Blue Clean AR142 Owner's Manual page 10

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Fig. 16
How to Avoid Damaging Surfaces
Detergent Bottle
• Turn off the unit.
• Turn off the water supply to the unit.
• Relieve any pressure trapped in the high pressure hose
by squeezing the trigger 2-3 times, and then lock the
spray gun by pushing the lock button from left to right.
• Take off the adjustable lance. Rotate the nozzle on the
adjustable lance to the narrow stream setting which
opens up the fan blades (Fig. 15).
• Using the nozzle tip cleaner provided (or an unfolded
paper clip), insert the wire into the nozzle hole and move
back and forth until debris is dislodged (Fig. 16). Back
flush water through the nozzle using garden hose and
highest pressure available (either standard water nozzle
or use your thumb over the nozzle to create water pres-
sure for back flush).
• Damage to surfaces being cleaned occurs because the
impact force of the water pressure exceeds the durability
of the surface. Bare wood can be penetrated; paint can
be peeled off, etc. You can vary the force of your power
washer by controlling:
o the fan pattern of the nozzle (when using the
adjustable nozzle)
o the angle of the water spray to the surface being
cleaned
o the distance of the nozzle from the surface being
cleaned
• Never use a narrow high pressure stream of water from
the lance on soft surfaces susceptible to damage.
• Use the adjustable spray lance when cleaning windows.
Be sure to adjust the nozzle to a wide fan spray pattern
and place the nozzle approximately four to five feet away
from the window with the nozzle at a forty five degree
angle. Squeeze the trigger and vary the fan spray pattern
and angle until optimum cleaning efficiency is achieved.
• Use detergents designed for power washers. We
offer four power washer detergents. They are Auto,
Motorcycle, Boat and Universal. These can be
purchased online at our website www.arblueclean.
com. Hardware stores or home centers also have power
washer detergents. The cleaning solution should be the
consistency of water in order to prevent clogging your
detergent bottle nozzle.
• When using the detergent bottle, the application ratio
of water to detergent is 10:1 or 10 parts water to 1 part
detergent.