Hot or cold Pressure Washer?

[Fragonard]

Are we better with higher volumes of cold water, or lower volumes of hot water?
Cleaning machines, tractors etc
Thanks

 

[shumungus]

Hot with detergent, next question.

 

[Hard Graft]

Hot all day

 

[IOW91]

Hot.

 

[Ffermer Bach]

For cleaning out the stock box I am really impressed with the volume washers in the mart, but a different job really

 

[ewald]

Hot, but mind you don't take the paint off.

(Lacquer coat on cars can come off in sheets if it is chipped)

 

[Wisconsonian]

Oil and grease, hot.

Manure and mud, cold works fine. High volume works fine for that matter,

 

[ColinV6]

If you want to do a good job, you need hot. If it’s really bad you’ll need some decent soap, and then a wax based soap to finish with.

Don’t go scrubbing it with a brush either, unless it’s something like a silage trailer or slurry tanker. Brushes are the devil for paintwork.

 

[box]

Hot.

 

[Robert K]

Brian Nixon hot or cold (switchable) water pressure washer

Hot Water Pressure Washers – 65 Degrees Celsius – Brian Nixon Limited

www.briannixonltd.com

We run ours at least once a week and it's still going strong.

 

[Muddyroads]

Brian Nixon hot or cold (switchable) water pressure washer

Hot Water Pressure Washers – 65 Degrees Celsius – Brian Nixon Limited

www.briannixonltd.com

We run ours all week and it's still going strong.

Corrected for you!

 

[Forkdriver]

With hot l found you need to avoid any electrical connections as it finds out any weakness.

 

[Fragonard]

Is cold with detergent as good as hot without detergent?

 

[michael N123]

Just got one of these for tractors and pickups easily knocks muck off everything (and paint if your not careful) first job it did was 2 hours none stop cleaning the yard concrete does a good job of vehicles with detergent and is easily wrapped up and put away can throw it in my pickup to do garden patios ect

 

[ACEngineering]

Is cold with detergent as good as hot without detergent?

Not really no

For machines cant beat hot can always turn heat off if not needed.
Lots of loose mud/straw on machines can make the job much easier to wash loose off first with a 2" low pressure high volume hose and just flood it out

For yards you want volume more the better.

My next steam cleaner will be at least 15ltr per min. Current Nixon is 11ltrs.
That little bit extra volume does make a massive difference!