I got little to say today. So, I’ll bore you with my tales of pressure washer fun. I borrowed one of these this past weekend to do some cleaning. We moved in hurriedly because our house sold fairly quickly. The result was that our builder didn’t quite get to finish some touch-up stuff, like pressure washing the driveway and back porch. So, I said I’d do it. I decided to play with the pressure washer some too. Stuff that was cool:
It did a fantastic job on my sidewalks, porches and driveway.
I decided to hit my truck’s grill and bumpers with it. I could never get the bug guts off of it but the pressure washer did.
We have a huge steel pot that had some burnt gunk in it. Well, the pressure washer took care of it.
Stuff that was not cool:
Pressure washer vs. unfortunate earthworm who was hiding in a sidewalk crack was rather, err, ugly. Thankfully, earthworms don’t have many guts.
If you spill gasoline on your jeans and shoes, do not wash them. Just throw them out. Or your next three loads will smell like gas. Also, after I washed them, I noticed the sign on my washer that says Idiot, don’t wash shit with gas on it.
Spraying a 3000psi stream of water into a pot when it’s 41 degrees and windy out: not smart.
And if you ever pressure wash some spots on your house, test the washer on unseen brick first. This one took some coloring off my brick. So, I did do one smart thing.
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Posted in uncategorized on March 20th, 2007
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March 20th, 2007 at 10:28 am
What’s more important than not washing gas-soaked clothes is not drying gas-soaked clothes. Heating oily rags near an open flame (if you have a gas dryer) is probably imprudent. And I say this as the guy who regularly sets himself on fire as a party trick.
March 20th, 2007 at 10:33 am
Yeah, i figured drying was out.
March 20th, 2007 at 10:58 am
That, and you can inject water under your skin with that 3000psi if you’re not careful. I had a nice ball of water in my ankle the last time I used one of those. Kinda weird.
March 20th, 2007 at 1:03 pm
Gas-powered pressure washers are too much fun. You can blow plastic patio chairs around like leaves.
March 20th, 2007 at 5:20 pm
Gas will *evaporate* if you just put the jeans outside.
I’m sure you have a small clothes line for the Mrs. to hang blankets and throw-rugs, right?
However, I also have to say “Thank You”.
I have a house that has a leaking basement and I’ve decided to use an internal paint-on epoxy sealant. (Rather than having the outside trenched.)
The basement is finished and some of the walls are painted. I was mulling how to remove the paint. Now I have something to try.
(Yes, it will reek havoc on the basement, but the walls have been leaking for some time and all of the finish work has to be removed and tossed anyhow.)
So, Thanks.
March 22nd, 2007 at 1:24 am
I was mulling how to remove the paint.
Heat gun is your friend.