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50 Times People Tried Power Washing Things And The Results Were So Satisfying, They Just Had To Share (New Pics)
There’s something hard-wired into us that fills us with satisfaction when we clean something dirty. Practically every cleaning product ad banks on this by showing their product as it cuts through nasty messes, but few tools do it better in real life than a power washer. That’s probably what makes these before-and-after power washing pics gathered from Reddit so lovely.
For such a relatively mundane and widespread cleaning technology, power washing had a colorful start. Did you know that power washing was invented during, and essentially in response to, the Prohibition era in America? Necessity is the mother of invention!
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Indian Sandstone
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Sweet And Sad. My Uncle Lost His Wife A Few Years Ago. Still Misses Her Dearly
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A 400m Power-Washing Mural On The Vouglans Dam In France
First of all, we’ve got to acknowledge just how satisfying – indeed, sometimes even cathartic – a picture of newfound cleanliness can be! The fact that there’s an entire online community created around the sharing of pictures like these speaks for itself. But what does that actually say, other than “ooooh, so nice and clean”?
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Quite Happy With How This Deck Cleaned Up
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Erasing 25 Years
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I Restored A Family Heirloom
Insights from a number of different fields seem to indicate that order and cleanliness tend to have a positive impact on our mental health and sense of wellbeing. Spending time in a clean space and even the act of cleaning can reduce stress and have all sorts of cognitive benefits for people suffering from anxiety or depression.
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Cathedral-Basilica In LeĂłn, Nicaragua - Roof Restoration
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From Brown To Red
Lucas 2 years ago
Looks great but you have to be so careful when doing this kind of thing... Pressure washing your patio and paving can cause significant damage to the integrity of the paving slabs and damage to the joint sand between each paving slab. Brick (block) paving especially - unless you are extremely careful you just remove the jointing and end up with loose bricks. Neighbour has loosened his, a friend has bricks that wobble whenever she drives over them (she didn't jetwash them). It can be done but remove weeds and press down the joints first to minimise the damage. Then you'll need to replace any jointing sand that's been lost.
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Patio Before And After
In one study, college students who received “mindful dish-washing instruction” reported improvements in a number of positive mental state attributes and reductions in negative ones. It’s not entirely clear exactly what those mindful cleaning looked like, but we imagine that staying focused on the positive impact a cleaning session will have on your life might be a good start.
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I Bought A Sailing Boat That Had Been Stood Unused For 15 Years. Nothing That A Good Clean Can't Fix
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I Now Have Clean Balls
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A Quick Walk Clean
Another poll even suggested that, in response to cleaning, participants experienced a mild adrenaline rush comparable to what one might experience while watching a race.
According to the study: “One hundred percent of study participants agreed that cleaning provides peace of mind and a sense of control over one’s environment, 82 percent liked to admire their work after a good clean, and 81 percent felt a sense of accomplishment when they finished the task. In fact, after cleaning, participants reported feeling more determined, inspired and proud and less jittery, nervous and hostile.”
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Before, During, After
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My Sister + Power-Washer = Excellent Results
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Brick Steps
So that’s why you feel good when you clean and when you see these lovely power washing before-and-after pics! But what about the colorful history of power washing that we mentioned earlier? Well, read on for some interesting history tidbits!
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Stone Cleaning
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Unearthed My Overgrown Front Path
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My First Power-Wash. Loved It
The first power washer was invented in 1926 by Frank W. Ofeldt II. Frank was an engineer at a boiler manufacturer in West Philadelphia. Frank, not being wholly content with his lot in life, decided to get his hands on a piece of the Prohibition-era pie by spending his evenings engineering stills for local bootleggers.
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My Mom Cleaned The Pool
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Bringing A Pond Back To Life
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My Uncle Owns A Power-Washing Business. So Satisfying
One night, he noticed that steam streaming from a hose he had was pushing a puddle of grease around on the ground. He immediately understood the potential for this application, but also understood that some sort of cleaning agent would need to be added since he was working with grease. Thus began his experimentation and the eventual invention of the “Hypressure Vapor Spray Generator”, which a shrewd marketer later renamed to the “High-Pressure Jenny.”
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Adirondack Chairs Before And After
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Imperial Castle In Poznan, Poland
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Before And After
Later, a German engineer named Alfred Kärcher improved on the design and built a power washer brand that became a household name for pressure washers.
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Before And After. A Satisfying Few Hours
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Just Bought My First House And Thought My Shutters Were Green
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So Rewarding- Hasnât Been Touched In 30 Years
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Got It Done Today. Fountain Was All Cleaned Up
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My Dad Power-Washed This Little Alcove On His House
SnackbarKaat 2 years ago
Waw it makes it so much more appealing to do something with that place
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First Time The Roof Has Been Cleaned In Years. Maybe Decades
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First Power-Wash After Being Outside For 25 Years
MellonCollie 2 years ago
How is the power washing able to restore the colour of the wood? Genuine question. I get it with tiles, but I don't understand the chairs.
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Before And After Photos Of Pressure-Washing The Stone Wall In Front Of My House
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My Grandmother Needed Her Deck Cleaned, But This Was More Pleasing
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Before And After Of Pressure-Washing The Stairs
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Power-Washing Progress Of The Louvre, Paris
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Old Fire Pit Work In Progress
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I Think Itâs Safe To Say That This Took A Place In The Top 3 Dirtiest Trucks Iâve Ever Washed. Something A Little Different For Yâall
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Itâs That Time Of The Year Again
Maggie Mae 2 years ago
Perhaps that board attaches to the Fence & hold a Tarpaulin in Place for Shade from the Sun?
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Would You Like To Sit On My Deck?
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My Floor Was So Dirty I Was Able To Create A Chessboard Pattern Just By Power-Washing
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House Was Built In 1820. Probably It's First Power-Wash Ever
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Dirty Chair On Sunny Day. Only One Thing For It
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A Fun Gradient Of A Pressure-Washed Fence
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15 Years Without Being Power-Washed Till Yesterday
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There's A Beautiful Deck Hiding Beneath This Ugly, Old Stain
Mimi La Souris 2 years ago
as on old paintings, the varnish spoils while aging but it also protects
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Deck Steps After A Long Winter
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Slowly Making Progress Over Lunch Each Day
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Did My First Power-Washing Job
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âTeak Is No Longer Bleakâ (My Boyfriend's Choice Of Words). I Think The Table Was A Little Dirty
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Finally Got Round To Cleaning My Brick Driveway
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Seeing A Dirty Fence Makes Me Just Want To Clean It
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Building On Broadway By Madison Square Partly Into Being Power-Washed. Itâs A Fun Watch
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After Months Of Nagging, My Boss Finally Let Me Clean The Freezer
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Looking For A Wall Base Pun Title
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Before And After. The Result Of A Pressure And Soft Wash Combo
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54 Years Of Dirt
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Forgot To Get An After Picture Before Putting Carts Back
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Hopefully My In-Laws Approve Of My Little Power-Washing Initiative
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Early Baroque Epitaph Before And After Power-Washing
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I Despise Doing Pressure-Washing Wood But The End Result Is Always Amazing
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Don't Leave Your Pool Unlocked, Or I Will Pressure-Wash All Your Rust
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It Was Calling My Name
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School Cleaning
Mimi La Souris 2 years ago
I am surprised not to see more carpet cleaning, the results are also impressive
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Got Dispatched To Correct Some Vegetation Stains On The Concrete. Before And After
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Bye Bye Patio Moss
Mir Adwari 2 years ago
Use a sharp tipped shovel or wire broom to scrape off moss - if you jet wash it off bye-bye the stuff that holds your bricks still.
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Before vs. After. Weâve Had These Lions For Years! I Never Knew How White They Were
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25 Years Of Grime Blasted Away Today
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I Battled Through The Sleet And Snow To Get This One Done
Carrie de Luka 2 years ago
Scrape off surface moss and weeds, not power wash them off. Damage to the joints is too easy and a pain to fix if you aren't extremely careful.
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More Than 7-Year-Old Fence, Pressure-Washed. Green Square For Reference
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Always Fun To Power-Wash The ATV After A Long Ride
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Another Day In The Life Of A Pressure-Washer
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Washing The Manure Spreader Is Always A Bad Situation
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Looking For A Wall Pun. Before And After Shot
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A Very Satisfying Driveway I Did For Work Today
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Safe To Say Husband Is A Covert And I Now Get To Call Myself A Genius Around The House. Itâs Not Perfect, We Rent And Thereâs No Drainage So We A Have Puddle
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The Back Fence Of Our New House In SF Needed A Little Wash
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I Made My Husband Promise To Take A Before And After Picture
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Bought This Place Last Year, Spent The Last 8 Months Renovating The Backyard By Myself. Borrowing A Friendâs Power-Washer Was One Of The Last Steps
Roan The Demon Kitty 2 years ago
love to see a nice natural backyard/garden with plenty of plant life. I see a lot of "garden renovations" where it's a fake astroturf grass, concrete path and wooden decking with a sun lounger and it just.. ugh I personally hate that. We need plant life, for the bees and butterflies! <3
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Told I Should Post This Here
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Was Convinced To Buy A Power-Washer. Zero Regrets
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Power-Washed My Patio
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Power-Washed The Hell Out Of These Chairs
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Customer Was Actually Mad It Came Out So Clean - "Great, Now I Have To Maintain It"
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Before And After Of A Neglected Corner Of The Roof
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When The End Of School Pictures Show Me How Funky The Porch Has Become, Itâs Time To Break Out The Power-Washer
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We Are Looking For A Stair Pun
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I Unearthed A Sidewalk Today With My Pressure-Washer
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Dirty South Living Up To Its Name
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Power-Washed The Pavement In The Front Yard On A Rainy Day. Felt Like A Dad
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Outdoor Stairs To Basement Before And After
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Hubby Got Me A Power-Washer For Christmas
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First Time Power-Washing And Staining
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I Wish More Of The Store Fronts Wanted Their Walkway Done. Leaving This Job Made Me Sad
AbbyNormal 2 years ago
Leave your card with them. In a few days you should get a callback because they are embarrassed about their walkway
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A Little Prep For My Daughter's Birthday Party
Vanessa Richardson 2 years ago
You guys. I didnât even see the fence at first! I was likeâŠâwhy would someone want to power wash a pile of broken bricks?â Lol
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K W 2 years ago
I think I've found my midlife crisis goals. Do you think someone would let me volunteer to power wash things?
Salty Sasquatch 2 years ago
I hope everyone who power-washed those beautiful pieces of wooden furniture ended up resealing them....
Jennik 2 years ago
Last summer I power washed our driveway, which had a lot of lichen growing in the crevices of the cobbles, and ended up wearing a lot of the clumpy bits of lichen. I looked like the Swamp Thing from a B grade horror movie.
Got Myself 4 Pandas 2 years ago
This is why I hate doing it, think I might need to invest in those waterproof dungarees that fishermen wear
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K W 2 years ago
I think I've found my midlife crisis goals. Do you think someone would let me volunteer to power wash things?
Salty Sasquatch 2 years ago
I hope everyone who power-washed those beautiful pieces of wooden furniture ended up resealing them....
Jennik 2 years ago
Last summer I power washed our driveway, which had a lot of lichen growing in the crevices of the cobbles, and ended up wearing a lot of the clumpy bits of lichen. I looked like the Swamp Thing from a B grade horror movie.
Got Myself 4 Pandas 2 years ago
This is why I hate doing it, think I might need to invest in those waterproof dungarees that fishermen wear
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