Briggs and Stratton Pressure Washer General Purpose Detergent

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#259929 31-Oct-2019 07:30

Briggs and Stratton (from what I can find) don't seem to sell their own branded general purpose detergent (I don't want it for a car).

What are other people using?

Can I use the Karcher product (for example)?

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#2346607 31-Oct-2019 08:12

I got some with my Bosh pressure washer, used it on the car. I might as well have not bothered - a brush does a 10X better job in half the time. I haven't tried on a house, but I expect similar results. The place I find pressure washers useful is concrete or wood.

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#2346622 31-Oct-2019 09:13

timmmay:

I got some with my Bosh pressure washer, used it on the car. I might as well have not bothered - a brush does a 10X better job in half the time. I haven't tried on a house, but I expect similar results. The place I find pressure washers useful is concrete or wood.

Care is needed using waster blasters on timber - too much pressure and/or nozzle too close can do much damage to, say, a deck. An enthusiastic mate of ours completely wrecked his deck this way.

Similarly using a high-pressure water blaster on concrete can wash away some of the ‘fines’ (sand etc) from the surface - making it rougher and providing better opportunities for moss, mould and algae to live there.

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#2346626 31-Oct-2019 09:32

eracode:

Care is needed using waster blasters on timber - too much pressure and/or nozzle too close can do much damage to, say, a deck. An enthusiastic mate of ours completely wrecked his deck this way.

Similarly using a high-pressure water blaster on concrete can wash away some of the ‘fines’ (sand etc) from the surface - making it rougher and providing better opportunities for moss, mould and algae to live there.

Yeah, true. You have to be careful with it.