[simonr]

i've been asked to pressure wash a tennis court with a heavily green painted tarmac surface, i only have a turbo nozzle & a small red one that came with the set up , i've read everything i can find about it & still not sure any advice please, pw is 17lpm

[nathankaye]

I saw one vid on you tube and have to agree with him...
The first thing you need to do is throw the red nozzel, lol.

Now bk to it,, you need to sort out a flat surface cleaner. My machine is 3000 psi but only 8lpm and i have a 15" quick release fsc which for me works well on slabs. When time allows (plus finances) i need to improve the machine to more like 21 lpm which will work wonders on blocked pathing with a fsc.
But i would have thought at 17lpm, should be ok for you.

[simonr]

ive watched same vid probably n read looads of threads on here & other sites, i will be getting  a fsc but need to earn a bit first n this job came up as i was out canvasing for windows

[Plankton]

ive watched same vid probably n read looads of threads on here & other sites, i will be getting  a fsc but need to earn a bit first n this job came up as i was out canvasing for windows

Firstly, well done getting the job. I would assume the pw is running at 15lpm which would be fine for cleaning with a turbo nozzle, it will take a while though. I might be wrong but 18" + fsc's need 21lpm to work efficiently.

[Rob clarke]

i've been asked to pressure wash a tennis court with a heavily green painted tarmac surface, i only have a turbo nozzle & a small red one that came with the set up , i've read everything i can find about it & still not sure any advice please, pw is 17lpm

I cleaned a tennis court a few years ago with a turbo nozzle it had a thick layer of moss on it and it took 2 days loads of petrol bout 35 litres, and loads of moss to bag up, oh and I only charged for one days work as I wasn't expecting it to be so hard lol

[Rob clarke]

i've been asked to pressure wash a tennis court with a heavily green painted tarmac surface, i only have a turbo nozzle & a small red one that came with the set up , i've read everything i can find about it & still not sure any advice please, pw is 17lpm

I cleaned a tennis court a few years ago with a turbo nozzle it had a thick layer of moss on it and it took 2 days loads of petrol bout 35 litres, and loads of moss to bag up, oh and I only charged for one days work as I wasn't expecting it to be so hard lol

Think the washer I had at the time was about 12 lpm

[Smudger]

It's much harder than you think, a tennis court is huge !! Get a bigger machine and FSC  turbo will damage the surface. Lots of moss lots of bagging up pics below are of 2 courts that took 14 hours to do ( 20+ wheel barrows of moss per court )

[simonr]

It's much harder than you think, a tennis court is huge !! Get a bigger machine and FSC 

love to but i'm stuck with what i've got at the moment,
ive priced it for 2 days me & my son
looked at local hire firms & they only seem to have karcher fsc

[Plankton]

It's much harder than you think, a tennis court is huge !! Get a bigger machine and FSC 

love to but i'm stuck with what i've got at the moment,
ive priced it for 2 days me & my son
looked at local hire firms & they only seem to have karcher fsc

Can you not get another person in with their equipment to assist?

[Smudger]

I'm lucky in that I have Hugh crane near me they sell all sorts of cleaning gear and make their own, so you can hire anything.
Try looking for companies like them, or ones that sell pressure washers like Rutland pumps to see if they hire as well

Darran

[simonr]

ive asked a lad local to me but not heard back otherwise firms only seem to hire out karcher fsc would they be any good?

[BDCS]

D3 near you !

[Smurf]

See if this chap wants any sub contract work 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkGfNZG4aH4

[Rob@Blast off]

Where abouts is the job?
I might be able to help.

[simonr]

Where abouts is the job?
I might be able to help.

just out of kendal, la9
  they're desperate to get it done now, i'm going to do a sample bit tomorrow night

[Plankton]

About 150 miles away from me so that rules me out for an offer.

[simonr]

About 150 miles away from me so that rules me out for an offer.

thanks for the thought though

[Rob@Blast off]

To far for me as well I'm afraid.

[simonr]

To far for me as well I'm afraid.

no probs, thanks a lot for the offer though.
did a little tester this evening, didn't look too good to me but owner was buzzing



i can't get hold of a fsc so its a turbo then wet & forget unless anyone knows a better biocide?

[Rob clarke]

To far for me as well I'm afraid.

no probs, thanks a lot for the offer though.
did a little tester this evening, didn't look too good to me but owner was buzzing



i can't get hold of a fsc so its a turbo then wet & forget unless anyone knows a better biocide?

Algoclear pro is meant to be good