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Journal by The Mighty Buzzard
It will never be a literal thing, only a useful fiction, sorry. You want proof? Tide doesn't make laundry soap that smells like bacon or WD-40.
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(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 07 2019, @01:50AM (3 children)
> ...ubersprayer
After years of denial, I finally gave in and joined the rest of the local suburbanites--bought a pressure washer (we had a lot of Sears points to use up before the local store closed).
It's pretty amazing. Assuming you can set up a suitable splash shield or floor drain, it would get your dishes clean with very little effort. Wear a heavy rubber glove on the hand that holds the dishes so you don't damage your skin with an accidental spray.
As well as the normal cleaning targets (gutters and sidewalks under a locust tree covered in green slime--cleaned right up), I've cleaned all kinds of things:
The aluminum extrusion shower door has recesses that resist any other form of cleaning, but the gunge was gone in a few seconds (took a few minutes to take the door off and then reinstall).
A number of scrub brushes that were black at the base of the bristles came out sparkling.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday October 07 2019, @03:39AM (2 children)
Hmm... I wonder if I can find a pressure regulator that'll fit without too many adapters to keep it down to Clean The Dishes instead of Peel The Skin Off Your Hand.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by deimtee on Monday October 07 2019, @08:05AM (1 child)
Just buy a cheap chinese one that only does a few hundred psi.
Or bore out the hole in the nozzle a bit, that will drop the exit speed a lot.
No problem is insoluble, but at Ksp = 2.943×10−25 Mercury Sulphide comes close.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 08 2019, @04:12AM
Our 110VAC pressure washer listed for about USD $180 at Sears, outdoor cleaning would go faster with a bigger one, but for occasional use it is fine. It came with several nozzles, I normally use the 15 deg fan, but the wider fan (45 deg?) is much lower pressure and covers a wider swath. A really cheap one might be just the ticket for dishes....
If you've ever used the eraser tool in Paint, a pressure washer on dirty sidewalk or gutters is like that. Where ever you wave it gets clean. If you don't overlap strokes perfectly, then there is a line of dirt left.