As a new homeowner in Central Florida, I’m looking to make the most of my borrowed pressure washer this weekend by cleaning my driveway. I’m wondering what else I should use it for while I have it? It turns out there are so many potential uses for this powerful cleaning tool that it may be hard to know where to start.
Trash barrels, rugs, outdoor furniture – you name it, you can clean it with a pressure washer. We use ours all the time to clean every throw rug in the house. You can even use it to cut a 2×4 in half, but you’ll have to take it slow and be methodical.
Once you get a pressure washer in your hands, you’ll find plenty of things to use it on and wonder how you ever lived without it. Whatever you use it on, make sure you’re doing it at a distance/pressure that won’t do any damage. Check out this resource for general ideas on surfaces that are safe to clean with a pressure washer.
Some of the more creative uses for pressure washers include removing wasp nests from high house eaves and prepping wooden fences for a new coat of stain. You can also use it to spray the exposed wood of a patio structure, even the undersides and supports, to remove the weathered layer before staining it.
My advice? Have fun with it! With a pressure washer, you can easily take on all sorts of tasks, from the mundane to the creative.