A Question Was Put to Me.....

A Question Was Put to Me..... 

This question was put to me the other day, why do you have so much equipment wouldn't just one washer and one of each of the attachments work just as well? I said I have all this different equipment and washers to do the best job I can, and to help reduce some wear and tear on myself. This is the quick and simple answer to a complex question. Below is a more complex explanation.

I clean and maintain some buses and some vans / trucks with a lot of vinyl lettering and signage on them. Do I need to take the large heated unit out in order to clean them? Do I really need 210 degree of water with 3500 psi at 4.7 gallons a minute to clean them? The risk of peeling off the lettering is greater with that pressure and heat. I have a smaller propane heated unit that is around 90 / 110 degrees with 2700 psi at 2.5 gallons per minute running through it. The smaller unit will do the same job "clean the buses" but will save water, gas, oil, cleaners and actually time, because I can move faster without as much worry about the vinyl letters. What is the best fit in this case? Both units can do the job that is required. I can save time, water, gas, oil and other natural resources by using the smaller unit it will fit and I can work out of the back of the smaller pick-up truck instead of using the larger service truck saving even more, but still doing the best job each and every time.

 Here are two of the surface cleaners that Cleaned by Pete has and uses. From earlier entries we know a surface cleaner is used in conjunction with a power washer. We use this attachment to clean more uniformly and to help speed up cleaning time and in most cases when used correctly it does a better job. These surface cleaners are used on flat surfaces as concrete, pavers, asphalt, brick, or stone to name a few different surfaces. They will also help to reduce water usage, along with reducing gas, oil and cleaners saving money and natural resources by getting the job completed faster. It is a win win situation. 

 

These surface cleaners happen to be our largest and our smallest one is 32" the other is 9". Both spin or swivel around forcing water out of the nozzles matched to the machine it is used on. So why do we have different ones would one work? Yes one would work but I sure would hate to clean a driveway with a 9" surface cleaner. The time and resources it took would not be effective. I also would hate to try to clean graffiti from brick while trying to hold that 32" stainless steel surface cleaner up against the wall. Each does the same thing but do they do the same job? 

Effectiveness verse efficiency would be what we have to look at with all jobs we do. Do we need to take the largest unit with the most pressure and heat? Would something else work better and more effective? This is why we have all the different washers and equipment in our lineup. When I do a house washing I have to take in a lot of considerations, that will lead me to which unit and equipment to use. Will I need heat? Will I be soft washing, or power washing? What am I cleaning from the surface mold, mildew, algae, or dirt and grime? What is the landscape around the home: fences, plants, single story or multi-storied. Also what is the home painted, vinyl, steel, wood, brick, stone or combinations of material if I am soft washing I want my low pressure unit with a higher gpm (gallons per minute) on brick or stone I would go with more pressure here. We at Cleaned by Pete can offer you our customer a wide range of washers and techniques not just a cookie cutter approach for your cleaning needs.

Water brooms big deal the all do the same thing or do they?

Five different water brooms here. Cleaned by Pete

Five water brooms but if you look closely you see two are the same or are they? They are both the same but one has a wider nozzle pattern moving and cleaning a wider path but with less cleaning force great for rinsing a large area saving water. Again they all do the same thing but each has a positive point and a draw back all are faster and thus save resources than just the wand and one tip. Quickly here the big wide mouth has one tip that moves back and forth cleaning a 12" path since it is just one time it has more concentrated pressure for cleaning but has more trouble moving large pools of water or dabree. The small twin nozzle quickly replace a single nozzle, moves and can push more. The three nozzle broom cleans a wider area the one with wider fan nozzles clean even a wider area but we are starting to loose the pressure for cleaning. Four nozzle broom really great for rinsing and light cleaning but we are loosing pressure for deep cleaning. One has to find the best equipment and understand it strengths and limitations.  I hope you are starting to see why we use certain items for different jobs. Having one unit is OK have one surface cleaner or water broom is OK. There is nothing wrong with it but Cleaned by Pete feels he can customize your job to get the best results with different machines and equipment. Have you ever seen two thing that were exactly the same in every way.

Surface cleaners from 9" to 32" Cleaned by Pete has the right equipment to meet your cleaning needs. 417.459.7869 Springfield and Southwest MO.