1
Read the pump
Ignore the splashy box PSI. Use the stamped PSI and GPM. Those two numbers pick the orifice.
PSI · GPM · job
Match the tip to the machine — then finish the kit.
Pressure washer tips, surface cleaners, and chemicals — matched to your PSI, GPM, and job.
0° redNever for paint
25° greenEveryday concrete
No bleachNot through the pump
How it works
Three numbers, then a kit.
2
Pick the fan
Red 0°, yellow 15°, green 25°, white 40°. Same colors as the plastic tips in the garage drawer.
3
Add the job gear
Surface cleaner if you hate stripes. Soap that stays downstream. A wand that actually fits the gun.
Featured kits
Start with concrete. Soft-wash later.
Stained concrete, garage pads, walkways
Driveway & concrete kit
A 3.0-orifice QC tip set, a 15″ deck that will actually spin in this band, downstream degreaser, and a foam cannon for dwell — bleach never in the pump.
2,600–3,200 PSI · about 2.3–2.7 GPM gas washer
Vinyl, aluminum, wood, brick, stucco siding
House-wash kit
Pump-safe house soap and the wide fans only. The 0° red tip in a 5-pack stays off siding. Bleach, if you ever use it, never goes through the pump.
Any washer with a 40° / 25° tip and a downstream soap path
Vehicles plus a pad rinse — paint-safe fans only
Car & driveway combo
A paint-safe foam path, honeydew soap, and white/green tips only on clearcoat. The driveway pad still gets the concrete kit’s deck if you have one.
1.8+ GPM if you want the cannon to foam; any QC gun for the rinse
Tip-color legend
Same rainbow as the QC tips.
0° · Red
Pinpoint blast. Paint stripping, rust, never for siding or cars.
15° · Yellow
Heavy concrete, gum, oil spots. Keep it moving.
25° · Green
Everyday workhorse. Driveways, patios, most hardscape.
40° · White
Rinse, soap, and softer surfaces. Wide and forgiving.
Guides
Charts first. Shopping second.
PSI + GPM
Tip orifice chart
Turn the numbers on your pump into a tip size. Too small spikes pressure. Too big and the wash goes mushy.
TipsPSIGPM
Orifice + PSI
Pressure washer GPM chart
Turn a tip orifice and your PSI into approximate GPM, then see which hole actually fits the pump.
GPMTipsPSI
Angle + job
Pressure washer tip size chart
Which fan — 0°, 15°, 25°, 40°, or soap — for concrete, siding, cars, and decks at homeowner PSI bands.
TipsJobsPSI
Spinning deck
Surface cleaner matrix
Match deck diameter to flow. A 20-inch cleaner on a 1.4 GPM electric will just sit there and streak.
Surface cleanersConcrete
Chemicals
Foam cannons and soap
How to foam without wrecking seals — and why bleach never, ever goes through the pump.
ChemicalsSafety
Fittings
Quick-connect wands
M22 vs 1/4-inch QC, electric vs gas, and the adapter that actually fits the gun in your garage.
WandsQC
How-to
How to pressure wash a driveway
Size the orifice, degrease oil spots, run a 15″ surface cleaner, and finish the edges with 25° and 40° — without etching the pad.
DrivewayHow-toConcrete
How-to
How to pressure wash a patio
Size the orifice, wash concrete and pavers with 25° green and standoff, and rinse with 40° — without blowing sand out of the joints.
PatioHow-toPavers
How-to
How to remove oil stains from a driveway
Chemistry-first oil stain removal: absorb, degreaser dwell, agitate, then rinse. Pressure alone spreads oil.
DrivewayOilHow-to
How-to
How to pressure wash a house
40° white for soap and rinse, 25° green only with standoff, pump-safe siding soap downstream — never 0° red or bleach through the pump.
HouseHow-toSiding
How-to
How to pressure wash a wood deck
Soft-wash a wood deck: 40° white, standoff, downstream soap, and no spinning surface cleaner — never 0° red or bleach through the pump.
DeckHow-toWood
How-to
How to pressure wash a fence
Soft-wash a wood fence: 40° white, standoff, downstream soap, and no 0° or spinning cleaner — never bleach through the pump. Vinyl gentler; metal still watch the coating.
FenceHow-toWood
How-to
How to pressure wash a car
Paint-safe car wash: 40° white and 25° green only, with standoff, foam pre-soak, and a two-bucket mitt. Never 0° or 15° on clearcoat, and not in the hot sun.
CarHow-toPaint
How-to
How to winterize a pressure washer
Drain the pump, hoses, gun, and wand, then pump saver. Gas engines get fuel stabilizer. Electric units store above freezing.
StorageHow-toPump