[Richy L]

i do a lot of jet washing, but never seal the area after me.
I have a job lined up soon on a blockwork drive.

Do you any of you jet washers know what type of sealant i should use?
the customer said she wants it to look shiney even when its dried- like her neighbours.


richy

[Jet Cleanse Ltd]

I can not personally recommend a sealant but most people on here that talk about it seem to use resiblock which should come up on a google search and i am sure that Jewsons builders merchants also stock it but probably charge a bit more.

[Roger Oakley]

i do a lot of jet washing, but never seal the area after me.
I have a job lined up soon on a blockwork drive.

Do you any of you jet washers know what type of sealant i should use?
the customer said she wants it to look shiney even when its dried- like her neighbours.


richy

Resiblock Superior will give you the "wet-look" you are after.
Here's there web-site www.resiblock.com

[Richy L]

thanks a lot guys.
Someone suggested a sealant called thompsons or something like that. they bought is from b and q. any good?

[Roger Oakley]

thanks a lot guys.
Someone suggested a sealant called thompsons or something like that. they bought is from b and q. any good?

NO don't waste your money or reputation.

[Ian Rochester]

We use Aquaseal.

Whilst we're on the subject of pressure washing, I am after a new pressure washer and quite fancy a Honda GX390 13hp engine.

However as it uses so much water, I was wondering does anyone use these and get the supply from a standard outside tap, or does it require a bowser tank to feed it?

[Roger Oakley]

Whilst we're on the subject of pressure washing, I am after a new pressure washer and quite fancy a Honda GX390 13hp engine.

However as it uses so much water, I was wondering does anyone use these and get the supply from a standard outside tap, or does it require a bowser tank to feed it?

You'll need a water tank of some sort, some people use a wheelie bin set-up, as most machines of that size draw water and most/some out-side taps won't give you a supply quick enough. Honda is a work-horse and will run all day you'll love it.

[Ian Rochester]

Roger,

Thanks for that, I thought it would need some sort of buffer tank to cope with the water flow.

What pumps do people recommend?

[Roger Oakley]

Roger,

Thanks for that, I thought it would need some sort of buffer tank to cope with the water flow.

What pumps do people recommend?

  don't understand what you mean, but for this sort of machine, it goes something like this, hosepipe from water tap into buffer tank, draw hose from the machine into buffer tank, the machine pulls water from the buffer tank.
No extra pump needed.

[Ian Rochester]

Sorry, that's me, I was wondering what pumps people have on their pressure washers.

There are loads of different manufacturers and I'm not sure which is best.

The CAT66DX seems to be the most popular

[Majestic]

Lionheart
From another site (Pros),  I dont know if its still for sale

honda petrol pressure washer 5.5 hp, model no: CJC-1001, 2500 psi variable speed control, 2.3 gpm,
No longer have any use for this machine, but good quality washer. complete with lance, hose and nosels,
buyer to collect £250-00 no offers. please call me on 01502 539888 or 07896204194

[Richy L]

thanks a lot guys.
Someone suggested a sealant called thompsons or something like that. they bought is from b and q. any good?

NO don't waste your money or reputation.

so the stuff i have been told about doesnt work well does it?

[Richy L]

.

[Roger Oakley]

Richy,
Sorry for the late reply, Thompsons, Ronseal etc are DIY products in my view, I use Resiblock, expensive yes but the results are worth it. Tech-clean also do a paving sealer which is supposed to be very good, I have not used it myself.

Here is another sealing product to look at, www.swiss-seal.com again have not used it myself.
There is a guy on here ,  Driverwasher if not on here then on one of the other cleaning forums that uses a different sealer, I have spoken to him and he really rated it, sorry I can't remember what's called.

[BDCS]

Hello, drive seals fall into two groups - polyurethane and acyrlic, the first being the more expensive for obvious reasons. I have used both with good results but the pitfalls only really happen when you need to reseal a previously sealed drive, thats when you realise who know what they are selling and who don't have a clue ! Without going into names I went on advice given by the dealer and ended up with problems!!!!!!!

[Ged]

bdcs
was the problem with the acrylic or the poly

regards ged

[BDCS]

there is no problem with either when used to seal previously unsealed blocks, HOWEVER you should never reseal unless you know exactly what was used previously and follow the correct procedure ie abrading etc etc

[brights cleaning]

i used my pressure washer on my truckmounted cleaning machine the other day
great results but what a messy job
are there any attatchments i can buy to reduce the sprayback and over spill
seemed to take ages to clean stone flags
a 14 x 10 area took 2 hours at a psi of 2500
please help!