[Shop-talk] pressure washer; minimum useful pressure

[David Scheidt]

On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 3:23 PM, Skip Albright <salbrigh at nycap.rr.com> wrote:
> I need to clean dirty car parts, hence I need a pressure washer.
>
> Some local folks say I need at least 2200 PSI to get the job done.
>
> Is this about right?
>
> Is there  better solution?
>
> Budget  is limited to about $500
>

I took a bunch of biggish parts (diff housing, transmission case) to a
local machine shop.  They've got what looks like a giant dishwasher.
It did a very good job, I forget what they charged, but it wasn't
much, compared to the work of cleaning them myself.


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David Scheidt
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