I bought the Home Depot Special for $169.00. It works OK except that the
little screen clogs up and needs to be flushed out periodically.
On 8/20/07, BillR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Just a note from a non-pro on those. I have had three: #1 my son
> liberated
> when he moved; #2 burned up the pump after moderate use [2 or 3 times a
> year] for a few years]; #3 from Sam's with a Honda motor still stats and
> runs fine. All worked OK [at least for a time], but the biggest
> difference
> was getting a 'spinner' wand that covered a good size area [fine point,
> slightly angled, that spins at high speed - @ $40 at Sears]. That is
> assuming you have a typical home unit. Son had a BIG one in his shop
> {USAF]
> and one of the guys wanted to take some paint drops off of his shoe.
> Fortunately for him he was wearing steel toed shoes as a 1 second blast
> took
> off the end of the shoe down to the steel.
> Be careful with all of them, but especially with those big ones.
> BillR
> Jacksonville FL
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> On Behalf Of Jim Cathey
> Sent: Monday, August 20, 2007 11:41 AM
> To: Mercedes Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Pressure washers
>
> > Since I know absolutely nothing about pressure washers and am
> > considering
> > getting one for cleaning vinyl siding, etc. on house situated in the
> > woods.
> > What's the consensus . . . brand, pressure, etc.?
>
> I've had two. One 3.5 horse cheap job that worked fine, but after
> some use it felt like cleaning things with a toothbrush. I replaced
> it with an 11 horse model that can really clean things off.
>
> Either can destroy surfaces if you're using them improperly, the
> size of the swath is all that varied. The rated pressure of both
> was about the same, but the GPM was quite different. Mine has an
> adjustable valve for setting the pressure. I paid about $700 some
> years ago at a liquidator's.
>
> -- Jim
>
>
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