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AC Pressure

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Whirlaway Vs Turbo Nozzle
« on: April 09, 2012, 08:45:06 pm »
I have never owned a whirlaway  have always cleaned with a turbo nozzle then gone over with my less expensive rotary cleaner  :).
I do not believe that you can clean block paving removing all weeds with just a rotary cleaner, however some of the youtube vids i have watched of the whirlaway they give the impression that it is all you need.
Does anyone use a whirlaway and what are your thoughts on this.

kordun

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Re: Whirlaway Vs Turbo Nozzle
« Reply #1 on: April 09, 2012, 09:18:33 pm »
To remove all dirt with Whirlaway you would need machine that does at least 20L per minute
Mine is 15L and it doesn’t clean everything. I use turbo for most driveway cleaning jobs

Blast Away

Re: Whirlaway Vs Turbo Nozzle
« Reply #2 on: April 09, 2012, 11:07:26 pm »
That reminds me, me and Lee Kenny cleaned the gum up at a cinema in Wigan a couple of weeks ago and where the paving ends with the cinema the next lot of paving starts for other outlets. It had been cleaned(sort of)with just a turbo nozzle. You can see the lines. Rushed and not a uniform clean. Anyone on here do this? ;D

Buy a FSC!  ;)

BDCS

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Re: Whirlaway Vs Turbo Nozzle
« Reply #3 on: April 09, 2012, 11:25:50 pm »
I have a 21ltr machine and a Tech clean fsc and that dos'nt remove everything but it does have its place. Walk to quick with a fsc and you will leave some stripes and also you can see the overlap between passes on concrete some months later. I also use the turbo a lot of the time on the more stubborn jobs. The answer is to have the full set of kit and decide which one at the time. I used to use my 8" mosmatic on a long gun quite a lot when I only had the 15ltr machine.

Cliff Horne

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Re: Whirlaway Vs Turbo Nozzle
« Reply #4 on: April 10, 2012, 07:33:10 am »
I have a Demon Hurricane P4 (3000psi 15lpm) and use a demon FSC most of the time (also a whirlaway) I use the Demon first as it does not spread crap every where, then a quick rinse with fan lance, do the edges with a turbo, any areas that need a bit more I use turbo again then rinse,
I make sure the FSC is set to the right height (quite low) dont have any probs doing it this way
Smart like a donkey, hung like Einstein

Mike Halliday

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Re: Whirlaway Vs Turbo Nozzle
« Reply #5 on: April 10, 2012, 08:04:48 am »
2 years ago at the amsterdam cleaning showI saw some turbo nozzles the size of  acorns I am still waiting to see them fitted to a  fsc ..... Best of both worlds :D
Mike Halliday.  www.henryhalliday.co.uk

Blast Away

Re: Whirlaway Vs Turbo Nozzle
« Reply #6 on: April 10, 2012, 08:11:43 pm »
2 years ago at the amsterdam cleaning showI saw some turbo nozzles the size of  acorns I am still waiting to see them fitted to a  fsc ..... Best of both worlds :D

Me too!  :D

I might make one!  ;D

A deeper pan and smaller turbos. Operation Turbo FSC.  ;)

mike roberts

Re: Whirlaway Vs Turbo Nozzle
« Reply #7 on: April 11, 2012, 06:40:00 am »
Looking to upgrade mosmatic soon and asked same q ref turbs... seems the whole problem is the balancing of the spray bars, (thats why they are so costly!) sure you all know what happens when you have a slight blockage on a fan jet - if the turbs wear slightly different all becomes unbalanced  :(
Would be great if they came up with solution

Griffus

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Re: Whirlaway Vs Turbo Nozzle
« Reply #8 on: April 11, 2012, 10:19:58 am »
Whirlaway doesn't get used much as tends to make jobs take longer. OK on slabs, PIC, Concrete and Tarmac but even then not 100% reliable.


Matt Gibson

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Re: Whirlaway Vs Turbo Nozzle
« Reply #9 on: April 11, 2012, 12:46:24 pm »
Quote from: Blast Away link=topic=150673.msg1246175#msg1246175 ;D date=1334009246
That reminds me, me and Lee Kenny cleaned the gum up at a cinema in Wigan a couple of weeks ago and where the paving ends with the cinema the next lot of paving starts for other outlets. It had been cleaned(sort of)with just a turbo nozzle. You can see the lines. Rushed and not a uniform clean. Anyone on here do this? ;D

Buy a FSC!  ;)

you been spying on me lee!?  ;D

Mike Halliday

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Re: Whirlaway Vs Turbo Nozzle
« Reply #10 on: April 11, 2012, 03:46:05 pm »
Looking to upgrade mosmatic soon and asked same q ref turbs... seems the whole problem is the balancing of the spray bars, (thats why they are so costly!) sure you all know what happens when you have a slight blockage on a fan jet - if the turbs wear slightly different all becomes unbalanced  :(
Would be great if they came up with solution

FSC are a bad design anyhow, a single bar pivoted in the middle with  no outer support. how hard would it be too fit a wheel either end of the bar that ran against the top?
Mike Halliday.  www.henryhalliday.co.uk

Kevin Miller

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Re: Whirlaway Vs Turbo Nozzle
« Reply #11 on: June 12, 2014, 11:53:06 am »
Just thought I would bump this thread and see what people's opinions are now on FSC v turbo nozzles. Never used a FSC only turbo but I'm interested to see if they really are that much of a time saver and do they do as good a job. I'm interested as I'm on the lookout for a whirlaway and my machine does 15 lpm 200 bar 3000 psi

trevor perry

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Re: Whirlaway Vs Turbo Nozzle
« Reply #12 on: June 12, 2014, 01:15:56 pm »
2 years ago at the amsterdam cleaning showI saw some turbo nozzles the size of  acorns I am still waiting to see them fitted to a  fsc ..... Best of both worlds :D
does anyone know the name of the company that sells these.
better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove any doubt