Making snow

Jan 08, 2012 6 Replies

Has anyone tried using their pressure washer to make snow, im tired of seeing grass and thought of giving it a try.


Even if it was ice at least it would look like winter in my back yard, getting tired of the no snow look, my problem I see is I only have one nozzle a zero degree,

15-30 degree nozzle gives a finer spray

I tried it yesterday, but since it was 61 degrees here in CT, it did not work well.

I've read some sick and twisted s*it from this group but wanting to make snow crosses the line. You need professional help! ;-)

Zero tip works fine, if you point it nearly straight up in the air. Let us know how it turns out.

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Even if it was ice at least it would look like winter in my back yard, getting tired of the no snow look, my problem I see is I only have one nozzle a zero degree,

15-30 degree nozzle gives a finer spray

My old, now defunct, pressure washer had an adjustable nozzle thingy. The water shot out of a small orifice and would drill a hole in just about anything you pointed it at. However, there were 2 parallel metal diverter that, when adjusted would move closer together and make the spray more a fan pattern. There was a sweet spot that when you just brought in the metal plates and held the gun straight out, that would create something that looked like fog. I suppose if you did this at 10 degrees or lower, you'd have snow.

Just as an FYI...

It is my understanding that the possibly-soon-to-be-bankrupt Eastman Kodak Co. was the accidental inventor of Snomax, the snowmaking technology that is still in wide spread use today.

The way I heard it was that a Kodak engineer was working on a non-snow related project and it started snowing in his lab. He retraced his steps, figured out what he had done and Snomax Technologies Inc.was born.

I don't believe that Kodak owns the company anymore...probably sold off to help raise cash years ago.

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