Pressure Washers

I have this one right here and it works great. Zero problems with it, and I've pressure washed nearly everything I own since I bought it. Works great on the cars/trucks, good on the house/decks, and it handles the garage floor OK but takes a little while.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Ryobi-1-600-PSI-1-2-GPM-Electric-Pressure-Washer-RY141600/205566079

Back deck took all of 45 minutes to go from algae to sparkly

 

I bought a 1700psi Ryobi this year for doing the concrete at the house. It did it, but holy shit was it slow. Driving down the street I found a busted old honda 3000psi with a free sign. Took it home, fired right up but had no pressure. Replaced the valves with newer technology and it is far better at cleaning concrete than the little ryobi, but I don't think I would use it on my truck even with a wide nozzle. Different tools for different jobs unfortunately

 

Did you get the cannon from the Chemical Guys? Which one did you go with?

 

I went with this cheap little bastard. My only gripe is the black adjuster nozzle up front is a bit loose, so I need to take it off and wrap some electrical tape around something in there to firm it back up.

$17 DUSICHIN SFL-001 Foam Cannon Snow Foam Lance Pressure Washer Jet Wash Quick Release Adjustable Nozzle 1/4" Male Fitting Foam Dispenser

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00WPKHFA6

If you want something a little nicer, here's the CG one.

$115 Chemical Guys EQP_312 TORQ Professional Max Foam 8 Cannon & Honey Dew Snow Foam Soap Kit, Safe for Cars, Trucks, SUVs, RVs & More, 128 fl oz (1 Gallon)

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00OA66IG0

 

With all of this talk of getting the truck clean makes me want to go get it really dirty!!

 

So what is the biggest benefit of the cannon. Does it really make a bigger difference over the "old school" soapy water and mitt wash?

 

Not really. Here's my system:

• Pressure wash truck to get loose stuff off
• Use foam cannon while giggling like a school girl
• Use mitt and bucket of plain water to wash the truck, rinsing the mitt as I go
• Pressure wash everything off

It saves maybe 5 minutes, but it's 100x more fun and oddly satisfying.

I'm doing that Saturday! Can't wait.

 

Is it something like this?

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?...A45485AAA705&view=detail&q=robin+schulz+sugar

Scroll to 1:40 if you don't want to watch the whole thing

 

Holy shit, I'm dying over here at work and my coworkers are looking at me funny. I'm a little concerned how quickly you came up with that



(That is entirely me though)

 

I love that video. Saw it at the gym one morning around 5:30am and could not stop laughing. Everyone kept giving me strange looks which made me laugh even more.

 

Obsessed Garage on Youtube has some pretty good videos on detailing cars and he also has kits for washing cars

 

I will have to check them out. Thank you

 

I have this one. Got it as a Christmas present and thought it wasn't all the great before using it. Works very well for what it is!
Washes all the KY clay/silt/mysterious talcum powder crap off with a couple overall sprays (I should wash it more often and it wouldn't take so much effort). I stripped a decade+ old wood picnic table of stain and paint in less than an hour. And cleaned up 20 year old concrete sidewalk with it too. The pressure adjustment is how close you are to something, though.
And the jug thingy is junk. Nozzle blew out of it my first use, I feel the foam cannon isn't what it's hyped to be anyway.

$199 AR Blue Clean AR383 Electric Pressure Washer-1900 PSI, 1.51 GPM, 14 Amps Bayonet Connect Accessories, On Board Storage, Portable Pressure Washer, High Pressure, Car Washer, Siding, Driveways, Patio

https://www.amazon.com/AR383-Electric-Pressure-Nozzles-Detergent/dp/B002Z8E52Y

 

Yikes. Spend the extra $8 and get the one I bought from Home Depot.

 

Do you have trouble with that design tipping over?

 

It's done it once or twice, but only because the hose feeding it was stubborn. It doesn't have a big footprint, though. I see why you'd ask this.

 

So I decided on this one. It seems to have good reviews and be powerful enough to get the job done and still leave paint on the truck. The brand is a good one and Home Depot is usually really easy to deal with if something doesn't go right. Plus it leaves me some money to get him something else.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Ryobi-1-700-PSI-1-2-GPM-Electric-Pressure-Washer-RY14122/203800590

The foam cannon seems like a nice treat (looks cool to have everything soapy) but I will hold off on that for now. His birthday is in February so I need to keep some options for then.

 

Mine too! to hubby

 

All the cool people have Feb birthday's

 

THIS lmao