[AT] Pressure washers

[hank at millerfarm.com]

With pressure washers more is often worse!   IMHO, both of the units  
you listed are too powerful.   Those cheap 1000psi units work good,  
and don't strip the paint off of whatever you are cleaning.  I would  
call heat more important than pressure (most headed units are 3000 psi  
though).

All pressure washers (even just garden hose pressure at times) have a  
tendency of getting water where you don't want it - past oil seals and  
into your bearings.

Don't get me wrong, the high pressure units do have a place (and are  
generally much higher quality = lasts longer).   There are some things  
that need more pressure.   However make sure you can drop your  
pressure down, and that you do so unless you actually need the pressure.

Quoting Mike Meulenberg <msm10301 at juno.com>:

> I'd be interested to get opinions on pressure washers from the list.  
> I believe I'm going to ask Santa for one this year, but there seems  
> to be quite a wide variety of psi/gpm to choose from. What I don't  
> want to do is get an under-powered unit and regret it later. I was  
> looking at a couple in the store the other day, there was a Honda  
> that had 2600 psi w/2.3 gpm, and also a Snap-On that had 3200 psi  
> w/2.6 gpm. How much of a difference would I notice between the two?
> Thanks,
> Mike M
>
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