--- title: Remove graffiti with a professional pressure washer description: With a professional pressure washer, thanks to sandblasting, removing graffiti from walls and surfaces becomes a simple urban cleaning operation. image: https://blog.comet-spa.com/hubfs/graffitiremoval_idropulitrici_02.jpg --- - [EN](https://blog.comet-spa.com/cleaning-en) - [IT](https://blog.comet-spa.com/cleaning-it) - [B2B](http://webup.comet.re.it/) - [Job and Careers](https://joinus.emakgroup.net/areapubblica/Registrati.aspx) [YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCef353b7MfpEv6dCix0o2lw)[Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/Cometgroupspa)[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/comet-s-p-a-) [![logo](https://blog.comet-spa.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Loghi/logo.png?width=248&name=logo.png)](https://comet-cleaning.com/en) - [BLOG](https://blog.comet-spa.com/cleaning-en) - [PRESSURE WASHER](https://comet-cleaning.com/en/pressure-washers) - [FLOOR CARE](https://comet-cleaning.com/en/floorcare) - [CONTACT](https://comet-cleaning.com/en/contact) Search for: # REMOVE GRAFFITI WITH A PROFESSIONAL PRESSURE WASHER By [Comet](https://blog.comet-spa.com/cleaning-en/author/comet) | November 24th, 2020 | Categories: professional high pressure washer, graffiti removal | [6 Comments](https://blog.comet-spa.com/cleaning-en/remove-graffiti-with-professional-pressure-washer#comments-listing) [![REMOVE GRAFFITI WITH A PROFESSIONAL PRESSURE WASHER](https://blog.comet-spa.com/hubfs/graffitiremoval_idropulitrici_02.jpg)](https://blog.comet-spa.com/cleaning-en/remove-graffiti-with-professional-pressure-washer) The streets of our cities are increasingly targeted by vandals who cover walls and street furniture with graffiti and illegal murals. This is a big problem for public administrations, but **urban cleaning companies** can easily fix it by **sandblasting with a pressure washer**. When carried out to order and with regular authorization, **graffiti** are a true work of art that enriches the urban landscapes of small and large cities. In most cases, however, ***writers*** act stealthily, in violation of the law, leaving **on walls, shelters, public means of transport, dumpsters** and other street furniture **signatures, *tags*, drawings and scribbles with spray paint or indelible ink markers**. These vandals don't even spare private buildings, also attacking the **facades and doors of houses, blocks of flats and production plants.** **![graffitiremoval\_idropulitrici\_03](https://blog.comet-spa.com/hs-fs/hubfs/graffitiremoval_idropulitrici_03.jpg?width=600&name=graffitiremoval_idropulitrici_03.jpg)** Public bodies, but also private citizens, spend huge amounts of money every year on **graffiti removal** and, if the right methods are not used, the results are often unsatisfying and even worse. For a long time only **simple detergents and chemicals, often useless against paint, or abrasive tools that irreparably damage surfaces,** have been used. For these reasons, companies specialized in ***graffiti removal*** usually employ a **professional pressure washer**. **Urban cleaning** is therefore in addition to the already numerous uses that can be made of a pressure washer: home [and garden](https://blog.comet-spa.com/cleaning-en/cleaning-the-garden-with-a-pressure-washer)cleaning, [construction](https://blog.comet-spa.com/cleaning-en/the-pressure-washer-in-the-building-industry-water-to-clean-and-work-on-sites)and [agricultural](https://blog.comet-spa.com/cleaning-en/the-pressure-washer-for-the-farm-a-guarantee-of-cleaning-and-speed)work, washing [cars and](https://blog.comet-spa.com/cleaning-en/washing-your-car-with-a-high-pressure-washer)other [means of transport](https://blog.comet-spa.com/cleaning-en/how-to-clean-the-boat-and-motorhome-thoroughly-with-a-pressure-washer). 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Special models, moreover, can use detergents and [produce hot water, in](https://www.comet-spa.com/cleaning/red-series-water-cleaners/)order to remove graffiti more easily. #### [**DISCOVER THE**](https://www.comet-spa.com/cleaning/high-pressure-washer/)[**COMET**](https://www.comet-spa.com/cleaning/high-pressure-washer/) [**PROFESSIONAL PRESSURE WASHERS**](https://www.comet-spa.com/cleaning/high-pressure-washer/) **For the removal of the toughest graffiti, instead, the pressure washer relies on the sandblasting technique,** a process created for the treatment of metals before painting, which sprays microscopic particles of powder on the metal surface to make it rougher and facilitate the grip of the paint to be applied. Likewise, micro-powder is used to **clean** plastic, metal, wooden, and masonry surfaces from **smog, dirt and - as in the case of graffiti - ink and paint**. ## **THE ADVANTAGES OF SANDBLASTING WITH THE PRESSURE WASHER** In addition to its great effectiveness, the advantage of sandblasting compared to traditional methods is **saving time and effort** and, above all, **not damaging the surfaces to be cleaned**. To perform sandblasting operations there are special sandblasting machines, but for a company specialized in urban cleaning it is **much more convenient to purchase a professional pressure washer,** to be used in the most usual washing and cleaning operations, to which a special accessory that allows **hydro-sandblasting** can be added. This kit consists of a **lance with a sandblasting head** and a **probe** that sucks in the abrasive material. The most used materials are **siliceous sand**, which has a **greater cleaning power** but is **very aggressive** and therefore not suitable for delicate surfaces; it also leaves many residues that will have to be removed. The alternative is **bicarbonate** which has a good cleaning power and is particularly suitable **for delicate surfaces** (often used for example in urban cleaning of monuments or historical buildings), **without leaving residues**. These materials sucked in by the probe are mixed with the pressurized water of the pressure washer**: the targeted and concentrated jet** coming out of the nozzle of the **sandblasting head removes graffiti and leaves intact the original material of the surface** targeted by the writer. ![graffitiremoval\_idropulitrici](https://blog.comet-spa.com/hs-fs/hubfs/graffitiremoval_idropulitrici.jpg?width=600&name=graffitiremoval_idropulitrici.jpg) By sandblasting with the pressure washer, graffiti removal can take place in a very short time, whether you have to work on a small surface or on a larger one: by using **lances and extensions,** for example, you can **reach the highest points** of a wall without using ladders or scaffolding. Professionals in charge of urban cleaning can also take advantage of the pressure washer to carry out many other operations without using other tools. With hydro-sandblasting you can **remove rust and incrustations, or deteriorated plasters**; with the classic use of the pressure washer, finally, you can **wash the street, the wall and the overall space** in which the graffiti is located. [![Scarica la Guida | Pompe a membrana: Installazione Diagnostica e Risoluzione dei Problemi](https://hubspot-no-cache-eu1-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/default/5415755/38dceed0-a2ce-4fb7-922b-16ab539c859f.png)](https://hubspot-cta-redirect-eu1-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/redirect/5415755/38dceed0-a2ce-4fb7-922b-16ab539c859f) ## **HOW TO CHOOSE THE PRESSURE WASHER FOR URBAN CLEANING** For professionals of urban cleaning, the best choice is to purchase a high-end pressure washer, optimizing the initial investment thanks to the **various uses** they will make of the machine and **greater comfort**. The evaluation, then, should also take into account the working conditions: basically, outdoors, where any exhaust fumes from the machine do not create problems, and moving on the road even for hundreds of meters is an essential feature. By purchasing a **pressure washer with internal combustion engine**, therefore, the operator will not be bound to an electric power cable and will be able to **move freely thanks to the wheels** that the larger and more powerful pressure washers are equipped with, together with the **accessory-holding trolleys**. #### [**DISCOVER COMET PRESSURE WASHERS WITH INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE**](https://www.comet-spa.com/cleaning/x-series-water-cleaners/) On the contrary, if you also plan to work indoors, you must forcibly opt for the purchase of an **electrically-powered pressure washer** that does not produce dangerous exhaust fumes for an enclosed, unventilated area. #### [**DISCOVER COMET PRESSURE WASHERS WITH ELECTRIC MOTOR**](https://www.comet-spa.com/cleaning/blue-series-water-cleaners/) Thanks to these tips, you are now aware of the **results and pluses** of the pressure washer for graffiti removal and urban cleaning operations: you just have to choose the one that best suits you among the many professional pressure washers in the Comet range. ## [![New call-to-action](https://hubspot-no-cache-eu1-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/default/5415755/10a7a2c6-63e9-4a98-b5b6-36c939ef5e39.png)](https://hubspot-cta-redirect-eu1-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/redirect/5415755/10a7a2c6-63e9-4a98-b5b6-36c939ef5e39) #### Share This Post! 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