Many window cleaners find that in addition to cleaning windows, they are often asked to perform a variety of services.
One of those services is pressure washing.
I am amazed at all the little things I learn from day to day.
It's all the little experiences that help to teach you the tricks for working more efficiently and effectively.
From working with a lot of different window cleaning and pressure washing tools, I learn many things.
When I first started pressure washing, which is also known as power washing, I was not aware of what the different colors of the tips meant.
A good tip is to learn how each color tip will work with your equipment.
For example, there are white tips, red tips, green tips, and yellow.
All of these tips are different sizes and they are numbered.
The pressure and spray patterns vary.
A white tip with 00 numbers on the end will have lower pressure than a white tip with the number 45 on it.
By using the white tip with 00, you will reduce the pressure of your pressure washer.
Like they say, bigger is not always better.
For example, if you are using a 4000 PSI pressure washer and you are cleaning at a height of 40 feet with an extension pole, you will want to go with a small numbered tip to lower the pressure, so the pole will not get away from you.
The white tip which has the smaller number, will help make the pole a lot easier to handle.
Another good idea is if you are using a 4000 PSI pressure washer, to get the most pressure out of it, you can use a number 45 tip.
Also, another good tool is the diesel hot water pressure unit.
The difference between hot and cold pressure washing is like night and day.
The cold water unit is more for cleaning surface dirt.
The heat unit can take off gum, tar, oil and even paint.