"Sacramento Dave" wrote in message
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I'm thinking about buying a small pressure Washer Sorting like a Black
Decker PW1300 ( not necessarily that one) They run about $80 to $150, I'm
looking for something to Clean the patio maybe yard furniture, nothing
like power washing a house. Dose anyone have any experience with them? or
suggestion ?



YES!

Go easy at first. It is easy to get up too close, and get too much of a
high pressure spray on there. I still have marks on my concrete where the
spray nozzle took off more than it should have, and left tracks.

Use the diffuser. That is, the thing that makes the spray come out in a
flat plane instead of like a straight stream. Wet what you want to clean,
and let it soak in. The second pass will knock stuff loose better that way.

Watch painted of sensitive surfaces. It will definitely leave marks on
cars, and I consider them worthless for anything but the first soaking, a
little washing, and the final rinse. They are far too rough to use to
actually clean the car, and I have never used one that it didn't leave
streaks. They are good on tires, the undercarriage, and wheel wells. Also,
motors.

Just be careful until you get a grip on the power one of these things has or
you will blow away paint, fittings, molding, caulking, and things you want
to stay on rather than wash off.

All in all, a handy device, but like a saw, they will alter whatever you put
in its path.

Steve