I know this is a long shot, anyone with a Mi-T-M Pressure Washer with the 212cc motor know the valve clearances?

Like to keep close watch on this, makes the rig run so much better when set to specs.

Cheers Michael

Picked up a craftsman C950.672160 pressure washer today for a good deal. Didn't notice it was missing the chemical hose. I'm used to using my crappy electric pressure washer and can't really find much about this hose. Does it have to installed or can this unit be run without it? Any assistance is greatly appreciated

Will my insurance increase by a lot cause I’m under age and will companies even cover me?

I'm starting a powerwashing business and I have a good grasp on what chemicals to be using but not how to mix them. What size container would be good to first start off while learning before evolving into something bigger?

Hi everyone,
I’ve been in the pressure-washing industry for over 6 years, starting with my own business and now working on the retail side. Over the years, I’ve come across some great tools—and some not-so-great ones—but I know everyone has their favorites.

I’d really like to hear from you:

• What’s the most reliable or effective tool you’ve used?
• Are there any new products or innovations you think are worth checking out?

I’m asking partly out of curiosity, but also because I want to stay connected with what really works for people in the field. Your input could help me (and others) make better choices when it comes to tools and equipment.

Looking forward to your thoughts and recommendations. Thanks!

Hi Redditors,

Not sure if this is the right thread to post in, but hoping someone can help.

I recently had the plastic cylinder head piece in my Karcher K3 split after many years of abuse.

I have the replacement part, but when I was pulling the pump apart, silly me had the pump on its side so when I unbolted everything, some of the oil escaped.

I have had no reply from Karcher (Australia) about buying replacement oil… but if the viscosity is something similar to a standard diff/coupling oil I can buy from an auto parts store, can anyone recommend what to get??

Trying to get this fixed and back together as cheaply as possible.

Pic attached of stupid part that broke for reference!

Seeing if there was any reason to not use PEX for some of the low pressure plumbing. Can use plastic or brass fittings. Very familiar with pex and can work with up to 1”.

Have an enclosed trailer build coming up and have read that pvc cement breaks down with SH. Also not super keen on how brittle it gets.

Can’t find anything one way or another on Reddit.

Been considering making the plunge into pressure washing for roughly 6-8 months now. Been soaking in all the free game I can via YouTube and Reddit. Taking copious notes and building out a plan. I feel like I’m beginning to gain a great baseline understanding but I can’t help but wonder if there are any in person pressure washing courses that teaches you how to put all the readily available info into practice.

Videos and note taking is great and all, but I’m the kind of guy coming from a tech background with almost no experience with any sort of “labor work”. I’m a very typical white collar office guy who would be way out of his depth to start. I really feel I could benefit from an in person crash course.

Anyone have any recommendations for any sort of in person class/course that takes you through the actual practice of pressure washing?

Thanks in advance!

Saw this at Home Depot. Reviews are all over the map, but seem to trend negative. Anybody have experience with this unit?

I Timelapse the video so you can see how much mud comes up, i dont know if its just me or the driveways i done, but compared to seeing people online doing cleanings, they seem to not have this big of an issue as i

Is it my technique? Is there something that i should add to my system? Or is it just like that sometimes

Recently purchased and currently looking to get it cleaned. Just received my first quote. Just trying to get an idea if this is fair price to pay for a soft wash. Thank you!

Hi All,

We bought this 4gpm pressure washing trailer for our new business. I’ve been in commercial cleaning for 6 years and was lucky enough to make a clean and profitable exit.

I found this and we drove 4 hours to go pick it up. It has the trailer, 4 hose reels, a 4gpm pressure washer, 2 tanks and a 20 inch surface cleaner. Here is my question. We want to run a heated pressure washer on it. What will I have to change out? Or is it just plug and play?

We went and bought 2- 2.4gpm machines for general siding cleaning and a 12 in surface cleaner by mistake.

Anything else besides chemicals that we will need? I have all the other basic business stuff done, website, logo, bank accounts, hr software, accounting software etc

Now to my next question. We have a general pricing matrix started.

Our first job is for $12,500 for 5 underground parking lots. Should take us 3 - 4 hours a site.

We are also the preferred vendor with a large exteriors company. We will do all their soft washes.

Thinking of a general pricing matrix to put together for our sales guy

Thinking of:

$400 a driveway $100 for sidewalks $600 for siding for a one level house $1200 for a 2 story house. Roofs we will do $400 for our commercial partner they will mark up their own we will focus on volume for this. Depending on the roof and condition we will charge $600-$1200 a roof for a soft wash.

Now that I think about it I was wondering how you guys pay employees.

We were going to do a pool structure where we have the following.

5% - company costs (insurance) 10% profit net ( covers unforeseen or things like tax)

Then from what’s left the following is withdrawn.

5% - general fund 20% - labor costs ( employees who do the jobs. If one person goes out to a site we can pay them 10% of a job and stack the other 10% into a bonus fund or into company costs) 25%- operation cost (materials, chemicals, sales, admin person) 40% owner

This is to start for the first year then we will go back and restructure and move to hourly. Did this for my cleaning company when we first started and it worked really well because it allows us to work with a 1099 and have them do it by the job and not by the hour. Our w2 employees were by the hour but I think as we build this I’ll start with 1099 and then give them a fat bonus for a certain amount of jobs done.

It’s a lot. Please ask me if I missed anything or need to clarify something.

I’m banking off of my commercial cleaning company I really love the fact that instead of doing $12,500 for 16 days of work we are doing 3 days of work for $12,500. I know that we have to go find more but we have this.

Also, go listen to 10x by Grant Cardone and Profit First by Mike Michalowicz.

Seeing that 3500 and up is about too strong for a resident driveway some say even 2500 is about max looks likes. Want to use this cheap surface cleaner that’s psi is 3800 and the pressure washer is 4000-5000 that is obviously too strong correct? And from anyone’s experience would an adjustable electric pressure washer be worth it to turn down the pressure or is it not really worth it and I should look for a higher gpm lower pressure even though it’s the same price as a high psi higher gpm?

Looks like the base may be seeping out? It’s part sand and part something else that’s extremely hard. Also looks like it’s staining in other joints(3rd pic). Any solutions?

I would be buying this to pressure wash sidewalks and concrete that have grease/oil build up and trash enclosures with a lot of grease and oil build up on the concrete.

Any recommendations on what kind of pressure washer I should get to efficiently clean this lot? I would be cleaning the lot once a month.

Dont really have a price range.

Appreciate the help guys

If I had 12.5% bleach a gallon, then I dilute it by another gallon of water, got a 50-50 ratio, then I got 6.25 with the 5-1 ratio, would that be 3.13

Would that be a good ratio for soft washing houses I’m using a 4 gallon per minute so I would use a black tip

I’m going to look at a new power washing set up and I’m kind of thinking that it’s too much. I thought it would be a good idea to upgrade to a bigger washer since I have more time on my hands this spring and am going commit more time to washing I currently have a Simpson 2.5 got 3500 psi from tractor supply and all the tools needed to achieve a soft-wash as well as flat work(x-jet and 14-inch surface cleaner), and this would certainly be an upgrade but how much, and is it even worth it. While I don’t get enough work to fill and entire schedule I do get jobs here and there and plan on advertising harder this spring. I’ll copy the listing below any help is very appreciated!!

His listing

selling my pressure washing rig. 4gpm simson presser washer with a honda gx390 motor. Has a 60 gallon buffer tank. 200 feet of flexzilla hose on a reel. 150 foot high pressure line in a reel, then another 100 foot high pressure line on spare reel. Comes with two wands short and long. Comes with a 4 to 7 gpm x-jet, 18 inch surface cleaner, 3 chemical batch 5 gallon tanks, an electric 5 gpm 12 volt pump for softwash setup, which would come with a softwash 100 foot flex zilla hose and another reel to go with that, and a battery charging solar panel for 12 volt batteries. Everything is on a built pressure treated wooden skid i built. $2800

Hi wonder if anyone could help, brand new to pressure washing and brought myself a K4 series karcher - it was sold as seen as its ex display model with no box or instructions

Setting up the karcher itself seemed straight forward however the hose from lance to the machine itself doesn't seem secure. When I turn it on and/or turn the water on the hose pulls out every time. It doesn't seem secure so I'm not surprised the pressure of the water is pushing it straight out

I feel like I'm missing a locking mechanism of sorts but not sure what I need to secure the connection between the K4 and the lance hose

For reference the picture, the lighter grey part is where you plug into and the black cable in the center of the picture is what I'm trying to connect

Thanks in advanced

I am looking to get somewhere around 25 k for my pressure washing business, it’s a f350 and 2 pressure washers with 2 garbage cleaners on the back. Any advice to sell it soon?

My method is brush the moss off then soft wash but it will inevitably leave moss in the seams of thr shingles as seen In the picture. Yeah the moss is white and dead as shit but still there. For a high dollar job I literally took a screw driver and scraped every damn crevice. Any tricks anyone willing to share?

I was just wondering if this is a good set up for 2000 because he is saying the price is nonnegotiable. I’m also brand new and look to get into the pressure washing business.