[stuartb]

Anyone using a 12lpm Honda engine pressure washer to clean drives and patios in conjunction with a rotary cleaner with any success or is it not powerful enough? I'm adding on to my window cleaning business for the rainy days.
Stu

[Total shine cleaning services]

hi mate, it won't be powerful enough to run a rotary, ideally you want about 21 Lpm

graham

[stuartb]

Really! As powerfull as that?

[Total shine cleaning services]

yes, I've got 21 lpm Honda, my mate has a 15 lpm Honda and he really struggles with a rotary so just turbo nozzles everything

[KLEENAWAY]

You can still use a fsc but you will need to change the size of the nozzles to make it spin properly. It wont have much cleaning power though so better off sticking with a turbo

Danny

[stuartb]

Will a 15/16 lpm, 200 bar machine be suitable for the job?

[Rob@Blast off]

200bar @ 15lpm will be ok for domestic work(till the power bug kicks in) , lookout for a genuine Honda gx with either a cat or interpump and gearbox and return to tank bypass. Then a whirlaway,vario lance,turbo lance,2x20m pressure hose,puddle sucker,buffer tank,brooms,shovel,wellies etc and then just like me a bigger van  
It may be worth waiting till the cold weather comes as you might a full setup going cheap on eBay.

[Nathanael Jones]

Flow rate is more important than pressure once you hit 3000psi - - I've had a few machines & the higher flow 3000psi one did more work than the 15lpm 4000psi one,..

That said - most domestic taps only kick out about 15lpm so even using a buffer tank you need to either supplement the feed (I'd fill my wfp tank with tap water & have it pumping in to the buffer tank as well as the hosepipe) or use a fire hydrant if you use a bigger machine.