Basic Pressure Washing tips for beginners

In this video, I cover the basics of pressure washing around the home using the CRAFTSMAN Gas pressure washer. The above link will take you to the Lowe's website. There are many other things you can clean with these, like cars and pool areas. You can get attachments specifically for those purposes. It's a very versatile tool!

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[borregof]

A little advice from personal experience: If you are using your pressure washer near a swimming pool, be careful to not let the pressure washer vibrate itself into the pool.

[whiteknightcat]

There are two things the video didn't mention.

Over time the snap on connections will become difficult to use, especially when trying to disconnect them. It's a good idea to use a rubber safe lubricant, like silicone grease, to lightly lubricate the ball bearings in the connections. You also definitely want to lubricate the O-rings - the owners manual for my machine also mentions that.

For cleaning concrete floors, driveways, or wood decks there is a specific attachment that can be purchased for that. It works wonders and makes the job a lot quicker and more efficient. There are YT videos demonstrating such an attachment.

[DRCK]

Always point wand at ground at test spray after attaching tip. Sometimes they may not be attached properly and fly off hitting a car or a window *shifty eyes*

[gbrim]

Great video. Didn't try to oversell the washer's capabilities like a lot of videos and was clear and to the point. Very well done.

[onwardwiththeswans]

My husband works out of town a lot and I need to power wash. I’ve watched so many videos to show me how and this is the best one yet. Thank you for this amazingly helpful video now I know what to do

[kenmasters]

Pressure washed the house. Came to the realization i need to paint lol.

[amychiligiris]

Thank you so much for this. We bought our pressure washer 2 years ago and I was too scared to figure out how to use it. Thank you for the clear and informative instruction.

[ericgauthier]

I bought the same one CASH ... knocked on some doors ... got some homes that wanted a washing .... after the weekend was over, I made my money back plus took the lady and myself out to dinner

[timothymelvin]

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS VIDEO!!! You are precise. I understood everything and it didn't take 30 minutes for you to do it. You were clear and straight to the point. You have a fan in me! I'll be following for any other clips.

[youtuuba]

One thing that seems to always go un-said in pressure washer user manuals and instruction videos is proper care of the hose. These are not soft rubber hoses like used with air compressors, rather they are fairly stiff, hard-walled PVC or similar material. They will kink easily, and are more likely to kink when bent if they also have a twist to them. For that reason, it is important to take care when unrolling them, and rolling them up for storage, to have them roll neatly in the orientation that the hose wants to be in. Personally, I use a hand cranked garden hose reel, and reel up the hose while it is stretched out on the driveway, so it can untwist itself as it is drawn in towards the reel. I just store the hose on that reel, and un-reel it from there when needed.

[zfilmmaker]

I recently recycled a 330 gallon DEF IBC tote from my farm to run my pressure washer where I don’t have a water hook up. I filled the tote to the top which is a lot of water. I thought it wouldn’t be enough, but I washed three tractors, a round hay baler which gets very dirty, a 30’ hay rake and tedder and a CanAm X3 and all of that was barely a quarter of the tank. Pressure washers use barely any water making them the ideal low cost cleaning tool.

[gotchurebeacons-gaming]

Great video, thanks! Here’s a tip I learned long ago and it really has helped me with all my gas powered toys that sit over the winter months...trimmers, chainsaws, blowers...even the 65 Mustang: Non-ethanol gas. Not all stations carry it but you can usually find a place or 2 in every town that does. It doesn’t seem to go bad like all the ethanol-mixed gas does.

[DarthCrimsonDeath]

Wish I had these tips back when I was using a pressure washer for my work establishment back in the days.
Great videos, very glad I found this channel!

[souldxoutx]

Thinking of starting my side business pressure washing house and decks and stuff . This is helping

[woody]

I decided to expand my lawn care side job and start pressure washing as well. I bought a Delta 3600psi/3.5gpm pressure washer with a Honda GX340. It's tough to pull start but sure gets the job done!

[LRNDIY]

Adam! Just got my first pressure washer recently and am planning to wash my Mom's home tomorrow so this was timely and well done. Hope to see you again soon!

[maegensands]

I love your kid in the window! Too cute

[joshuapyle]

I learned about pressure washing recently and I’ve been really interested about investing in it. This video helped me a lot, so thank you 👍🏻

[seymourtheghost]

This is the best video on the topic I've seen yet. Thank you!

[joshualanderss]

Excellent job on the video I really enjoyed it I’ve been pressure washing my entire life and you did an excellent job explaining it