I need to power wash my driveway

[Chris...]

[BuffJim]

I’ve had my house 10 years and never once did I think I needed to power wash the driveway.

[jsharr ★]

Could you use photoshop and make it look clean in the pic?

[Razors Edge ★]

Winter is the best time to do it!  Put a small temporary lip at the lowest points, and have a temporary skating rink! 

[Tizeye]

You're lucky. You are not on a corner lot with sidewalks. Thanks to planning laying my sprinkler system, I know the two circuits along the sidewalk and purchasing the pipes, it is greater than the length of a football field.

Assuming using a concrete attachment, do each section twice - across, then up and down. Two neighbors paid good money to have theirs done and was the trashiest job I have ever seen as they did the single sweep leaving streaks.

[Bikeguy]

On 12/15/2023 at 11:44 AM, Tizeye said:

Assuming using a concrete attachment, do each section twice - across, then up and down.

This..

My driveway finished in front of the garage. 

[Ralphie ★]

Definitely use the concrete attachment.  The regular jet takes forever and removes too much of the concrete surface. 

[Bikeguy]

5 hours ago, Ralphie said:

Definitely use the concrete attachment.  The regular jet takes forever

Yeah... I learned that the hard way.   

I used a surface cleaner th last 2 years.  It is a LOT quicker. 

The 2nd year,  the spinning nozzles didn't want to spin from time to time. I then blew compressed air backwards through the nozzles.  That solved the problem. I still don't know how something under 3000 psi can get plugged up. 

[Ralphie ★]

8 minutes ago, Bikeguy said:

Yeah... I learned that the hard way.   

I used a surface cleaner th last 2 years.  It is a LOT quicker. 

The 2nd year,  the spinning nozzles didn't want to spin from time to time. I then blew compressed air backwards through the nozzles.  That solved the problem. I still don't know how something under 3000 psi can get plugged up. 

A surface cleaner like Olympic Deck stain remover applied with just a garden sprayer?  I used that on my patio and it worked great but it gets expensive. 

[BR46]

Got a old lawnmower? 

 

 

[Bikeguy]

28 minutes ago, Ralphie said:

A surface cleaner like Olympic Deck stain remover applied with just a garden sprayer?  I used that on my patio and it worked great but it gets expensive

Nope..  a concrete surface cleaner connects to my gas powered power washer. 

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