Can I turn my garden hose into a pressure washer?

No, you cannot turn an ordinary garden hose into a pressure washer, but you can connect a high-pressure garden hose attachment that is designed to generate a more powerful stream of water. While the added water pressure is significant, the power doesn’t compare to a gas or electric pressure washer.

What is the Lance on a pressure washer?

The lance with adjustable nozzle allows the user to vary the strength of the water jet as needed. The Rotojet lance offers increased effectiveness by way of a pressure-induced turbo effect, for maximum cleansing power. The sandblast lance removes rust, paint and encrustations from surfaces, leaving them as new.

Can you use a 100 ft hose on a pressure washer?

Using a 100 ft garden hose on your pressure washer is no problem. A longer hose will decrease the water pressure, but slowly. For a typical 5/8″ hose supplying the water to your pressure washer, the decrease will be less than 4 PSI per 100 feet.

How do I convert my garden hose to high pressure?

In general, you can turn your hose into a sort of pressure washer using a hose extension. If the pressure of your main water supply is good enough, it will give a significant increase in output pressure. You can expect a pressure of up to 250 PSI from the 30 to 40 PSI water supply.

How can I pressure wash my house without a pressure washer?

Using a garden hose, spray only the section of siding that you’re working on with water. Spray using a downward motion to avoid forcing water underneath the siding, where it could cause damage and rot. Using a scrub brush and the TSP/water cleaner, scrub the siding to remove the grime and dirt.

Do pressure washers lose pressure with long hoses?

Assuming a best-case scenario – working on flat ground and normal operating conditions – you typically won’t lose much pressure as you increase the length of hose that you use. For instance, on a 3/8-inch hose with a 3 gallon/minute flow, the loss of pressure per 100 feet is about 50 PSI.

How do you connect a pressure washer nozzle to a garden hose?

Attach the Garden Hose Once a nozzle is selected, connect the pressure washer to the water supply line with a garden hose. Be sure the hose is connected to your home’s water supply. Connect the hose to the pressure washer’s water inlet.

What are the different Karcher lances?

The Kärcher multi-power jet has 5 different types of jets: Cleaning agent jet, High Pressure fan jet, rotary nozzle, pencil jet and wide reduced-pressure fan jet.

What is a Vario Lance?

The Vario Power spray lance gives you the adjustability for all the different surfaces around your home such as: fencing, BBQs, wheelie bins and garden furniture. This spray lance is perfect for the smaller tasks around the home. To adjust the pressure, simply twist the spray lance.