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!

#1 A 400m Power-Washing Mural On The Vouglans Dam In France

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#2 Indian Sandstone

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#3 Sweet And Sad. My Uncle Lost His Wife A Few Years Ago. Still Misses Her Dearly

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#4 Cathedral-Basilica In León, Nicaragua – Roof Restoration

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#5 Erasing 25 Years

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#6 I Now Have Clean Balls

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#7 Imperial Castle In Poznan, Poland

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#8 Quite Happy With How This Deck Cleaned Up

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#9 My Sister + Power-Washer = Excellent Results

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#10 Bringing A Pond Back To Life

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#11 Adirondack Chairs Before And After

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#12 From Brown To Red

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#13 My Dad Power-Washed This Little Alcove On His House

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#14 So Rewarding- Hasn’t Been Touched In 30 Years

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#15 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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#16 Before And After

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#17 Before, During, After

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#18 My Mom Cleaned The Pool

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#19 Got It Done Today. Fountain Was All Cleaned Up

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#20 Patio Before And After

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#21 I Restored A Family Heirloom

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#22 My Floor Was So Dirty I Was Able To Create A Chessboard Pattern Just By Power-Washing

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#23 Brick Steps

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#24 A Quick Walk Clean

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#25 My Uncle Owns A Power-Washing Business. So Satisfying

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#26 My Grandmother Needed Her Deck Cleaned, But This Was More Pleasing

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#27 Old Fire Pit Work In Progress

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#28 My First Power-Wash. Loved It

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#29 Unearthed My Overgrown Front Path

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#30 Before And After. A Satisfying Few Hours

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#31 Power-Washing Progress Of The Louvre, Paris

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#32 A Fun Gradient Of A Pressure-Washed Fence

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#33 Before And After Of Pressure-Washing The Stairs

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#34 Before And After

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#35 House Was Built In 1820. Probably It’s First Power-Wash Ever

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#36 Slowly Making Progress Over Lunch Each Day

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#37 Did My First Power-Washing Job

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#38 It’s That Time Of The Year Again

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#39 First Power-Wash After Being Outside For 25 Years

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#40 Building On Broadway By Madison Square Partly Into Being Power-Washed. It’s A Fun Watch

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#41 There’s A Beautiful Deck Hiding Beneath This Ugly, Old Stain

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#42 Dirty Chair On Sunny Day. Only One Thing For It

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#43 Would You Like To Sit On My Deck?

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#44 Deck Steps After A Long Winter

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#45 First Time The Roof Has Been Cleaned In Years. Maybe Decades

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#46 I Think It’s Safe To Say That This Took A Place In The Top 3 Dirtiest Trucks I’ve Ever Washed. Something A Little Different For Y’all

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#47 Before And After Photos Of Pressure-Washing The Stone Wall In Front Of My House

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#48 Fence Cleaning

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#49 After Months Of Nagging, My Boss Finally Let Me Clean The Freezer

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#50 Just Bought My First House And Thought My Shutters Were Green

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#51 Hopefully My In-Laws Approve Of My Little Power-Washing Initiative

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#52 15 Years Without Being Power-Washed Till Yesterday

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#53 “Teak Is No Longer Bleak” (My Boyfriend’s Choice Of Words). I Think The Table Was A Little Dirty

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#54 Seeing A Dirty Fence Makes Me Just Want To Clean It

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#55 Looking For A Wall Base Pun Title

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#56 54 Years Of Dirt

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#57 Finally Got Round To Cleaning My Brick Driveway

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#58 Clogged Pool Filters Before And After

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#59 Before And After

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#60 Wife Kept Telling Me The Patio Chairs Were Filthy. I Didn’t Believe Her Until Today

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#61 Cleaning The Monsoon Mess

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#62 Stone Cleaning

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#63 Moss Is Beautiful, But You Can Slip On It

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#64 Washing The Manure Spreader Is Always A Bad Situation

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#65 Muskoka Chair Restoration

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#66 Power-Washing Before And After

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#67 This Side Of The Deck Gets Zero Sun. You Don’t Realize How Bad It Is Until You Clean It

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#68 Bye Bye Patio Moss

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#69 Another Day In The Life Of A Pressure-Washer

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#70 Squeaky Clean

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#71 Before And After. The Result Of A Pressure And Soft Wash Combo

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#72 Forgot To Get An After Picture Before Putting Carts Back

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#73 Spring Cleaning

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#74 I Battled Through The Sleet And Snow To Get This One Done

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#75 Don’t Leave Your Pool Unlocked, Or I Will Pressure-Wash All Your Rust

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#76 I Love Working With These Tiles

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#77 More Than 7-Year-Old Fence, Pressure-Washed. Green Square For Reference

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#78 Early Baroque Epitaph Before And After Power-Washing

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#79 I Was Doing A Food Delivery. Was Surprised By This

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#80 Before And After Clearing This Mess With A Power-Washer

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#81 This Is My Entire Personality Now. Slowly Going To Power-Wash Our Entire Apartment Complex

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#82 It Was Calling My Name

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#83 Safe To Say Husband Is A Covert And I Now Get To Call Myself A Genius Around The House. It’s Not Perfect, We Rent And There’s No Drainage So We A Have Puddle

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#84 School Cleaning

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#85 25 Years Of Grime Blasted Away Today

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#86 Who Knew Shingles Aren’t Supposed To Be Black

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#87 Bought This Place Last Year, Spent The Last 8 Months Renovating The Backyard By Myself. Borrowing A Friend’s Power-Washer Was One Of The Last Steps

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#88 Outdoor Stairs To Basement Before And After

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#89 The Back Fence Of Our New House In SF Needed A Little Wash

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#90 Got Dispatched To Correct Some Vegetation Stains On The Concrete. Before And After

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#91 I Made My Husband Promise To Take A Before And After Picture

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#92 Before And After Of A Commercial Project I’m Working On

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#93 A Very Satisfying Driveway I Did For Work Today

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#94 Not Perfect But It Looks Nice

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#95 Always Fun To Power-Wash The ATV After A Long Ride

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#96 I Despise Doing Pressure-Washing Wood But The End Result Is Always Amazing

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#97 This Was Long Overdue

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#98 A Morning Well Spent

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#99 When The End Of School Pictures Show Me How Funky The Porch Has Become, It’s Time To Break Out The Power-Washer

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#100 Before vs. After. We’ve Had These Lions For Years! I Never Knew How White They Were

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#101 Half Of The Stairs Cleaned

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#102 Power-Washed The Pavement In The Front Yard On A Rainy Day. Felt Like A Dad

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#103 Power-Washed My Patio

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#104 Magical Color-Changing Patio

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#105 I Washed Several Years Of Pacific Northwest History Off The Driveway

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#106 Power-Washed The Hell Out Of These Chairs

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#107 Looking For A Wall Pun. Before And After Shot

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#108 Hubby Got Me A Power-Washer For Christmas

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#109 Before And After Of A Neglected Corner Of The Roof

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#110 Concrete Paver Patio Brought To Life

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#111 Was Convinced To Buy A Power-Washer. Zero Regrets

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#112 We Are Looking For A Stair Pun

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#113 I Unearthed A Sidewalk Today With My Pressure-Washer

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#114 I Wish More Of The Store Fronts Wanted Their Walkway Done. Leaving This Job Made Me Sad

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#115 Dirty South Living Up To Its Name

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#116 Equinox All Cleaned Up

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#117 Customer Was Actually Mad It Came Out So Clean – “Great, Now I Have To Maintain It”

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#118 Top Of This Truck Hadn’t Been Washed In 17 Years

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#119 First Time Power-Washing And Staining

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#120 Told I Should Post This Here

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#121 A Little Prep For My Daughter’s Birthday Party

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#122 Power-Washed This Outdoor Table

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#123 Getting The Day Started By Addressing This Customer’s Dirty Garage. Before And After

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#124 A Little Before And After Action On An Awning In West Florida

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#125 Before And After

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#126 Took These Pictures Thinking Of You

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#127 Very Old Deck Paint Coming Off To Make Room For A Clear Stain

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#128 Before/After Neglected Corner Of Roof

#129 First Time Power Washing And Staining

#130 Adirondack Chairs Before And After

#131 Wife Kept Telling Me The Patio Chairs Were Filthy. I Didn’t Believe Her Until Today

#132 Not Sure If This Is Up To Snuf, But Got A Good Before And After Of Our Stairs

#133 I Unearthed A Sidewalk Today With My Pressure Washer. It Was ✨️?✨️

#134 Just A Patio For Your Saturday

#135 “Teak Is No Longer Bleak” (My Boyfriends Choice Of Words)… I Think The Table Was A Little Dirty Past Due For A Powerwash… From Lost River, Wv

#136 Magical Colour Changing Patio

#137 Spring Cleaning

#138 Erasing 25 Years

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