Power Pressure Washers

Power Pressure Washers have become more indispensable over time as new designs are created for greater versatility and enable easier handling despite the labor intensive nature of commercial cleaning tasks. Most commercial pressure washers fall within the range of 4,000 PSI and above as most cleaning tasks require minimum pressure power to ensure industrial cleaning efficiency.

If you are running a commercial Pressure Washing Business, there are many uses for the Commercial Pressure Washer, namely to provide maintenance cleaning on regular basis at manufacturing plants, food processing factories like poultry farms and abattoirs, oil refineries, rigs, heavy metal engineering plants, construction sties etc. They are used extensively over long hard hours on a daily basis. Hence there are many considerations you will need to bear in mind while sourcing for a commercial machine, the considerations of which are very different from those when purchasing power pressure washers for home use.

There are essentially two key types of pressure washers that can be used commercially – Cold water and Hot Water Pressure Washers. And your choice will eventually depend on your cleaning needs and the difficulty level of the tasks.

Commercial Hot Water Pressure Washers are the right choice for cleaning surfaces with oil, grease and stubborn grim. The effect of hot water almost immediately melts away the coagulated globs of grease which would otherwise be very difficult to remove. Imagine using cold water units on stubborn masses of coagulated grease and it will take a much longer time to effectively remove. The best effects of cleaning such surfaces would be a combination of hot water as well as grease attacking detergent or cleansing agent. The hot water melts away the grease while the heavy duty detergent cleans the surface. The aftereffects of the hot water serve to disinfect as well.

That said, this does not mean that commercial cold water pressure washers are less competent. On the contrary, in fact, there are a fair number o cleaning tasks which do not require hot water for the tasks to be effective. Cold Water Pressure Washers are used in task where grease and oil do not exist. Large commercial towers and countless office buildings need to be washed on a regular basis. There are also surfaces which are sensitive to hot water and can only be cleaned by cold water, one good example of which is paint preparation work. The advantages of the cold water commercial pressure washers are that the machines are more versatile, less bulky and cheaper to maintain from a pressure washing business point of view.

Power Pressure Washers come with an average warranty of 1 year of parts and servicing although some do cover a period of 3 years for servicing. When planning to buy a pressure washer, you will need to consider many factors such as frequency of usage, the types of usage, and the type of machine considered for purchase. Often enough, electric pressure washers are effective for home cleaning, be it indoors or outdoors, as there are certain skills in using them to enhance the effects of the cleaning.

On the other hand, if you are buying a few machines to start a small pressure washing business the nature of usage would be very different from that of a home use machine. If the purpose if for business, you need to account for potential the amount of usage indoors and outdoors, all depending on your cleaning contracts. Most commercial pressure washers would be at least 3,000 or 4,000 PSI for effective industrial cleaning. Commercial Diesel or Gas Powered Pressure Washers are more often the choice for small businesses. In addition, if you deal mostly with industrial grease removal, you will require powerful commercial machines with the full array of detergent and grease removal agents. To meet such cleaning needs, Hot Water Pressure Washers are more effective than the cold water units. This would mean not only buying bulkier machines, but also having the storage space for them.

If you are running a power pressure washers rental business, whereby you lease or rent out your machines to third parties who will conduct the cleaning, you need to factor in a higher cost for wear and tear. Third parties conducting the cleaning tasks are often more concerned with getting the job completed rather than machine care.

You will also need to note whether your power pressure washers are direct drive or belt driven units. While direct drive units are more compact and require low maintenance, they wear down much faster as compared to the belt driven units. Belt driven units have a mechanism which works like a shock re-director which routes away the motor vibrations away from the pump, thereby enhancing the machine life span. The belt driven models will suit your business needs more often than not.

Knowing the differences in cleaning requirements between household and commercial pressure washers is imperative as first steps to your purchasing guide. Always remember that the nature of your business or your household cleaning needs drives your buying decision.

Are You Trigger Happy? If you are, nothing gives you greater satisfaction than to blast away dirt and debris with pressure washers off your dirty driveways, your patios, decks, dirt bikes, moss-ridden walls and the list goes on. What you need is the Power Pressure Washer, of course, which includes a high pressure pump, water hose, spray hose and nozzle which forms the gun, and the electrical cord where you tap power to drive your machine. Turn on the water tap connected to your hose, switch on the AC, turn on the electric power button on the machine, and you are good to go.

Power Washing Physical Hazards
On key note you must be aware is to take caution when handling the spray nozzle. The least pressure you could get in the market depending on the brand is about 1,200 PSI to 1,400PSI which is a powerful force to contend with, especially when this is the first time you are using your power pressure washer. How to use the spray – adjust the distance of the spray nozzle to the surface to be cleaned, confine spraying to inanimate objects and surfaces only, do not aim at human. (NOTE – this is NOT a water gun, regardless of how fun and trigger happy you have become with the machine) In fact, when mishandled, the force of the water spray could actually badly sear skin surfaces and cause severe lesions.

Handle with Care Lest You Will Need to Get New Fixtures
There are also commercial pressure washers which are much more powerful than one would deem fun when it comes to washing hazards. The power of your pressure washing mean stripping paint off your fence, peeling the wood off your deck, denting sand walls and cars if you apply the wrong pressure or the wrong distance. There are incidents when amateur users gorge their wooden flooring at the porch and up heave the sidings well manicured garden.

When you are cleaning the exterior of the building, especially the sidings of your office building or home, do not forget your interior. To prevent water seepage, ensure that side windows are tightly shut and all louvers are securely blocked up before you start your power pressure washers.

Power Pressure Washer Art Anyone?
My personal experience and target time to beat is 40 minutes for cleaning up my driveway, a rather difficult time to beat if you take into account my perfectionist nature to clean every nook and crevasse. Not to mention that I do indulge in some sort of new art form that I personally deem as Power Pressure Washer Art which literally makes you feel like a master artist, what with endorsing your “art piece” with your signature at the end.

So, Power Pressure Washing can be a lot of fun and even takes on as a new art form at power pressure washer art, if safety rules are abided by.

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