Mike
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- 4 cockers
For several years, I've always wanted to get a hydrosurge.. or one of those other bathing systems the groomers use. But, I dont happen to have $500 or more to spend on one. Some of them are close to $1000 for the mixers and all that. Then I saw one from Oster called the Rapid Bath system... a hand held thing that holds shampoo and attaches to a garden hose. It was around $40 - $50 which seemed reasonable, but you also had to purchase shampoo cartridges at $7 apiece. Nah... not for me. Kind of like always having to buy ink for your printer. Plus I saw a demo video and the spray looked kind of wimpy.
So.. I got to thinking.. All this thing does is mix shampoo and water together to spray on the dog.. So... I decided to get a weed sprayer from Lowes for $7 and a 10" hose extension for $4 from Walmart to attach to the utility sink. Total cost $11. The weed sprayer attaches to any garden hose, and has the canister on the bottom for weed killer. (or in my case, dog shampoo) It also has an off/on button for the water supply, and a dial to adjust the mixture ratio.. from heavy soap to none at all. This way I can lather em up and flip the dial to rinse all at once. So hooked the hose up to the utility sink, added some shampoo and fired it up. Bear went first, then Kyle. It worked great. Just the right amount of water pressure. It also has adjustments for the spray pattern, but just keeping it in shower mode was more than adequate enough to get them clean. It only took a few minutes for each dog and that was that. I only put maybe 2 cups of shampoo in the thing, and still had some leftover when I was done. Plus you can adjust the water temp when using it with your sink.
Anyway... Just wanted to pass it along... Not bad for $11
So.. I got to thinking.. All this thing does is mix shampoo and water together to spray on the dog.. So... I decided to get a weed sprayer from Lowes for $7 and a 10" hose extension for $4 from Walmart to attach to the utility sink. Total cost $11. The weed sprayer attaches to any garden hose, and has the canister on the bottom for weed killer. (or in my case, dog shampoo) It also has an off/on button for the water supply, and a dial to adjust the mixture ratio.. from heavy soap to none at all. This way I can lather em up and flip the dial to rinse all at once. So hooked the hose up to the utility sink, added some shampoo and fired it up. Bear went first, then Kyle. It worked great. Just the right amount of water pressure. It also has adjustments for the spray pattern, but just keeping it in shower mode was more than adequate enough to get them clean. It only took a few minutes for each dog and that was that. I only put maybe 2 cups of shampoo in the thing, and still had some leftover when I was done. Plus you can adjust the water temp when using it with your sink.
Anyway... Just wanted to pass it along... Not bad for $11
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