My home made portable wash station

smisner50s

here are a few pic of my wash station it works great under 150 dollers into it..works great for the cleaning of the taper and automatic tools

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2buckcanuck

that's odd, I was just holding one of those pumps in my hands today at a reno job I start tomorrow. It was just sitting there on top of their tool box.
Now I'm going to half to take a water hose into work with me to check out the pressure of it
Personally, That's a smart little idea, except I would skip the large bucket. I would be happy with just a 5 gallon bucket, just blast your tools off in another empty 5 gallon. It's portable too

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raven

Great job Smisner your a genius drywaller who save himself a thousand dollors.

smisner50s

I did the five gallon.not good water all over..its got about 40 psi.pretty good pressure I love it for cleaning my taper head mid day when its all muddy..all in all good set up.

smisner50s

O yeah use a washing machine hose there only 4 feet just the right length...remimber the longer the hose the more water to fill it and pressue will drop.

2buckcanuck

That's why god gave us labourers

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rhardman

That's clever as heck!!!

Well done!

STOTLE DRYWALL

I have always washed up in a 5 gallon bucket or a tub i bring onto the jobsite from time to time. This looks much more professional and much less messy; perhaps i should take this page from your book.

D's

Here's some pics of my homemade station too. I just ask the plumbers to plumb in a hose bib and I'm good to go. The compound naturally settles to the bottom and you just have to periodically bucket off the top. Once there's enough goo at the bottom I use it to first coat beads.

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bevo

Ive been looking at setting up a wash station similar to yours smisner. (mainly so my apprentices dont disappear for 20 min when i ask them to go outside to wash the boxes)

Ive tried a couple of things with varied success. Ive had a hose running in from a tap outside but this can be a bit problematic sometimes. The tap is not always close by so we need a long hose and we end up with a fair bit of water to get rid of after washing tools. Smisner could you explain how yours works. Does it use the water in the big tub or do you need water from outside?

Down here in sunny Sydney we use setting compounds for the first 2 coats so we need to get tools washed up straight away after each coat.

Also Ive seen this thing which at least would let you reuse the water

http://www.hydrocellwasher.com.au/

Just looking for something a bit neater and quicker for the changeovers...something that even a 17 year old numb nuts can do quickly without flooding the joint

Mudshark

Bevo that one of Smisners as you can see has the pump inside to recycle the water through the hose, I like it. I also like the one of D's and think you could take the D's design and incorporate a pump into it as well. That way should never need to worry about overflowing the bucket.

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bevo

ok. thanks mudshark. Whats the advantage of having 2 levels like D's. Is it just to have somewhere to sit your tools when cleaning?

Mudshark

D's system appears to be a recycled washtub sitting on a garbage bucket. Seems like a nice height to work with and the water drains into the bucket. Needs to have a water source somewhere else and runs the risk of overflowing. The electric pump and recycled water will prevent the overflowing problem.

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gotmud

Awesome thread Smisner! I too have always cleaned up in buckets, now with this thread and info Its got me thinking

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Mudshark

Me too, thanks Smisner

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Philma Crevices

What is that blue pump called in the original post, can't see the label clearly. Looks like a great set up, Extremely easy to lug job to job. We do a little work for Reno down here as well.

Philma Crevices

I've been looking at a few submersible pumples to make a setup like this, anyone know what a good GPM rating would be, also as far as the cleaning, would water out the hose end need to running free to not damage the pump?

Mudshark

I think you would want to unplug it or have an off switch when not in use. My experience with other 110volt submersibles is that they will burn out if not moving water.

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2buckcanuck

Don't you own a BOAT, or,,,,,, maybe from the sound of this post,,,,, use to own a boat

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Philma Crevices

I was thinking more the sparayer on the end, does pump get damaged if it's not constantly shooting water. Think 22 gpm would do the trick? Found a decently priced one Simer 2300 - 22 GPM