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    Looking for a wand where the lance screws in w/o oring

    Changing orings is a pain and I dont see a need to have a gun where I can change lances easily. Are there any guns that use just a brass threaded fitting to attach the lance to the gun?
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    Can you help me fix my lawn mower

    I've got a craftsman lawn mower my neighbor gave me. It has run fine for 2 years and when I went to start it for the first time this year the starter turned the engine but slowly then that stopped and nothing happened. I thought it was the starter but my father in law helped me figure out that...
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    Who has hooked up to a fire hydrant?

    We are about to have the ability to run 17gpm! Its going to be awesome, except at places like we were last night when even hooking up at two spigots I think we had 10ish gpm. I have seen mention of people hooking up to hydrants and Im curious how that works.
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    New concrete cleaning

    A new store going up with new concrete seems like a perfect opportunity to get them off to a great start before cars start dripping oil on everything. But how long does concrete need to cure before pressure washing. Seems like if its hard enough for cars to drive on its hard enough for pw but is...
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    Engine clacking

    <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/3fGxlPWCeHc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> It started pretty quickly but when its cranking there is a sound i dont think is right.
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    Moving chemicals from big container to pump sprayer

    I mix my chems in five gal buckets and use pump sprayer to hit oil spots etc. Im looking for a better way to get from bucket to sprayer.
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    How frequent is your most frequent client?

    Weekly here. The client was doing twice a week before but our once a week kills their former twice a week sloppy service.
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    Quieting Pressure Washer

    Car engine, big, quiet. PW engine, small, loud. Has anyone done any extra muffling of their pressure washer to reduce the noise. Ive been curious about this since we got it but now we have a client that is night work and we are getting a lot of their friends. If we could start at 10pm rather...
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    Tongue weight?

    Before you say it, I know, I need a bigger truck, but until then... I have a 2000 Ranger V6, manual says max trailer weight is ~4000 lb. This is fine because our rig is only 2000-2500 dry. We need a second unit on there though. Im concerned that the tongue weight is going to be limited. Im...
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    What if I have two downstream injectors on one line

    Kiloman Hal gave me some good advice of chems. Our pw downstreams very weak. Pump spraying is ok on places around greas dumps and things but time consuming on large areas. What if I put two injectors on a line and put the hoses in the bucket, will that double the draw?
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    Sodium metasilicate vs sodium hydroxide

    Does anyone know much about these. Do they pretty much do the same thing? Im trying to research and getting a little lost.
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    Getting a lot of nozzle clogging

    Im thinking it may be the orings i use. It seems to happen after using heat for an extended period and its on smaller nozzles. Is there a filter that I can use on my surface cleaner and are there particular orings that should be used for hot water pw. Viton?
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    2 bars in 1 month

    I have destroyed 2 spray bars in a month. Actually one was me one was my partner. one down by a doorstop the second one by a rock, probably. grr
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    Do you pretreat

    Do you do a broad pretreatment on comm flatwork?
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    Rinsing, there must be a better way.

    Rinsing takes as long if not longer than surface cleaning. Especially on washes where the whole lot is crete. Im looking for some tips to be more efficient if anyone has anything good.
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    how much faster is a motorized surface cleaner?

    Apples to apples. Has anyone done the math with real world testing?
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    Removing Paint from steps

    One of my restaurants used to have painted wooden steps. Most of the paint in the middle of the steps has worn off but he wants me to remove the paint at the ends. What can I do. Ive tried hitting it with pressure and scraping. I havent tried any chems.
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    Adhesive

    What is a good adhesive for PW stuff. Heres what Ive got. 1. Busted spray bar, tip was ripped out so the bar has some missing threads. I have a replacement now but the old bar does hold the tip, I would like to put something on the threads, screw in the tip and hope itll have some more hold and...
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    Curb washing and mulch protection

    Looking for ideas on how to wash curbs and not blast away all the mulch behind them. A 1/4 piece of plywood with some waterproof paint is the only thing I can think of but I can see that having limitations, too short and Ill have to move it a lot too long and it wont fit in some portions. Any...
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    Working at night

    I would like to work more at night. We are going to have to work at night on sunday and the mgr is going to try to leave the lights on for us. What kind of lighting do you use when the big lights arent going to be on?
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