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Pressure washers

hot water vs cold

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Jim M (RI)

01-30-2003 08:22:32




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I too am looking to buy pressure washer for my antiques (tractors and hit & miss engines). Seems like you can get a good high pressure cold water unit (3000/4000 psi and 3-4 gal/min) for around $750-1000. When you go to hot water (steam?) price seems to go up 2 - 2 1/2 times. Hopefully I am only going to do this once. Is the hot water that much better. Help please.
Thanks, Jim




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Big Mike

02-01-2003 12:42:03




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 Re: Pressure washers - hot water vs cold in reply to Jim M (RI), 01-30-2003 08:22:32  
We use a 3500 psi 4gpm cold washer.Zep truck wash bio-degradable soap mixed with water in a garden sprayer.Castrol aso makes a product called purple cleaner that works well and is eaiser to find than the Zep product.We get results as good as the higher priced hot water units ....Big Mike



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G Taylor

01-30-2003 15:41:39




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 Re: Pressure washers - hot water vs cold in reply to Jim M (RI), 01-30-2003 08:22:32  
Purchase the hot water style or at leats a washer whose pump can handle hot tap water. Or forever wish you had purchased heat once you have used both a hot and cold units.



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Bob

01-30-2003 14:03:53




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 Re: Pressure washers - hot water vs cold in reply to Jim M (RI), 01-30-2003 08:22:32  
I think some of the commercial ones heat the water on the high side of the pump, so that the hot water never touches the pump. As for mine, I've got an old teel twin-piston pump that is rated for up to 180 degrees, so I run water from the hot tap through it. No problems so far, but then it's not one of those new high dollar triplex plungered, ceramic pistoned thingamajobbies either. The hot does definitely work better than cold on greasy iron.....

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Dell (WA)

01-30-2003 13:09:39




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 Re: Pressure washers - hot water vs cold in reply to Jim M (RI), 01-30-2003 08:22:32  
Jim..... ...Sometimes it makes "economic sense" to hire a mobile hot pressure wash to come and visit and gettem all at one time. Other times, maybe rent one? OR "pawn shop"? ..... ...Dell



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Hal/WA

01-30-2003 09:16:26




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 Re: Pressure washers - hot water vs cold in reply to Jim M (RI), 01-30-2003 08:22:32  
I have a related question: Can you run hot water through a pressure washer that normally uses cold water?

I have a hot water tap in my attached garage and could easily increase the temperature in my gas water heater when I want to use the pressure washer. I have used a kerosene heated pressure washer in the past and was amazed at how much better it did than just using cold, pressurized water. What has held me back is that I don't want to tear up the pressure washer I have access to. If it was mine, I would just try the hot water, but it is borrowed from a buddy.

Anybody tried this?

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MR

01-31-2003 09:06:24




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 Re: Re: Pressure washers - hot water vs cold in reply to Hal/WA, 01-30-2003 09:16:26  
I use a garden hose Y on the hot and cold water taps to mix just anough hot water to bring the well water up to room temperature. I havn't had any seal problems. I think If you used all hot water it would damage the seals.



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kjm

01-30-2003 20:25:45




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 Re: Re: Pressure washers - hot water vs cold in reply to Hal/WA, 01-30-2003 09:16:26  
Hal, the third time I had to put seals in the shops washer I finaly figurd out that it was the hot tap water that was the problem. Now we use warm water.



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Chuck in TX

01-30-2003 10:15:42




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 Re: Re: Pressure washers - hot water vs cold in reply to Hal/WA, 01-30-2003 09:16:26  
Some of the higher pressure units talk about thermal shut off in the pumps. Don't know what temperatures that would involve or if heating the water a couple of degrees would even matter in the scale of things. Also don't know how hot the water needs to be to make a difference.



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