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First off, Hello and thank you all for taking the time to read my thread. I appreciate all of your knowledge and advice. I know you all get tired of the same old questions, so i will be poking around reading while this thread matures a little bit. Any nice tid-bits that you may remember topic wise that you post for recommended reading are ALWAYS appreciated, saves me a little time searching. About me: I have been a contractor for 15 years, with a 2400 karcher direct drive homeowner unit. (costco deal) Did my fair share of patios and such and even had bought the 14" karcher surface cleaner last patio job. (just attaches to want like a tip) Kinda liking this power washing field, and want to expand my business into this. One of my associates has a nice unit he used back when he use to wash and he wants to sell it to me. He has since moved on to much bigger things and now the unit collects dust until he fires it up twice a year at his house. He mostly did building and brick washing. I am looking for any advice on the unit, the cost, and just any real suggestions on reading you guys may have bookmarked or remember. I haven't really decided what exactly i will be washing but i suspect i will be taking anything that comes my way. I'm a total noob to the "professional" side of this but i do know what end to point at the work.. ;-) The unit and package deal: 16HP vandura OHV 5GPM 3,000 PSI Excell heated washer. Model 3005 GEVLSWA Serial 39464** (not mine yet so i omit the last two) Cat 550 pump, (said to have been rebuilt 4 years ago and barley used since. 1 pressure hose reel, one fill hose reel. half a 55 drum of Trail Bright Few other 5ers of misc. chemicals. 1 or 2 basic guns, no dual lance or fancy stuff. No surface cleaner, ( this i need advice on as i want one) My plans are to mount this to trailer with ballast tank of 300 gallons mabey?.. Don't have trailer yet. Like stated i am not sure what work i will get so set-up needs to be very universal. Local reputable company has refurbished unit for sale exactly same for 2,000.00 I offered 1,000, but suspect i will end up going to 1500 for everything. The company will check unit for 95.00 but boss says i'd be crazy to pay that as he swears up and down it works great and just washed last fall. Short of a dead battery and flat tires it's turn key. Was stored inside attached garage partially heated. feel free to move this to a better spot if there is one.......and once again..THANKS EVERYONE for reading. is this a 110v or a 12v burner? GEORGE

thanks guys...............guess no one had any advice... i had heard so much praise about this forum too.....

looks like i need a good down streamer and mabey a x-jet......for sure some nice new tips and a few 4 ways.

ok guys, i have a 2650psi 2.6gp 6.0HP honda KARCHER power washer. My experience is only the 5-9 times i washed my 10x10 cement patio with the dirt blaster tip i bought from homedepot. It came with the colored tips as well but they don't cut the dirt like the rotary one does. marginal results at best 3-i want to wash some flagstone retainer walls...just your standard IL flagstones cemented together to make a wall, old and dirty. what should i use? 4- is there a way to make this thing work better on washing my truck?..it never seems to get the grime off i mean if i run my finger down the paint after i wash it i still see a clean line and a dirty finder... i haven't used any real soaps, just what i got a depot. and have no real experience with this...other than i bought the thing and totally know for sure i am not using it right..LOL. thanks all you guys!! help a brother out.... -----later that day--------- ok guys....i am very impatient and my truck was horrible from a 1700 mile road trip...so i went and found a local pressure washer company to me..these guys sold me 2 5 gallon pails of soaps.. 1-sledghammer 2-glisten vehicle wash they said my machine was sufficent and shoudl do the job just fine with these soaps... i used the car soap, and although much better than ZEP i was using i feel i must be missing the "touch" to really get the performance i was looking for.. 1-soap seems to not go on foamy with black tip, rather just goes on and runs off....as soon as you hit high pressure it foams up a little bit but most has run off truck by then.. 2-they said to wash top down but as soon as i start washing top it rinses all soap off middle and lower...??? other than that for 140.00 total did i get hammered over there?... Chemicals From High PSI LTD no online ifo for the car wash he sold me...said it has wax in it and won't be extremly hars on paint like others???? · SLUDGEHAMMER - This concentrated cleaner/degreaser tackles every cleaning challenge! It is designed for prespray application and is safe to run through your unit's Chemical Injector. ------even later------ well i washed my truck and my Taurus but i think i used damn near a gallon of this 70 dollar pail of cleaner...seems kinda steep to spend almost 7.00 on soap per car wash..i realize i soaped both cars twice but for 7.00 i could get a drive through wash.. should i be like just barley covering the car with soap?..i wish this black tip i have woudl throw about 50% less water and actually foam a little more when applying it....how do i do that?... also tried the tip i had that popped in and out and adjusted fan to point but it's a total POS and came apart in my hand...big let down...popped it out for low pressure and it just sent water flying everywhere and was not working at all...it must have brokoe somehow...are these style tips just trash?.. ----------days end------ my thoughts are i prolly should have brushed the car/truck?... any help on this stuff...i knwo its a helluva long one..sorry...