What do I need in a Waterblaster?

[nzspokes]

Im after a waterblaster to tidy up my deck, it will get used for other stuff.

How much PSI and flow do I need?

[bogan]

Just bought one myself the other week, Ryobi K2 for $116 bucks, fine for washing cars/bikes and taking dirt off shit. You're not going to get the deep penetration with it to take heavy build up and bring a shine back to old concrete or roofs though. I figure this will do 99% of the jobs I need, and if I find a 1% job I can borrow or hire one.

[Mike.Gayner]

I don't know anything about waterblasters, which why I bought a $200 Briggs and Stratton from Bunnings which is a huge piece of shit. Took my fucking HOURS to do my deck with it. Really cheaply made, very unimpressive.

Don't do what I did.

Edit: I think it was this piece of crap. Don't be me.
https://www.bunnings.co.nz/briggs-st...ster_p00327933

[russd7]

water would be a good start. just sayin

[Akzle]

if on town supply then water consumption no issue. otherwise lowest are about 5L/min.
m0ar PSIs are better.
long pressure hose is a must. 5 meters is minimum, 8 is good, 25 is ideal.

karcher and alto both do deck-scrubby heads, Necessary on pine deck as standard fan or spinny woosh-woosh head will nib the fuck out of the tread. hardwoods not so bad but still better not raising the grain.

electric is fine if you can never envision yourself needing to waterblast shit aweh from electrickery or during a power cut.
brass fittings beat plastic.

spending more jewgolds gets you better shit. i wouldnt expect to pay less than an ounce for a waterblaster.

also, stihl aren't shit.

[ellipsis]

...3000psi?...

[Honest Andy]

I had a bloke round to clean my place a bit. He did great work on everything with a great big waterblaster and heaps of cool attachments. EXCEPT the wooden decks which he wouldn't touch because he said it wrecks the wood. I thought "ahh, she'll be right" and had a go with my little toy Karcher. It took flamin ages and even the little Karcher was ripping bits of grain out in places when I wasn't careful.
Now I use a broom and bleach, or "30 Seconds", and hose off. Uses more sweat but takes less time

[flashg]

8.3 litres a minute @ 2100psi is what my karcher k5 puts out. It's plenty for cleaning the dirt bikes fast.

[flashg]

Also the karcher k5 (and some other karchers)is capable of sucking water from a tank if you don't have enough flow from your tap

[nzspokes]

I had a bloke round to clean my place a bit. He did great work on everything with a great big waterblaster and heaps of cool attachments. EXCEPT the wooden decks which he wouldn't touch because he said it wrecks the wood. I thought "ahh, she'll be right" and had a go with my little toy Karcher. It took flamin ages and even the little Karcher was ripping bits of grain out in places when I wasn't careful.
Now I use a broom and bleach, or "30 Seconds", and hose off. Uses more sweat but takes less time

Handy to know.

[R650R]

electric is fine if you can never envision yourself needing to waterblast shit aweh from electrickery or during a power cut.

Yeah nothing like the panic of not being able to clean up bloodstains during a powercut....

As for power level, had a weakass small unit, it was fine on concrete, you just had to get it real close to the surface. Water speed seems to drop off exponentially as it gets further away from nozzle.

Am I the only person who still washes their vehicles with soapy rags and garden hose and never has to buy suspension bushes or wheel bearings???

[YellowDog]

I don't know anything about waterblasters, which why I bought a $200 Briggs and Stratton from Bunnings which is a huge piece of shit. Took my fucking HOURS to do my deck with it. Really cheaply made, very unimpressive.

Don't do what I did.

Edit: I think it was this piece of crap. Don't be me.
https://www.bunnings.co.nz/briggs-st...ster_p00327933

Give you $40 for it?

[jasonu]

Im after a waterblaster to tidy up my deck, it will get used for other stuff.

How much PSI and flow do I need?

At least 3000psi and 3 gallons per minute. The gallons per minute is almost as important as the psi.
Be careful using it on wood, it will strip the wood if you go too nuts. Do tester runs where it doesn't matter. Can sometimes be better to chemically wash a wood deck.

[Akzle]

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Am I the only person who still washes their vehicles with soapy rags and garden hose and never has to buy suspension bushes or wheel bearings???

what kind of a gay washes a vehicle??

[nzspokes]

what kind of a gay washes a vehicle??

Those of us that can afford them.

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