{"id":18894,"date":"2016-07-21T23:00:43","date_gmt":"2016-07-22T06:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/?p=18894"},"modified":"2016-07-21T23:00:43","modified_gmt":"2016-07-22T06:00:43","slug":"can-pressure-washing-actually-be-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/can-pressure-washing-actually-be-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Pressure Washing Actually Be Fun?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We have been enjoying our Summer vacation.  We spent the first month with sport events and traveling.  Now we are ready to ease into the dog days of Summer.  But after a lot of running around, our backyard and cars are looking a bit dirty and dusty.<\/p>\n

It’s obvious that we have a bit of cleanup to do first before we begin inviting our friends over for some Summer pool time.  Only, here’s the thing.  Summer is meant to be fun, no? Who wants to spend time cleaning and dusting?<\/p>\n

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To make cleanup a bit more fun, something our kids could get into, we went to our local Walmart and bought…a pressure washer, a Karcher K3 Follow Me<\/a> pressure washer.  <\/p>\n

Now, on the onset, that might not seem like a lot of fun.  But when you see instant cleaning results, without a lot of “elbow grease” needed, and you’re holding a powerful wand that blasts water out, it’s fun!<\/p>\n

In fact, as we were washing stains off our driveway and even cleaning our cars’ hubcaps, we all had to take turns using the wand!<\/p>\n

Here are some of the projects we took on…so far…<\/p>\n

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Pressure Washing the Car<\/span><\/h2>\n

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When I saw the Karcher K3 could be used on a car, I was wary; I did not want to scratch our paint.  But we tried pressure washing the car and it worked out great – being able to spray water and cleanser at the same time.  <\/p>\n

As we walked around the car, so did the K3 pressure washer, using it’s 4 wheel…this was so convenient.  It took us under 10 minutes to wash our car!  Hooray!  <\/p>\n

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Don’t Forget those Hubcaps!<\/span><\/h2>\n

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This was our favorite part, pressure washing our hubcaps.  What had taken us 15 minutes of scrubbing in a nylon brush before, came out in seconds!<\/p>\n

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Getting Stains off our Driveway and Walkways<\/span><\/h2>\n

\"Karcher<\/a>Unfortunately, my last Odyssey of the Mind team dropped drops of paint from their paintbrushes right onto our beautiful brickwork on our driveway.  We tried so hard to scrub it off, but to no avail.  Our pressure washing cleaned up nearly all of the stains…and the black gum marks they left behind too!<\/p>\n

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Cleaning Our Patio Furniture<\/span><\/h2>\n

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I was very happy with the Karcher K3 pressure washer.  Using it on our plastic weave rattan furniture really spruced them up.  When we have used a garden house on our patio furniture before, it helped, but the stream didn’t penetrate under the weaving as well as it did with this pressure washing.<\/p>\n

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Finally Getting the Dirt Out of Our Tile!<\/span><\/h2>\n

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Our  pressure washing with the Karcher K3 also did a good job at cleaning dirt-stained grout and bird poop, which had stained our poolside tile.  Many times my husband worked at cleaning the tile and grout with a hose, but the grout continued to stay dark.  He was amazed at how clean and how instantly the Karcher K3 pressure washer cleaned our grout.<\/p>\n

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