’ve read warnings that say not use less gpm because it can cause pump damage. Maybe it’s different since we use buffer tanks. Maybe @Innocentbystander or @Racer would know for sure.
I don’t think the pump cares where the water is going, as long as it’s cool water from the buffer tank.
But I’m betting it is rough on an unloader to be bypassing 50%+ of the flow for extended periods of time.
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