Jim@Garagecleaning
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We had a garage to do this weekend and I wanted to see what we can actually clean in an hour from pressure washing. This was only timed from the meter as we pressure washed. I only used 1 hose in the cleaning though our rig can do two surfaces cleaners at the same time. Temp was lowered to 260 degrees at 4200 psi at the surface cleaner. Please note that the reading was not taken at the washer and no temperature was "assumed" by a standard dial meter thermostat. Instead we use a" Flow through In-line temperature and pressure gauge" at the SS quick connect from the surface cleaner at the end of a 200 ft hose.
Granted there is prep time which was not included in the above time. Prep time includes set up, hand scrubbing, rinse down, filtering all Grey water and tear down of dikes and rolling of hoses etc. Oh an lunch and breaks.
Here, I have broke it down for you....
Total time was 18+ hours, plus 1.5 hours traveling time each way ( 3 hours) for a total of 21 hours.
2 hours for lunch and dinner
(6) 15 minutes for breaks.
(2.5) hours for set up ( Filter trailer placement and leveling, dikes, tear down and blockage of drainage pipes, evaluation of water run off walk thru, check oil, hydraulic fluids, hoses, O Rings, safety checks, grease all unions, Pre start safety inspections, Prime main motor, pressure pumps and hydraulics for [15] minutes prior to starting. etc.)
(3) hours for applying detergent hand scrubbing of all parking stalls until detergent emulsifies with the oil and transmission fluids.
(1) hour 40 minutes for rinse down of walls, columns and stalls with fire hose
(1) hour and 45 minutes approx. to tear down. Rolling up (10 combine) 1 1/2 inch 100 ft fire hoses and 4 inch dike hoses, securing filter trailer for transportation, Pressure Wash down of all equipment including the inner tanks, trailer, and surface cleaner, visual check of equipment for leaks or wear items, etc.
If we did not have to worry about Grey water run off, we could of did the total cleaning in just under 12 hours.
Granted there is prep time which was not included in the above time. Prep time includes set up, hand scrubbing, rinse down, filtering all Grey water and tear down of dikes and rolling of hoses etc. Oh an lunch and breaks.
Here, I have broke it down for you....
Total time was 18+ hours, plus 1.5 hours traveling time each way ( 3 hours) for a total of 21 hours.
2 hours for lunch and dinner
(6) 15 minutes for breaks.
(2.5) hours for set up ( Filter trailer placement and leveling, dikes, tear down and blockage of drainage pipes, evaluation of water run off walk thru, check oil, hydraulic fluids, hoses, O Rings, safety checks, grease all unions, Pre start safety inspections, Prime main motor, pressure pumps and hydraulics for [15] minutes prior to starting. etc.)
(3) hours for applying detergent hand scrubbing of all parking stalls until detergent emulsifies with the oil and transmission fluids.
(1) hour 40 minutes for rinse down of walls, columns and stalls with fire hose
(1) hour and 45 minutes approx. to tear down. Rolling up (10 combine) 1 1/2 inch 100 ft fire hoses and 4 inch dike hoses, securing filter trailer for transportation, Pressure Wash down of all equipment including the inner tanks, trailer, and surface cleaner, visual check of equipment for leaks or wear items, etc.
If we did not have to worry about Grey water run off, we could of did the total cleaning in just under 12 hours.