Electric Pressure Washers

[EddieWalker]

No advice on preasure washers, but I did see an episode of This Old House when they talked about preasure washing paint off an old home.

They did a demonstraition on the siding of a home, then pulled it apart. The wood was saturated almost halfway through. I don't remember how much power the preasure washer had to do this, but they said it would take months to dry out again before you could paint it.

The reason for the demonstration was to show the cause of paint failure on wood that had been preasure washed with water.

They recomended useing a special sander, but that's another thread.

 

[goodoleboy]

Ive owned gas and electric units. First was the depot unit and it was not powerful enough to strip the deck.It was a total waste of money for what i needed.
Next was a gas 3500psi w/ 13hp honda GX, a great washer. I sold it last week since I only use 8-9 times a year and made a little profit /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif. I would have used it more but it is such a hassle to hook everything up just to clean of some mud on the truck. Its easier to go to the car wash and spend $1.50 every month or just use the garden hose on the mud before it dries.