Wand/Surface Cleaner Connection?

FoxSweeping said:
If nozzles are not positioned correctly, the surface cleaner will vibrate and disbalance, spray bar will not spin as fast as it supposed to, there will be circles left on the concrete. At least this is what happened to me :). Ball valve is ok to rinse, but 40 nozzle does a lot better job in my opinion. If you use the ball valve, non-fully open to run pressured flow through it, it will not last for too long. High pressure ball valves are not cheap ($30 and up). The one I see on the pic above looks like a regular ball valve.
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That is how mine is setup also but I use a tennis ball with a string through it to hold the trigger open, the string is through the tennis ball so when it falls, I don't have to chase it down the road, it just hangs there.
 
Christopher said:
That is a little on the low gpm side for a 24" surface cleaner, it will do the job but you will find that you will be overall faster with a 20" surface cleaner like the Classic by Whisper Wash.

I shaved 30 minutes off the time I do some tire places by switching from the 24" Steel Eagle to the Whisper Wash Classic, no other changes, still do them all the same way, it will get under more obstacles and faster to maneuver since it floats.

Post some pictures of what you are talking about so we can see exactly what it is doing.
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The best pic I have that shows the lines is the one in post #7 of this thread.
 
El Flojo said:
Mike just be sure you get all the chems out of the line before you connect the SC or the chems will spray out of the swivel. caustics will eat it up quick. those lines are almost impossable to remove Ive done some places about 3-4 times just to remove thoses lines and you can still see them. havent tried the love after though. the big guy has that problem. my 20" never left those overlap lines. or my aqua pro but .....
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I don't have a setup yet to use chems with the wand. I spray them on with a hand pump sprayer.
 
Christopher said:
That is a little on the low gpm side for a 24" surface cleaner, it will do the job but you will find that you will be overall faster with a 20" surface cleaner like the Classic by Whisper Wash.

I shaved 30 minutes off the time I do some tire places by switching from the 24" Steel Eagle to the Whisper Wash Classic, no other changes, still do them all the same way, it will get under more obstacles and faster to maneuver since it floats.

Post some pictures of what you are talking about so we can see exactly what it is doing.
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I'll have to order one of those soon from Whisper Wash. Do the bristols ever have to be replaced since it is "floating" on them?
 
They do eventually get worn down and need replaced.
 
I painted some lines on mine with high heat paint to see exactly where the nozzle is cleaning to minimize the overlap.
 
Christopher said:
That is how mine is setup also but I use a tennis ball with a string through it to hold the trigger open, the string is through the tennis ball so when it falls, I don't have to chase it down the road, it just hangs there.
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I have that same ball valve. What I do is bypass the gun and plug the ball valve into the feed hose for the s.c.'er and run it that way.
I heard the gun chokes some of the flow plus I dont have to worry about using string, zip ties and clamps to hold the trigger on the gun. I just open the ball valve and go.
 
Downstreaming will save you alot of time. just use the pump up on the real bad areas.
 
MHasterok said:
I'll have to order one of those soon from Whisper Wash. Do the bristols ever have to be replaced since it is "floating" on them?
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Depending on how much you use it, probably between 2-5 years.

I have almost 4 years on mine and they are not worn down enough for me to replace them yet.
 
I have that same ball valve. What I do is bypass the gun and plug the ball valve into the feed hose for the s.c.'er and run it that way.
I heard the gun chokes some of the flow plus I dont have to worry about using string, zip ties and clamps to hold the trigger on the gun. I just open the ball valve and go.
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I like using the valve and eliminating the gun altogether. Also I got noticeably more flow without the trigger handle.
 
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