Isn't the power of water fantastic......

[westernsailor]

Isn\'t the power of water fantastic......

....particurly when it comes out of a power washer and directed at a deck with winter grime on it.

Guess what I was doing yesterday, Saturday, a cold day with a bitter north wind. Oh... how I wish I that I had been on the boat today, a much more plesent day. Accumulated some brownie points for dong the garden though....

 

[paulskent]

Re: Isn\'t the power of water fantastic......

Isn't a power washer a bit fierce for GRP.. Or is it something other than GRP ??

When I did our patio with a power washer it took the top layer of coating off the decorative flags. So now you can see the composite concrete beneath.. No brownie points at all !!

PK.

 

[cruisingsam]

Re: Isn\'t the power of water fantastic......

is it? am planning a power wash for the last few hours before Rascal gets craned in for the season and she is all grp...

 

[longjohnsilver]

Re: Isn\'t the power of water fantastic......

No should be fine for grp. It's teak that shouldn't be cleaned with one.

 

[zephyrsailor]

Re: Isn\'t the power of water fantastic......

doesn't do grp any harm...if you do your teak bits with it eventually you'll end up with no teak left.

 

[tcm]

Re: um careful tho ......

i have a power washer which if turned on full power and held close would i think rip grp if there was even the tiniest fault. Not tried it, but it can shred wood no problem.

 

[ParaHandy]

Re: um careful tho ......

An able-bodied seaman meets a pirate in a bar, and they take turns recounting their adventures at sea. Noting the pirate's peg-leg, hook, and eye patch the seaman asks, "So, how did you end up with the peg-leg?"

The pirate replies, "We was caught in a monster storm off the cape and a giant wave swept me overboard. Just as they were pullin' me out, a school of sharks appeared and one of 'em bit me leg off."

"Blimey!" said the seaman. "What about the hook?"

"Ahhhh...," mused the pirate, "we were boardin' a trader ship, pistols blastin' and swords swingin' this way and that. In the fracas me hand got chopped off."

"Zounds!" remarked the seaman. "And how came ye by the eye patch?"

"Me parrot droppin' fell into me eye," answered the pirate.

"You lost your eye to a parrot dropping?" the sailor asked incredulously.

"Well," said the pirate, "it was me first day with the hook."