Water can powerful. It can flood fields, roads, and homes. Water can also do good, turning dry land into temporary homes for birds and fish. Water cares not for harm or help, it is merely a power in its own right, much like a lot of nature.
When harnessed by humanity, water can do all sorts of useful stuff. One of many applications water has performed pretty much since the start of civilization is to help with cleaning. Whether poured from a sink, pumped from a well, or sprayed from a hose, water is a great tool to help get stuff clean. Water alone doesn’t get the job done, though. Without soap or some form of cleaning agent, all water can manage is to remove surface dirt and grime. It won’t get into the material for a thorough cleaning or remove grease and germs.
This is true no matter what cleaning method is used, and sometimes even soap isn’t enough for the job. One such way to better the cleaning process is through the use of pressure or heat, or even both. Pressure washing is one such way to enhance the cleaning capabilities of water and soap. As the name implies, pressure washing pressurizes the water for more effective cleaning. It can also make for faster cleaning, which is ideal for large surfaces like walls, floors, or roofs.
Pressure washing is very useful for cleaning buildings that don’t have delicate fixtures or surfaces. The downsides to pressure washing are that cold water can be only so effective at cleaning something. Anyone who has ever washed dishes knows that you need hot water to get the job done. Some forms of dirt and grime, like grease, need heat to be properly cleaned. For the situations where pressure is needed as well as heat in order to get something clean, there is power washing.
Since hot, pressurized water is even more dangerous than regular pressurized water, power washing tends to have fewer applications, most of them on an industrial scale or in the food service industry. The main use of power washing is generally cleaning large, textures surfaces that can take the heat and pressure and have stubborn dirt, grime, or grease on them. The walls of a restaurant and concrete surfaces are perhaps the best examples of the preferred use for power washing. It is generally not used on vehicles –that process is called soft washing because it uses lower pressures.
Both pressure washing and power washing have their uses. Pressure washing is good for surface and maintenance cleaning of large areas that can handle the pressure and don’t get super dirty. Power washing is ideal for stubborn dirt or grease on surfaces that take the heat and pressure. The use of either depends a great deal on what if getting cleaned and the requisite safety measures in place. Power washing tends to get surfaces cleaner, but the heat can have a detrimental effect on some surfaces. As with any type of cleaning, what is getting cleaned will dictate the cleaning method that is best to get the job done.
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