Pressure washer accessories

[cheechi]

I have this 2800 PSI 2.3 GPM Briggs powered pressure washer.

I have a concrete driveway, a brick house, part of it is vinyl sided. Parents and neighbour have vinyl siding also. Can't think what else might be relevant.

Focusing on cleaning the driveway for now. Do I want one of these or these in general for all this stuff? Is it ideal to have both for what I have here?

What's the general recommendation for which nozzle to use cleaning car, riding mower (especially the underneath)? I can't imagine 0* is ok for all of those. Did ok cleaning decades of mold and mildew off the vinyl siding at my parents house. Took more than an hour for a ~20ft wall. It was really filthy, purple power on the soap nozzle and then 0* got it pretty much cleaned. Haven't used it heavily since then. My dad used it once and burned through the hose pulling it tight to the exhaust. They don't make repair kits for those hoses like they do for garden hose I'm guessing? I've already got a new hose anyway but I'd like it if the other wasn't just trash.

Suggestions of specific items, brands, whatever would be great. I just grabbed two that I know are similar to what I can find in stores too. Probably have some more questions I'm not remembering to ask.

Thanks in advance.

 

[wkndwarrior29]

I have a similar surface cleaner and it works great. It is an ezclean model carried by home depot - I bought it used on eBay for a fraction of the price.

 

[Rory Bellows]

Turbo nozzle from pressure washers direct .com

 

[kctyphoon]

The surface cleaner is a must have. It will knock your cleaning time down by 3/4 at least..

My suggestion is this - get a surface cleaning attachment and a water broom attachment for any kind or sidewalk, concrete or driveway. The surface cleaner will blow all the dirt out, the water broom will push it all into the street.. They are both must haves as far as I'm concerned..

When I do the vinyl siding or fences on my house, I spray detergent on them all first (one section at a time) and I use a soft scrub brush(like a car wash type) on a long extending aluminum handle to give everything one or two passes with the brush ( that's usually enough to lift the dirt out) and then go over the section pass by pass with the washer with one of the fan nozzles.. This all seems to work really well for me when I do it.

Pressurewashersdirect.com

 

[JerryC]

I can say that for the driveway you want the surface cleaner. I have the EZ clean version. It's about 3-4x as fast as a regular nozzle and 2x as fast as a turbo nozzle. It does a better job cleaning than either nozzle, it doesn't tend to leave streaks and cleans more thoroughly.
The turbo nozzle is great for tough stains, I used it on bricks that had 20 years of grime and it quickly removed stains the regular nozzle could not. If you get too close or stay in one place it can wreck things. I cut a fallen twig the size of my finger in half with mine in about a split second.

 

[cheechi]

I was looking at a water broom and a soft bristle for cars too. Basically I'm trying to figure out do I need one of everything or what's more a priority.

There's nothing wrong with the gun I have but somebody makes one with a side handle like a hammer drill, and I kind of want that too. Does anyone have or think having one is a benefit?

JerryC thanks. That's exactly what I was looking for.

 

[kctyphoon]

I was looking at a water broom and a soft bristle for cars too. Basically I'm trying to figure out do I need one of everything or what's more a priority.

There's nothing wrong with the gun I have but somebody makes one with a side handle like a hammer drill, and I kind of want that too. Does anyone have or think having one is a benefit?

I have the cheapest gun they make. The more **** that's on it, the heavier it gets. I also took it apart to remove the safety button that is just a hassle. I do have a side handle, but it's the clamp type that just clamps onto the plain metal wand extension anywhere I want it.

 

[cheechi]

sweet. The gun that came with my unit has a thumb safety button. Is it just as simple as take it apart and remove a spring or something? I'm sure yours is pretty similar to mine it's nothing special but it works.

I'm going to look into that side handle too, probably better than buying a new gun just to get one. Is the side handle useful to you?

 

[JerryC]

I also recommend that you get a wand extension with the surface cleaner to save your back if the wand that came with your washer isn't long enough to let you use it without bending over.

I wish I had seen one of the clamp on grips KC showed, that would have been nice. I'll looking for that now.