How to operate a Mi-T-M power washer. Pressure washing tips.

In this video, we're going to show you how to operate an MITM power washer. We've got a 3000 PSI power washer we're using here. We've got an aluminum sided house that's uh the aluminum the paint on aluminum is peeling extremely bad. And we're going to be operating this power washer to uh strip off the peeling paint on aluminum. We're using two different tips. We're using a red straight nozzle tip and then a fan tip that throws out a fan. And this one's good for cleaning. This one's also good for um stripping the paint. It actually throws off a straight nozzle and um or a straight stream that takes off the paint a little bit easier. We also got a a rotating nozzle that it agitates that we use also um when we're power washing. We won't be using it on this here. But this is a rotating nozzle and it actually does it agitates as it sprays in a circular and it's helped good good for actually cleaning dirt off siding and and stripping fences. This uh power washer here, we've got um the pull rope. This actually starts the engine. We've got a gas onoff valve right here. And all the way to the right is allowing the engine to have gasoline. When you're done at the end of the day and you want to shut off the gasoline so the engine won't get no gas, you just flip it all the way to the left. We're going to have it all the way to the right. That's on. The gray um switch right here is the choke. All the way to the right is in the run position if it's warm. All the way to the left is choke. If it's really cold outside, you need to choke it to start it. Today's a warm day, so we don't need to choke it. This is the gas. Full throttles all the way to the left. If you just want it to idle, you can move it to the right. We're going to move it all the way to the left. We always keep it the left. At full throttle, we never change that. We actually never change the gas. We always keep it on. We always keep the engine at full throttle. Then on Honda engines, they all have an onoff switch. You want to make sure it's on in the on position. And then on this MITM power washer, the um pump actually has a pressure control valve. It's a 3000 PSI power washer. But if for some reason you wanted less PSI, there's a plus and a minus. You just want to turn this knob to the plus or the minus direction according to how much uh PSI you wanted. It'll go up to 3,000 and you can turn it down less. We very rarely ever change it. It's typically always set at 3,000 PSI. And then over here on this side is the pump, the quick release. The top is uh hooks up to the hose and then the bottom to the actually the wand that we actually spray the water out of. And then the bottom actually hooks up to the water source. And they just screw right on. This is a quick release. And the bottom one just screws right on. And that's uh the MITM power washer with a Honda engine. And the whole engine is pretty typical of all Honda engines and stuff. The power washer's got a quick release on the end here. We're going to put a quick release nozzle on just like that. It goes on and off. Once you hook up your power source, you always want to run water through it until it water is completely coming out. Purge all air. There's any air in the line, it'll come out. If there's air in the line, when the power washer is running, the water won't come out. So, you want to purge all the line, all the water, the air out of the line. Once you see that it's water, then you want to put your tip on. You want to make sure your tip is on when you start the engine. And it's a lot easier to start the engine if you're pulling the trigger and holding the trigger like this. If you don't pull the trigger, there's a lot of pressure behind the engine um when you actually go to start it. So, it's in the on position. Everything's ready to go. That's how you started running. We'll go over here and just show you what we're actually doing here. Stripping this paint here. Um Heat. Heat. here. Couple key points is extremely important. Remember when you're actually running the power washer, if you're not pulling the trigger on the hose, do not let the power washer run for more than about a minute. So, if you're going to stop for a while, you actually want to shut it down to idle or completely shut off. This house is extremely oxidized. You can see how paint strips off. After the after the stripping process, we're actually going to put a peel bond in an oil based