[Rat-race]

Good day all.
I hope you all having a nice weekend, unlike in kent where has rained constantly since this morning, but we are not complaining as we will hopefully be out of drought and hose pipe for the next couple of ,,,,,months.

Anyway, just a quick question regarding truck mount machine,

Can you use TM solution pump, like a pressure pump for  jobs like hard floor, car wash etc?
To be specific Spitfire 4.

regards

[Robert Watson]

You ought to try living in the Scottish central belt mate.
Pishing down for months, and do you here us complaining?
 

Google SX12 for hard flooring.
Now where that brolly?
Rab.

[Mark Slaney]

  Don't think the spitfire 4.0 would be any good, think the pump is regulated to only go up to 800psi because of the heat exchanger. 800psi is at the lower end of hard floor cleaning.

Mark.

[Rat-race]

I like yur comment, but south east currently feel like scotland, i think we might as well move there.

You ought to try living in the Scottish central belt mate.
Pishing down for months, and do you here us complaining?
 

Google SX12 for hard flooring.
Now where that brolly?
Rab.

[derek west]

good chem and good agitation is all you need for hard floor, unless you mean outdoor driveway.

[Garyj]

I had a 1000psi truckmount and it wasn't powerful enough to do pressure washing with really. OK for home jobs every now and then but certainly not commercial level.

Best person to take advice from on this would be Mike Halliday.

[richie]

The Spitfire 4.0 will be fine for pressure washing cars and tiled floors.  As already stated though the heat exchanger is limited to 800psi so if cleaning a driveway or patio area with a lance and the areas are very dirty you may well struggle.

[Garyj]

At that pressure the header tank will empty in no time, you may get a couple of minutes use and that is it.

[Mike Halliday]

For hard floors a t/m is used the same as when cleaning a carpet, it is used to 'rinse off' the alReady emulsified soil, it does not have to 'blast' the floor clean just have enough flow to rinse off the dirt. I have cleaned/rinsed tiled floors with a spinner at 400psi

They cannot clean outside areas they don't have the power, you are better buying a dedicated pressure washer

[richie]

Thats pretty much what i was saying Mike

Gary, i have worked TMs at up to 1500psi and the water flow to the header tank was fine.  Providing you have a suitable pump then i see no problem.

[garybristow]

ive got a prochem blazer tm,the pressure wash on that is ok to clean your car but wouldnt touch a driveway for instance,
i bought a commercial karcher superb machine cost £6oo ish really powerful
gary

[richie]

As the most part i agree, a pressure washer would be better.  My post above though i meant the header tank has never been a problem for me when pressure cleaning with a TM