Turbo tip s/c

mick m

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Hi people.
Thinking of building a surface cleaner with 2 maybe 3 turbo's underneath.It wont rotate as usual, just a straight bar. Just for occasional use for those jobs where you get heavy moss between the joints. I had a job last Sunday, where I spent maybe an extra 1.5 hrs having to turbo 1 really heavy moss affected area. I thought, "That's it"! Build it & it will be easier.
Has anyone tried to do this, & if so, any pointers like height from the surface, spacing etc. I'm running 8 gpm @ 200 bar.
Cheers for any replies.
 
Hey Mick, never tried anything like it and it sounds very interesting! As for height, you might need something which has an adjustable slide for when the initial engagement of the nozzle starts spinning. May be able to simply lift the unit away from the surface upon triggering.

As for spacing, that may be a little tricky unless you are cleaning surfaces which are the same. If just looking to have a turbo nozzle bar, test a nozzle for coverage width and space the nozzles so you barely have overlap. Of course, if running multiple turbo nozzles, you will need to run much smaller nozzles to keep the psi up where you need it.

A turbo nozzle on a bar with wheels would certainly provide a lot of control when working on joints.

Very cool concept! Keep us posted with your venture....

Mike
 
Sounds amazing Mick! Please send pictures or videos of your invention. Your right, the moss in the pavers is a real chore. If this works, I'll definatly get on board

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Just me speaking for myself.....I would have pretreated with a sh solution first. Im south of Houston on the coast, and moss, mold, and mildew gets thick here and thats the only way I do here with pretreating and saves a lot of time cleaning with a rotary nozzle.
 
Yea,..moss on pavers is a PITA no doubt. Although I handle them differently,..I will comment on this turbo S/C idea.

If I was trying to build something like this I would be think more along the lines of turbos inline on a spray bar with a cover,.just like a surface cleaner,..BUT,..I wouldn't have it spinning,..That would be very hard on the swivel,..turbos are heavy compared to what these swivels generally handle. And turbos work best when allowed to hit with full impact not angles,...so you would almost need a 4 arm bar with two regular nozzles for propelling.

Would take alot of PSI and flow to make it work properly either way, but I would still lean towards a stationary spray bar if I were to make any effort at all.

Gonna have to be on wheels,..I'd use pneumatic tires and also have the deck so it can get over the mess,..other wise you'll be struggling to even move it at some point.

Jeff
 
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They do make a single turbo S/c with 3 castor wheels also


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There is a company in China that posted a video of a working turbo tip surface cleaner, vortex surface cleaners is the name I think.
I'll try to find it

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If you read the comments she says that they are just testing it and don't plan on producing it.
She also says it'll probably wear out the swivel

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Yea,..moss on pavers is a PITA no doubt. Although I handle them differently,..I will comment on this turbo S/C idea.

If I was trying to build something like this I would be think more along the lines of turbos inline on a spray bar with a cover,.just like a surface cleaner,..BUT,..I wouldn't have it spinning,..That would be very hard on the swivel,..turbos are heavy compared to what these swivels generally handle. And turbos work best when allowed to hit with full impact not angles,...so you would almost need a 4 arm bar with two regular nozzles for propelling.

Would take alot of PSI and flow to make it work properly either way, but I would still lean towards a stationary spray bar if I were to make any effort at all.

Gonna have to be on wheels,..I'd use pneumatic tires and also have the deck so it can get over the mess,..other wise you'll be struggling to even move it at some point.

Jeff
It was never envisaged as a spinning unit. As you say, turbo's in a line. This is all in the head scratching stage at the moment.
 
It was never envisaged as a spinning unit. As you say, turbo's in a line. This is all in the head scratching stage at the moment.
Well in that case you could just get one of those water brooms and mount a few turbo nozzles on it and maybe add a splash shield
 
One of my competitors/close friends, turned me on to a simple 2 or 3 turbo tip rig for 2 we just use steel 1/4 T fitting with 1- 2 in threaded nipples and a 90° on each side and for a 3 tip set up we use a 4 way fitting so we can put a tip in the middle, I changed the length nipples to adjust the separation distance depending on the size of turbo nozzle. I personally like 3 2gal tips or 2 4gal tips and I run a Honda GX690 with a General 8gal 3600 psi pump turned down to about 2700 psi @ 150 ft - 200ft of 3/8 hose. I don't use it to often but it's handy from time to time, built it for real dirty curbing but I can do more with 2 passes of a 18 inch S/C and a 50/50 mix of 10% SH

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One of my competitors/close friends, turned me on to a simple 2 or 3 turbo tip rig for 2 we just use steel 1/4 T fitting with 1- 2 in threaded nipples and a 90° on each side and for a 3 tip set up we use a 4 way fitting so we can put a tip in the middle, I changed the length nipples to adjust the separation distance depending on the size of turbo nozzle. I personally like 3 2gal tips or 2 4gal tips and I run a Honda GX690 with a General 8gal 3600 psi pump turned down to about 2700 psi @ 150 ft - 200ft of 3/8 hose. I don't use it to often but it's handy from time to time, built it for real dirty curbing but I can do more with 2 passes of a 18 inch S/C and a 50/50 mix of 10% SH

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Do you have a picture of that?

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Also, my local parts guy (in Jacksonville FL, Clark at Under Pressure) mentioned just putting zero tips in your surface cleaner. It's quite a bit slower but it is effective

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