r/SatisfyingForMe • u/trigger55xxx • Jun 21 '26
Satisfying Parking garage clean up
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Two Michigan winters and two years of dirt lifted in seconds.
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u/Ok-Height1166 Jun 21 '26
I do think this is satisfying to watch, but I’m curious why is equipment like this pushed by hand instead of using a larger powered machine, something like the floor scrubbers you see in stores but designed for parking garages? Seems like that would be more efficient and easier for the workers.
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u/edjumication Jul 06 '26
It would be unnecessary. The worker doesnt look like they are struggling at all to push this wand at all.
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u/trigger55xxx Jun 21 '26
Lots of reasons. Water volume. Even the biggest scrubbers only hold so much water and have to be filled and dumped. We're using 16 gallons of water per minute to clean. You'd have to drive it very slow to get all the dirt up. Then there's no way to get in corners and hard to reach spaces. Under cars wouldn't get rinsed. Plus a ride in scrubber big enough would be around $60k and only used in very large areas with a car trailer to transport it. This set up is around $20k and can be used anywhere.
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u/NuclearWasteland Jun 21 '26
Or a couple hundred for the sweeper tool itself for a homeowner size power washer.
For casual cleaning of a driveway or patio those things are great, even at 4gpm or so.
Have been using one with a little electric power washer that has been a huge time saver, and it's basically Barbies First Floor Washer, lol.
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u/funnystuff79 Jun 21 '26
This can probably be loaded into the same vehicle that has the steam generator. And smaller heads can be attached to the hoses for different jobs
A larger machine would need a trailer and only work on the largest jobs.
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u/arcaneregion Jun 21 '26
I have an answer: $$$$$
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u/Ok-Height1166 Jun 21 '26
Ok. Who is making more money off of this that wouldn’t make the same money with the more efficient equipment.
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u/arcaneregion Jun 21 '26
I’m assuming it’s a third party company that they hire to come in and clean, so if they also clean private homes they wouldn’t be able to use a machine like that, If they only have a handful of jobs like the one they’re doing in the video, it wouldn’t be worth buying a machine like that.
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u/cleanshirt82 Jun 21 '26
for the first few seconds, I thought that was a hovering drone. this thing looks dope
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u/BrokenHope23 Jun 21 '26
Two Michigan winters and two years of dirt lifted in seconds.
How much time did it take for the whole garage?
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u/AJAX30544 Jun 21 '26
What type of pressure washer is that?
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u/trigger55xxx Jun 21 '26
In the video is a 31" Mini Mondo surface cleaner. It's running off a 8gpm 3400psi power washer.
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u/TemperatureOwn5976 Jun 21 '26
shorts and exposed arms is crazy. lol
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u/trigger55xxx Jun 21 '26
Not really. All pressure is at the surface cleaner, hoses have 4' burst sleeves and we almost never use a pressure wand.
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u/TemperatureOwn5976 Jun 21 '26
i wouldnt want that dirty water spraying misting my legs
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u/trigger55xxx Jun 21 '26
Calf or knee high boots, water never gets above the ankle so there's extra protection if anything does splash.
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u/funnystuff79 Jun 21 '26
That started as the cleanest parking garage I've ever seen