Some Common Uses for a Pressure Washer
Have you ever spent an hour or more cleaning the family car with buckets of soapy water and a sponge? If so, you would probably agree that rinsing away the foam with a garden hose was the easy part. However, what if you could perform the entire task with a water jet? How much easier would that be? In practice, car washing is one of the most popular uses for a pressure washer. The water jet alone can slash the time usually needed to loosen and rinse away the dirt. However, introducing a wash and wax product into the stream could leave you with only the final buffing to handle. A commercial drive-through car wash utilises the same principle by employing multiple water jets. These machines also have hot air blowers for drying and switch from rotating brushes to soft rollers to tackle the final polishing stage.
On the home front, several more jobs can be made easier with the help of a pressure washer. For example, a powerful water jet will not only strip away all the ground-in dirt on a driveway or patio. It will also root out any weeds or moss growing in cracks or the spaces between paving slabs. That means users also have one less gardening job to handle.
If you plan to paint your house, you will need to thoroughly clean its walls to prevent the new paint from peeling. In practice, there is no faster or more efficient way to clear away every trace of the years of accumulated dirt on those walls than with the high-power jet from a pressure washer.
A water jet is a perfect option to clear the leaves from gutters and drains and wash the outsides of upstairs windows without needing a ladder. It is also the best tool to remove every last speck of carbonised meat and grease from a long-neglected braai. Cleaning fences, garden furniture, mountain bikes, lawnmowers or anything sufficiently robust to withstand the high-pressure jet will all require less effort. They are also quicker and more effective with the help of a pressure washer.
The tasks described so far are all within the scope of a domestic model operating between 1,300 and 2,400 pounds per square inch. However, industrial cleaning jobs tend to be far more challenging, often requiring equipment with double the capability of a domestic model or more. Typically, they are used to clean buses, trains and heavily soiled machinery and vehicles used by mining and earth-moving companies. Bestline Manufacturing is a recognised leader in the manufacture of domestic, commercial and industrial pressure washers.