Today was the day.
Here's what I was starting with. Yeah its disgusting.
Started w/ tires of course. I freaking love the adams foam sprayer I got. Unfortunately, even with the pressure washer, they still need agitation to get all the caked on bmw brake dust off these bitches
IM READY.
And the money shot.
The foam was thicker when it went on, but was running off fairly quickly. I did swap in a 1.1 orifice in this cannon
I still need to mess w/ the foam cannon to get it dialed in right. First time using one. But I was very pleased with how it performed. My neighbor came out of his house w/ his little daughter (probably 5 or so) and was like "look! hes painting his car white!"
For my overall experience with everything, I am very happy. I waited way too long to step up to this. The pressure washer performed great, no leaks, nothing to indicate it wasn't factory fresh and performing as it should. I also thought it was extremely quiet. I could barely hear it over the sound of the water spraying out onto my car. I also had no issues using the short gun for the whole process and am very happy I got one. I used the
DanJoy approach and used the 25 degree nozzle on the tires, and 40 degree nozzle to rinse the car. I think that did a good job. I am probably going to take
Flyn 's advice and pick up some quick disconnects to make set up/take down a little smoother. But overall the whole process wasn't that much more involved and was very easy. The supplied hose worked great and I could get around the whole car w/ the pressure sitting in one spot. It was a LITTLE tight getting around the rear, but not an inconvenience. Will be interesting to see how it goes w/ my GTO as that car is a little longer than the BMW. I did have to be mindful of the hose, as all my moving around tended to produce kinks at times, but thats probably more user error.
Other impressions, I was quite surprised/impressed with how much less water it actually uses for the whole process compared to my normal wash w/ the garden hose. Usually after Im done w/ all my rinsing w/ the garden hose, I've got water flowing down my street, and it makes it down to a storm "gutter" in the street that channels the water across the street into a drain. I always felt so bad when I'd see a clean car drive past me, because they have to drive over that and get water splashed on their cars ? But w/ this pressure washer, when I was done w/ everything, The water was barely past my next door neighbors house. Amazing.
I don't know what else to say right now. The $63.19 Ryobi pressure washer is the real deal and it will make your dreams come true.