This is a blog for professional and amateur power washers alike. Focused on providing useful, less commonly available insights, this blog strives to be a highly informative technical resource for all things pressure washing.
Surface Work is owned and operated by a veteran with a diverse professional background, including offshore engineering, drafting and validating technical plans in CAD, and programming complex CNC equipment to fabricate with a wide range of materials. These experiences have honed a deep understanding of precision, efficiency, and problem-solving - skills now applied to mastering and refining power washing techniques.
While these past roles were both challenging and rewarding, nothing compares to the freedom of business ownership and the satisfaction of delivering exceptional power washing services. By combining a technical mindset with a passion for practical results, Surface Work is uniquely positioned as an authority on pressure washing processes and practices, offering insights that set professionals apart from the competition.
Cleaning a Wooden Deck or Fence
Cleaning wooden decks and privacy fences requires a thoughtful approach that respects the material’s unique properties. While many exterior building materials are durable, with strong resistance to chemical reactivity, wood is not.
Wind Impact on Power Washing
Power washing is an effective way to clean the exterior of a house, but not when the wind swoops in and carries cleaning solution into the neighbor’s yard…
Quick-Connect Fittings Empower Pressure Washing Systems
Without quick-connect fittings, pressure washer operators often rely on wrenches to repeatedly tighten and loosen threaded connections, reducing fitting performance.
Chemical Cleaning Solutions: Part 2
Surfactants, such as alkyldimethylamine oxides, bestow unique characteristics on a cleaning solution and have a synergistic effect when combined with sodium hypochlorite.
Chemical Cleaning Solutions: Part 1
Sodium hypochlorite is the most commonly used cleaning agent in soft washing applications.
Soft Washing: Advanced Modern Process
Advancements in equipment and processes have bestowed the power of chemical cleaning solutions to the power washing process.
Positive Displacement Pump: Workhorse of Pressure Washing Systems
Positive Displacement Pumps operate very differently when compared to centrifugal pumps. While a centrifugal pump can have high pressure and zero flow (under specific conditions), a PDP will always have constant flow. This unique characteristic, combined with the incompressible nature of water, results in some key operational differences for pressure washing systems which require careful consideration.
Nozzles: Control of Pressure Washing Systems
Nozzles control the set pressure of a power washing system.