Turbo Nozzle (?) and Chemical for heavy equipment

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Pinebilly

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Hello Everyone,

First off just wanted to say thanks for everyones help on this forum, I am really thankful for people being so generous with their experience/advice.

I am cleaning heavy equipment that has caked on mud and grease. I dont have the opportunity to pre wash this equipment (with a firehose) so I was wondering what would be a good attachment to get rid of the big stuff (while minimizing water usage, IF this is even possible)

I was thinking a turbo nozzle would be a good idea possibly? If so what brand/kind of turbo nozzle would be best to go with? If a turbo nozzle is not the best for this application what would work better?

Also, I am realizing that chemicals are super important as they cut your work time down quite a bit and without a good chemical I just cant get things as clean as I would like. Any recommendations on a good chemical that will get DIRTY heavy equipment clean?? (loaders, dozers, excavators etc.. BIG equipment)

Once again, great forum I really appreciate everyones advice. This is a great place to learn!

PineBilly
 
Turbo

Try a rotating nozzle with a wide pattern. The smaller pattern turbos are great for chewing gum on sidewalks and areas where concentrated impact is important. The wider Turbos, such as the RotoJet & Dirt Killer, are ideally suited for what you are trying to do. Just be careful and not to get to close or hold the nozzle in one place to long. This could damage the substrate.

As far as chemical - you are right - it is extremely important but not until you remove this excessive build-up. Once removed use a high pH (NON-CAUSTIC) cleaner to top off the job.

You can tell in the chemical you are using is Non-Caustic by looking at the Haz Ingredients on the MSDS. If you see either of these two products listed, Sodium Hydroxide or Potassium Hydroxide, then you are using the paint removing or exhaust hood cleaning family of product. You will see a lot of these types of products being sold for general surface cleaning. Why? They are cheap to manufacture. Be careful.

Hope this helps
 
I went ahead and purchased a Dirt Killer and will see if that gets the job done. I ordered the more expensive one that spins a bit slower so I could have volume of water to get off the mud first.

As for chemical I am being shipped some Z GREASER from Enviro spec and I will report as to if it works or not. I will be downstreaming this chemical I think as to save time and also apply it at more pressure and hot water then just spraying it on.

PB
 
ive been washing forestry and mining equip for years i use a big straight ahead ang remove heavy stuff first,this also pre wets everything(very important) then i use a very heavy caustic solution applied heavy, with warm water closly paying attention to the runnoff dripping down if theres any colour of the same thing your washing then rinse immediatly otherwise usually takes about 5 min dwell ,depending on the outside temp.sometimes takes multiple applications but they come clean! i even wash in the winter at -25 if degreaser dries in sun and stains the paint just reaply degreaser wait a couple of min brush with soft brush and it restored,pay attention not to get on glass! it too use a turbo nozzle(fast spinning) remember "volume is everything"it rinses or moves youre splatter easyier, washed 27 peces for an auction used over 2000 gallons waterluck steve
 
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