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Iannacchione wrote:

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Mike wrote this below, does anyone have a picture of the coupler used to set up a 3 way nozzle on a garden sprayer?  My pressuretek spray wand broke and I dont want to buy another (they are lousy) I would rather use a run of the mill home depot sprayer, but just need to know what adapter or coupler is used to go on the end.

Thanks everyone,
Brad

I like the Home Depot industrial garden guns.

At the end of the gun I add an adapter to fit a stainless steel coupler to fit my 3-way nozzles.

I use them sometimes for the scary two story roofs, that make you want to hold on the ladder with one hand and spray with the other.

Sometimes using two hands to turn the ball valve off can get sketchy, I know what you mean.

http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10051&langId=-1&catalogId=10053&productId=100659525&N=10000003+90401

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You'll need a female garden thread X 1/2" female pipe thread adapter, a 1/2" x 1/4" bushing, and a 1/4" female stainless steel coupler.

 

I have tried the fire hose nozzles, however the thing that I am not real crazy about is that when you first open them to spray, the spray goes everywhere until you open it up enough to get a better stream (I hope that makes sense), in other words, I think they are pretty hard to control the overspray.

I have tried them though, thank you for your post.

Hey guys,

For those of you who are idiots like me when it comes to plumbing anything...........I wanted to follow up on this post (thanks Mike for your help). Here is a list of parts and numbers needed to make this spray gun. I have a 1/2" hose (I know I should have gone bigger!) My goal was to make a run of the mill garden nozzle into a pressure washing spray gun, without paying $60+.

I used the home depot industrial spray gun that Mike recommended. I bought everything needed at Home Depot, they have a nice board set up with all of the parts on it so even I can look at a glance and figure it out. All parts listed are made by Watts.

From the end of the hose, I needed a hose adapter 3x4" MHX 1/2" (part number A-663) This allows me to hook the nozzle on. After the nozzle is on, at the end of a the nozzle, I used another hose adapter 3x4" FH X 1/2" FIP (part number A-672), I screwed this peice right onto the end of the nozzle. The last piece I bought was a Male pipe too FIP HEX Bushing 1/2" X 1/4" (part number A-827). I screwed this piece right onto the A-672.

Finnally I was able to screw in the 1/4" quick connect coupler and attach my pressure washing tips. Of course I used plumbers tape on each connection. I tried it out last night and wouldn't you know it..........It worked like a charm. (total cost of roughly $22) I bought 2 of everything so if I need a quick change, I would have everything I would need.

I hope this helps someone out there. Nozzles are my biggest concern, this piece works real nice. Give it a try.