Also, that “just enough to stop soap” tip will soon wear out and guess what it’ll do then? I’ll give you the answer…it will pull soap.
Over the course of 10 years maybe.
… lmao ok… ok buddy. High pressure nozzles in the softwash world is the nozzle size just small enough to cut off soap. Like a 0020 tip for 8 gpm or a 0010 tip for 4 gpm. Not a 0001 tip… put the drink down
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Anyone else feel free to comment, this is my last post on this topic 
Nope. It’ll do it a lot faster than you think it will. The Grand Canyon exists because of erosion. The same will happen to your tips over time. No if’s, and’s or but’s about it.
I’m so confused! LOL
Maybe I need to put my drink down haha
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The same tips I soap with are the same tips I rinse with. The only thing stopping the soap is me switching the remote valve to rinse.
You do understand what PSI stands for right? Pounds per square inch. A 180 pound man only puts about 4 psi of pressure on the ground he walks on. How much psi do you think a river imparts on the Earth’s surface beneath it? I’ll wager it’s far less than 2,000 psi and therefore takes a long time, unlike a two millimeter orifice that is seeing 500-2500 psi for hours per day…another swing, another miss, amigo.
Ok displaced. So since this is a “low pressure” jrod (besides your wood tip) I could technically use this on my 8gpm for downstreaming houses like you but could ALSO use on my 12V softwash system for roof washing right?
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Yes. However, I have noticed that my 5.5gpm 12v pumps will cycle more with these tips. It’s almost as if the pump needs more back pressure at the nozzle to run smoothly. I have not experienced this issue with the 7gpm pumps I’ve ran before. Your mileage may vary. Typically, I use a Gilmore garden hose nozzle with my 12v but I do also have the popular DIY PVC 12v wand and I can slightly close the ball valve and the pump won’t cycle like it does with it fully open.
I have a 3.7 gpm 12v
You’ll probably want to get some different tips then. You’d probably be fine with 4gpm tips. With too large of an orifice you’ll notice a significant decrease in distance. If you had a mouthful of water and spit it out through a 12" garden hose it wouldn’t go as far as if you spit it out through a 12" straw. Not uniformly at least.
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You ain’t slick! Infinity already spilled the beans on your trick lol
Nope, still not working.
@pressureman33 it should be noted that even reputable vendors such as the one linked below sell a JROD set up with prearranged tips that will stop soap (AKA high pressure, in my opinion). These setups are entirely aimed at newbies such as yourself and are not advisable for house washing. These setups are of the “one size fits all” mindset and are not the best way to setup your rig. They’re just the easiest (read: laziest) way to get someone up and running. It shouldn’t be taken for granted or automatically assumed that these setups are meant to be used for house washing. You could use them for any number of things. But if you are using one of these setups you are not soft washing. Maybe soft-ish washing.
The better option is to set up your machine, do a bucket test and figure out exactly what gpm and pressure you’re getting out of your machine (they’re all different, even the same machine from the same manufacturer due to all the variables involved) then cross reference those numbers with a nozzle chart and find out exactly what tips you need to get the desired psi and buy those nozzles and slap them on your JROD.
Here’s a nozzle chart.
Thanks for this. Makes sense. Now I just need to figure out what psi I want for these homes here in SF. Most are painted concrete houses, stucco, or drivit. No siding down here.
