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Wallace
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And wet weather gear! Last time I used mine was on some alloy inlet manifolds and the finish was excellent.
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I like this idea did you make it yourself ?
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does the jet washer thingy work faultlessly ...i kinda imagined they would clog easy what with water and sand
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It does clog but not a lot,depends on the grade of sand and power washers force.
I bought my lance from wickes about 14 months ago? and at the time was the cheapest around at £16 and now looking around the prices have rocketed,ebay being the cheapest at £44 but that seller can supply you with the correct lance for your pressure washer as there are a few gun attachment that are different in connection from lance to gun.
I had to make an adaptor for the wickes lance which was fisk I think? and the pressure washer was made by Karcher for Powercraft branding.
Will strip the head down tomorrow and take a few pics to give you an idea of the heads contentents,basically thats all you need as the attachment is nothing but a steel hollow rod*would be better in brass though)
The head is nothing but a casing to accomodate the pressure washer lance and tubing from sand to head,there is one important part and thats the hollow insert at the face of the head,on this wickes on its stainless steel and has an internal diameter of 1.5mm/2mm?
Pics tomorrow if I can disassemble it?
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I do like your home made job not got a pressure washer yet and have being thinking about it as my back is bad and would make cleaning the car easy. so how much would the hole set up cost ? how much bar does it kick out as do not want to buy a duff washer ..
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cold water washers arent much cop on cleaning traffic film of cars just mud . hot water washers using traffic film remover are good but it strips the polish of your car .sand lances on a power washer are the next best thing to compressed air blasting but are slower and prone to blockages now and then
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Now you're asking something,the pressure washer is nigh on 9/10 years? old from Aldi and I would have to dig out the user manual for its specs? I do know the motor is an induction motor at a rating of 2Kw and I would not touch a pressure washer thats got a brush type motor as they do not last very long.
This one has been really hammered on paving,brickwork,paintwork...really has been through the mill in terms of constant use,bargain at the time of £80
I will see if the manual is still about
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as I only want to use it with sand blasting like your set up
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Two different concepts though innit,ones waterfed and the others air fed and with air fed the sand goes everywhere and is dangerous to health.
As i said depends on the grade of sand and pressure washer force and if you can remember to lift lance up when releasing trigger then water will not dampen the sand at the input head.
On saying this I was not bothered about the clogging as it was doing the job a lot better than Citric acid and lets face it i would have needed a big tub to dunk the bike frame in.
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Must investigate this one, I have a Karcher pressure washer and often want to get aggressive with the cleaning game.
My teenager is a bit shower averse.
My teenager is a bit shower averse.
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I'm just amazed at the prices some firms are selling the lances at,anywhere between £40 upto £120.
When you break the lance down from an attachment to the washer to the metal tube and the head is only made of plastic surround with brass fittings but the cleaning tip is anywhere between Stainless Steel to Tungsten,the thing is not worth some of the prices offered,you can make one up if you have the tools and a Lathe to make it.
A square block of aluminium or brass will do the head because the head has a hole drill the length of the block and another hole drilled towards that other hole at an angle.
How do they come up with these silly prices for a component that probably cost £12 in materials.
When you break the lance down from an attachment to the washer to the metal tube and the head is only made of plastic surround with brass fittings but the cleaning tip is anywhere between Stainless Steel to Tungsten,the thing is not worth some of the prices offered,you can make one up if you have the tools and a Lathe to make it.
A square block of aluminium or brass will do the head because the head has a hole drill the length of the block and another hole drilled towards that other hole at an angle.
How do they come up with these silly prices for a component that probably cost £12 in materials.
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Because most people are basically stupid!
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Not necessarily. I've had no end of variation in finish on pieces, with varying strength of solution. That's why I'm somewhat loathe to use citric these days. It's just a guessing game as to whether the piece you're attempting to clean/derust will work well with the solution or not. Some are fine, (HSS tool steel being one which springs to mind), whilst other pieces can come out looking shonky as owt. If there's a happy medium with citric, I'll be damned if I can personally find it.
