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Which jet nozzle did you use? have you tried the circular one, that's best for paving
Nice and light
12th Mar 2012 2:48 pm
wiggs
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yep ..tryed them both
dont think i will every uses the brush on my car ..but usefull for patio furnitureG4 Gone ...but not forgotten
12th Mar 2012 3:06 pm
Discotres
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I have never used the rotatong brush but patio furniture seems a good idea
12th Mar 2012 3:59 pm
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12th Mar 2012 7:19 pm
johno1973
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ive got one and the extra 6m hose that i hope will make it even better when doing the cars and 26ft caravan seems very good well spotted
12th Mar 2012 8:10 pm
Mark Y
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Found myself stopping off at lidl and buying one, Discotres pm me your address so I know where to come if this is sh
14th Mar 2012 10:42 am
Discotres
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I bought another yesterday, I ahve been jet washing like before the hosepipe ban, problem is that once you start and do a square foot say, you keep on going and going, then you look down and realise your shoes and trousers are ruined
I did all my decking, log cabin and veranda, fences and about to start on the block paving later today. I also bought the 6mtr extension hose, beats dragging the unit around my boat Try both lances, I think the circular jet one is best for paving, just watch your toes if in flip flops, you could lose one or two The wide lance is adjustable, on narrow it cuts into concrete
So it cost £89, if I had got someone in just to do the decking it would have been a couple of hundred quid so paid for itself already. Watch underseal on cars these washers are VERY powerful, so keep your distance and move forward slowly until you think you are near enough
Also known to easily remove decals, rubber off wiper blades and other delicate objects BEWARE!
The 3yr warranty is covered by an external company that do all Comet repairs, so keep your receipt, if they can't fix it you get your all your money back I paid £79 last year so £89 this year, maybe they will be £99 next year but try and find a 150 bar washer for less than £400, very hard. Plus this one is aluminium and VERY light, I am sure others in the jet wash bargain club will back me up
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14th Mar 2012 10:52 am
Discotres
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dangerdave wrote:
She then told me I had bought an expensive paper. I twigged she meant I had a newspaper and a pressure washer in the trolly! She should go on TV with that humour.
You should be so lucky to get a conversation, they play sill games with me trying to throw as much stuff through the till as fast as possible to see you panic pack ers
14th Mar 2012 10:54 am
Frem
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A request please.
Can you stop suggesting things to buy on this forum as I won't be able to feed the kids soon. I don't shop in Lidl's but today found myself rummaging through their bins (in store, not a Fregan yet!) and walked out with........... a £90 pressure washer! Argh!!!
Can't wait to use the rotary on the drive and try and clean up the oil stains from my old 300 TDi. Talking of which, anyone suggest a good product for oil stains?Zermatt silver beast
14th Mar 2012 1:48 pm
UROMP
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Bought one yesterday, great bit of kit. Did all the plastic troughing, facias and barge boards on the house.
14th Mar 2012 1:51 pm
Discotres
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Frem wrote:
A request please.
Can you stop suggesting things to buy on this forum as I won't be able to feed the kids soon. I don't shop in Lidl's but today found myself rummaging through their bins (in store, not a Fregan yet!) and walked out with........... a £90 pressure washer! Argh!!!
Can't wait to use the rotary on the drive and try and clean up the oil stains from my old 300 TDi. Talking of which, anyone suggest a good product for oil stains?
I have never used the big rotary brush thing, the rotary (circular ended) lance is the thing for the drives
BEWARE I have popped in for the odd thing and known to have come out with Angle grinders, clothes driers, measuring jugs, scooter for a kid and loads of other unnecessary stuff that one finds in the middle section I just take in a big trolley now to save having to go back out for one
14th Mar 2012 1:56 pm
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14th Mar 2012 3:45 pm
Frem
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Unpacked the washer, only two clips to slide on and hey presto, up and running. However, couldn't get the detergent to work. Read the instructions and re-read them to make sure I hadnt missed something, in the end I resorted to dialling the 0871 number only to be put through to Poland. Pleasant girl who couldn't help me but took my details and was going to pass them to the manufacturer to call me back within two days.
20 mins later, unbeknown to me they left a message on the answering machine, so I quickly called them back on the 0845 number and after numerous button pushes I got through to............ an automated message telling me to write in with my query
Reluctantly I returned to the machine kicked it, well it was either that or the wife, and tried something else.
This is what I found: if you don't attach a lance to the gun, the detergent pours out. Oh well, what do you expect for £90?
As for the rotary brush well............... you have to be a midget to use it on the patio. The design of it does not allow you to hold the gun at the normal angle instead you have to get on your knees and lay the gun on the ground in order for the brush to work. Maybe it's not for patio use. Oh well, what do you expect for £90?
Rant over. Great machine otherwise Zermatt silver beast
14th Mar 2012 4:43 pm
wiggs
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its in the manual ....either press in or pull out the end of the lance attachment ( one with the 2 metal bars in ) this then switches from high to low pressure and allows the detergent to come through
the brush is not for cleaning patios ...if it was they would have called it a "patio cleaner "
This is a patio cleaner
G4 Gone ...but not forgotten
14th Mar 2012 6:00 pm
Discotres
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What the hell would you use a circular hand brush on the patio for that seems to be for cars although I wouldn't use it on mine and say furniture which someone suggested, as I said above in another thread get the circular lance out and off you go. I have just done half my block paving this afternoon, back out again tomorrow, just did one brick at a time, takes about 2 seconds a brick to do it properly, if you don't have a plan you will be going backwards and forwards, here and there
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The wide lance is adjustable, on narrow it cuts into concrete 
...if it was they would have called it a "patio cleaner "
