pressure washer

[AstroDiver]

I went to Costco's website and everytime I put in a search for pressure washers I got washing machines. Go figure?

At Sam's Club website I did find a pressure washer by Karcher, the G 2500 gas powered, for $298.87. With more research on the Sam's site I found that it has a 5.5 HP Honda engine.
http://www.samsclub.com/shopping/nav...=5&item=325307

The last time I tried washing my boat at the car wash, it cost me a Shakespere antenna....a $115 mistake! I forgot to put the antenna down. It wasn't working out anyway cause the boat wasn't cleaning up well. Swinging that arm around inside the booth isn't practical either.

Good luck on your quest. I'm still questing.......

[Putershark]

Originally Posted by Genelie

wow, you see i was hoping someone would of posted that they bought anice simple electric one. I really do not need the big ones. since I am only going to use it for the boat. I will check out costco.

I got this model at Lowe's and it works very well for cleaning up the truck, boat, and trailer http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=68901-1637-1636121&lpage=none just be careful of those stickers for sure

[Genelie]

Originally Posted by Putershark

I this model at Lowe's and it works very well for cleaning up the truck, boat, and trailer http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=68901-1637-1636121&lpage=none just be careful of those stickers for sure

That looks like the ones I saw at costco and home depot. I like the convience of being able to actually putting it on the swim step, and work away. Thanks to all for the imput. I will do some more research on maitenance and warrenties.

[albaris]

I just bought the one that putershark recommended, and it worked great on the boat. Got rid of all those tiny black dots...as long as I held the nozzle within an inch or two of the boat.
But not all news is good news....My wife came home from work, saw me playing with the new pressure washer and had me do the deck. That worked fine too...got off some mold and mildew that was growing in the corners of the deck, and got the white real white again.

Great little machine for the money.

Thanks, putershark!

[Genelie]

Originally Posted by albaris

I just bought the one that putershark recommended, and it worked great on the boat. Got rid of all those tiny black dots...as long as I held the nozzle within an inch or two of the boat.
But not all news is good news....My wife came home from work, saw me playing with the new pressure washer and had me do the deck. That worked fine too...got off some mold and mildew that was growing in the corners of the deck, and got the white real white again.

Great little machine for the money.

Thanks, putershark!

awesome imput guys, and for the wife thing My deck is the artificial wood stuff, EXPENSIVE but worth it, All I need to do once in a while is hose off the dirt from the wind. No painting, no sealing, no more hot foot in the sun, gosh I could go on and on ...LOVE MY DECK>

[Putershark]

Your are very welcome... You can also use this in the soap tank of the pressure washer as well http://www.saltawayproducts.com/ComboPage.htm if you boat in salt water to help blast it all away the salt from the hull and boat trailer. This or on your truck body and frame if you get stuck driving on roads up North that had salt applied to them to rid them of Ice and Snow

[special K]

Well I finally broke down and bought one(Troy-bilt 2550psi). I do have one question, it says in the manual not to use normal house hold cleaning agents only those made for pressure washers. Is there any truth in that or will I damage my washer. I bought two gallons of simple green and now I am afraid to use it. I did my driveway with just water and it worked pretty good, I am just wondering how much cleaner I could get stuff with bleach or some other cleaning agent.

[cagrove]

I've used Simple Green and straight bleach and never had a problem. When I'm done cleaning I run a gallon of fresh water through the cleaner intake just because I don't want the cleaner sitting and possibly reacting to any of the gaskets, etc. Just my 1/50 of a dollar.

[nocturn]

I use Krud Kutter for EVERYTHING "Pressure Washer"!