Pressure Cleaners - A Comparison Between Hot and Cold Water Machines

Hot water pressure cleaners are referred to bypressure provide the strength behind the
many names, including hot and cold pressureapplication of cleaning. This gives hot water
washers, steam cleaners and diesel fired pressurepressure cleaners a huge advantage against
machines.typical cold pressure cleaners because the heat of
A cold water pressure cleaner is a piece ofthe water alone can cut through things like paint,
equipment that delivers cold water at a certainplastics, rubber and other types of materials.
waterflow rate, depending on the capacity of theA fairly common question posed by customers
pump, under pressure to clean the surface onlooking to purchase a pressure washer for a
which the cleaning is required. Normally, the largerspecific job is, "Does hot pressured water make
the flowrate of a pump, the better, bigger andthat much of a difference over cold?" It is not
more productive the pressure cleaners are, butuntil one has used a hot water pressure washer
when you talk about hot water pressure cleaners,that one can truly appreciate the difference in the
different rules are applied.cleaning result and speed of the application. You
The hot pressure washer is by far the bettercould make a similar comparison to a cup of tea
machine against a cold water pressure cleanerfor example. Does a hot cup of tea taste any
because the cleaning result and the time taken tonicer than having a cold cup of tea? Well of
clean changes dramatically when using hot water.course it does. How many people do you know
You cannot compare machines of similar technicalthat drink cold tea and enjoy that more than a
specification because there is such a largehot tea?
difference in performance between hot waterWhile this applies to the majority a cleaning
and cold water cleaning.applications, it cannot be said that it occurs for all.
The hot pressure washer has come a long wayBut, in most cases, hot water machine does
since it first application, where the person wouldpresent a much greater cleaning result as
need to heat the water by hand first, then itcompared to a cold water machine regardless of
would be put through the machine which wouldthe task or the water flowrate or operating
pressurize it in order to do the cleaning.pressure.
A hot water pressure cleaner works these daysWould you think of washing your dinner dishes
by having water pumped and pressurized throughwith cold water? Why would you think that this
the pressure pump, the heated via a diesel petrolsame principle would not apply to pressure
heater before being discharged out of thecleaning in general?
machine through the nozzle.So for large industrial applications that require
Heat does most of the cleaning as against purelyremoving heavy dirt, grease or other materials,
the cleaning power or motion caused by purelyhot water pressure cleaners are the clear choice
the water sprayed under pressure. In regards toto use.
hot water machines, the heat along with the