[chris turner]

Basically a simple softwash, idea stolen from grippas gutter agitator 
Easy to make, cost a grand total of £18 including delivery for the bits.
Will make applying chemicals easy and it's powerful enough to wash dirt from hard to brush areas.
It's quick lok fitting with a fan jet, here's the bits..
http://gardinerpolesystems.co.uk/all-products/water-fed-poles/goosenecks-pole-fittings/gooseneck-parts/quick-loq-taper-adapter-use-traditional-tools.html

http://gardinerpolesystems.co.uk/all-products/water-fed-poles/brushes/brush-fittings-jets-sockets-scrapers/super-litear-wide-fan-jets-per-pair.html

http://gardinerpolesystems.co.uk/all-products/pump-hose/hose-fittings-adapters/john-guest-fittings/metric-fittings/john-guest-8mm-to-6mm-reducing-straight-connector-in-black.html

Also a small bit of jet hose taken off a old Gardiner's brush.

[Smurf]

Like it...

Can you post the links for the bit's & bobs and tell us how to make one please.

[chris turner]

Like it...

Can you post the links for the bit's & bobs and tell us how to make one please.

Iv added the links for the bits smurf.
Really easy to make, drill a hole on the top of the adapter, put the jet hose on the fan jet, thread the jet hose through the hole on the front of the adapter and then out the top, pop on the reducing stem so it can connect straight to the pole hose. Job done.
It's a nice snug fit so no need to glue, tap is an optional extra...

[Smurf]

Thank you...Nice one Chris

[chris turner]

Thank you...Nice one Chris

Vid
https://youtu.be/aCVEY4el2zU

That's with my pump on 50. On 100 it's beastly.

[Rob clarke]

Nice one Chris just ordered the bits  cheers

[Smurf]

Thank you...Nice one Chris

Vid
https://youtu.be/aCVEY4el2zU

That's with my pump on 50. On 100 it's beastly.

Just goes to show you don't need to spend a fortune on stuff if you like a bit of DIY.
That will defo come in handy for me for a number of tasks I can think of.
Thanks again for sharing Chris   

[chris turner]

Thank you...Nice one Chris

Vid
https://youtu.be/aCVEY4el2zU

That's with my pump on 50. On 100 it's beastly.

Just goes to show you don't need to spend a fortune on stuff if you like a bit of DIY.
That will defo come in handy for me for a number of tasks I can think of.
Thanks again for sharing Chris   

I can think of so many ways it's useful, applying chemicals from a backpack, prewashing fascias and con roofs to loosen up dirt, even doing a final rinse of con roofs. I bet it would be great to clean around the decals and finials on con roofs to.

I can imagine Alex will be knocking a few of these together, with a little price mark up, and selling them soon 

[Smurf]

I bet he will too knowing Alex 
Mind you he does make the new gripper thingy so maybe not as might be a conflict of intrest and all that 

[Tosh]

Whats the difference between this and just using a fan nozzle, thats all it is right? Or I'm missing something?

Thinking about it, its the fact the outlet is just one nozzle isn't it as opposed to two nozzles or more. Cheers.

[Smurf]

On some jobs I would use a wfp twin fan jetted brush for applying chems, agitating and/or rinsing down but sometimes you don't really need a brush on the end of yer pole too so that's where that simple sprayer idea comes in. Also sometimes you don't really want to flood the walls etc with a high volume of chems and create lots of runoff and overspray like other spray tips and methods can do.

[richard groves]

Thanks for posting Chris.
I have been thinking along a similar line since reading the post about the blue turbo jet brush.
A single lumark jet attachment ( should have greater power than two ) but fitted to a smaller rounded brush with longer soft bristles to agitate chems and get into fiddly areas of conny roofs etc.

[chris turner]

Whats the difference between this and just using a fan nozzle, thats all it is right? Or I'm missing something?

Thinking about it, its the fact the outlet is just one nozzle isn't it as opposed to two nozzles or more. Cheers.

This is a much more accurate way of applying chemicals, you can get the nozzle up close and right into gaps.

Iv always found it tedious applying chemicals through a brush, your basically cleaning the same thing twice. The power of a single nozzle should be enough to break down the dirt quickly whilst forcing the chemicals right into whatever it is your cleaning.
I'm hoping this will minimise the actual cleaning process, cutting the job time as well as water consumption.

[chris turner]

Also the the bits that generally take the longest to clean on conservatives are the decals and finials.
Sometimes even when soaking them in chems and scrubbing you still have these stubborn green areas.
Getting a single powerful jet right up against these areas should blast away the dirt.

[Matt.]

Thanks for posting Chris.
I have been thinking along a similar line since reading the post about the blue turbo jet brush.
A single lumark jet attachment ( should have greater power than two ) but fitted to a smaller rounded brush with longer soft bristles to agitate chems and get into fiddly areas of conny roofs etc.

Am not sure who makes them but av seen a brush called hedgehog I think, which is just like an oval brush head, I suppose this would be as near

[chris turner]

Thanks for posting Chris.
I have been thinking along a similar line since reading the post about the blue turbo jet brush.
A single lumark jet attachment ( should have greater power than two ) but fitted to a smaller rounded brush with longer soft bristles to agitate chems and get into fiddly areas of conny roofs etc.

Am not sure who makes them but av seen a brush called hedgehog I think, which is just like an oval brush head, I suppose this would be as near

Hedgehog brushes are made by vikan, probably very heavy and difficult to clean fascias with.

I actually bought the brush from klipspringer that the guy uses to make the turbo brush.
It is no good for fascias as the bristles were to short to get under the gutter and it was just to compact and heavy.
Probably good for con roofs though so I'm going to chuck some fan jets on it at some point and try it out.

[Clever Forum Name]

I did this a few years ago and In the end I just stick to a backpack and a brush with chemicals in.

Here what you're saying about single nozzle and pressure though.

If I want to apply chemicals on a big area. I just use this.

http://gardinerpolesystems.co.uk/all-products/indoor-specialized/indoor-glass-cleaning/the-new-gardiner-overspray-trade.html

[andyM]

Also the the bits that generally take the longest to clean on conservatives are the decals and finials.
Sometimes even when soaking them in chems and scrubbing you still have these stubborn green areas.
Getting a single powerful jet right up against these areas should blast away the dirt.

Yep some of those Conservatives are pretty filthy what with their smear campaigns and all that.
The mind boggles with what they do with their decals and finials behind closed doors?

[chris turner]

Also the the bits that generally take the longest to clean on conservatives are the decals and finials.
Sometimes even when soaking them in chems and scrubbing you still have these stubborn green areas.
Getting a single powerful jet right up against these areas should blast away the dirt.

Yep some of those Conservatives are pretty filthy what with their smear campaigns and all that.
The mind boggles with what they do with their decals and finials behind closed doors?

 

[G & M]

Very clever idea Chris. We have been using old poles converted into spray poles using fan jets or parts of old sprayers. This way one pole would do.  I would turn the jet so that the fan would be vertical rather than across for better coverage.