Walk Behind Water Jet Recommendations

[Randy]

Currently have a Landa 3000 psi 5 gal/min. pressure washer with Landa 20" water jet -- leaves streaks on sidewalks. Have used 16" of another brand (no longer manufactured) which did a much better job. Any recommendations? Thanks

[814jeffw]

The basics first: I think that GPM should run that scrubber.
Slow down the pace
Check nozzles' position
Make sure the nozzles aren't clogged


Jeff

[Flamin SuperDuty]

i have three of the machines you are talking about. like Jeff said check the degree of the nozzles and make sure you are not going to fast, slow down and it should take care of it. Good Luck with it

[copgib]

Can someone explain to me exactly how the nozzles are suppose to be postitioned in the surface cleaner? Thanks Hugh

[RMedbery]

Point em straight up, actually at a slight angle. That way it will always stay clean.

[John Orr]

Actually, The Landa Water Jet came with an adjustment guide that allowed you to properly adjust the nozzles.

I used to use a Water Jet and thought it was great...until I tried a Big Guy. What a difference! Not just because it is bigger (24") - I could actually move faster. I initially replaced the WJ with a 24" Steel Eagle (which I though was great) and replaced the SE with a BG last year. I have had numerous other surface cleaners (casters as well as floating) and, by far, the Big Guy out-performs them - and is much less "finicky". It just works.

[Mountain View]

I had the same problem, turned out to be clogged nozzle. Laying the hose down when changing between gun and surface cleaner allowed a little dirt to get in the hose then blocked one of the nozzles. Took off the nozzle, cleaned out debris, shazam no more streaks!

[Jim in NJ]

I just got a 16" steel eagle the other day and waas playing around with it. Keep in mind this is my first time using one of these.. It felt like I was trying to hold down a helicopter.. much faster then a wand. It will take some getting used to. I cant make adjustments to the angle but it would be nice if I could

[Adrian]

Holding down a helicopter is no easy task!!!!!!

Just think how effective a 30 incher can be.

[John Orr]

Originally Posted by Jim in NJ

I just got a 16" steel eagle the other day and was playing around with it. Keep in mind this is my first time using one of these.. It felt like I was trying to hold down a helicopter.. much faster then a wand. It will take some getting used to. I cant make adjustments to the angle but it would be nice if I could

Sounds like you have too much machine for your 16". One way to get around the hover craft effect is to change out the tips to fit your psi/gpm.

[Jim in NJ]

I have a 4000psi/4gpm and I was using 2.5 tips. Today I put on a set of 3's and I think that will make a difference.

Now that I think about it, I could put on a set of 2's and ride it around like a skate board, LOL

[Anthony G]

My little 20" cleaner started making the dreaded stripes and finally died out on me.............culprit was the inline high pressure filter. Nozzles were clean.

Just something else to check if you have it. For the rest of that job, i ran without the filter but replaced it shortly there after.

[One Tough Pressure]

Unless you run really small tips, I find the inline filters are useless as they clog to fast.

[Christopher]

I agree with Alan. I don't use a filter. If a nozzle clogs, it only takes a couple minutes to take it out and clean it and put it back in.

[douseahouse]

i've learned that the streaks are not always the area that you missed or went too fast over. streaks are also caused by too much overlapping and one area getting cleaner than another. there was a thread on this in the past so a search may reveal some new answers.

rando