20+ Times People Cleaned Things To Perfection, And It's Oddly Satisfying To Look At Them

Not every one of us is a clean freak who enjoys scrubbing every single spot we can find. But if you leave something behind for a long time it can get really dirty and there's nothing more satisfying than perfectly cleaning a dirty surface. This list compiled by Bored Panda shows you before-and-after examples of wiping the dirt away, and guess what, you don't have to do any cleaning to enjoy these images! (h/t)

#1 Decided To Have Some Fun While Powerwashing My Dirty Driveway

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#2 New York Used To Be A Much Dirtier City Back When The Northeast Ran On Coal Plants

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#3 My Wife Cleaned The Knobs Off Of The Old Cabinets In Our Basement

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#4 2 Stages Of Hoarder House. You Would Have No Idea

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#5 Got Transferred To A New McDonald's Store. First Thing I Did Was Scrub Their Vats

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#6 I'm Ashamed To Admit That I Didn't Realize How Dirty This Swing Was Until My Wife Asked Me To Clean It. It's Not Painted Green, That's Just Years Of Gunk

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#7 Algae - Algone

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#8 Our Cabin At The Lake

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#9 This Church In Detroit Hasn't Been Cleaned Since It Was Built 134 Years Ago. I Always Thought The Stone Was Black

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#10 Told The Wife The Floor Was Gross And Needed Cleaning. She Said We Don't Need To. Clean Half She Said And Let's See The Difference. Mission Accomplished (We Don't Have Tiled Floors)

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#11 Cleaning Rust Off Metal With A Laser

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#12 So After My Previous Washer Broke I Went Out And Bought A New One, Managed To Complete The Whole Backyard

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#13 Before And After Of A Playground Cleaned At Wirral School. The Difference Is Amazing

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#14 My Cousin Does Powerwashing For A Living. He Recently Posted This

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#15 200 Years Of Varnish Removed From A Painting

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#16 Trinity Abbey In My Hometown, Mid-Cleaning

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#17 I Cleaned A Jetty Yesterday With A Power Washer. Hadn't Been Touched In Over 15 Years. Can't Believe The Difference It Made. Bonus Dog Pictures

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#18 I Power Washed A Garden Bench The Wife Gave Me 16 Years Ago

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#19 Marischal College In Aberdeen, The 2nd Largest Granite Building In The World, Has Been Cleaned. Before And After

#20 Today I Power Washed A Running Track

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#21 They're Power Washing The Fountain Stones At Work

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#22 Walked By At Just The Right Time

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#23 Cleaned For The First Time In 5 Years

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#24 Solina Damn In Poland

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#25 Power Washing A Dirty Truck

#26 The Power Washers Realised They Got The Wrong House, But At Least We Got A Free Sample

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#27 Nottingham City Looking A Little Brighter

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#28 St. Patrick’s Unveils Its Immaculate Facelift

#29 I Never Knew That The Building Was Nearly White

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#30 Cleaning A Dirty Griddle

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#31 Before And After Bathroom Cleaning. The Power Washer Was My Arm

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#32 Built By Her Grandfather. I Thought It Was Just A Bad Stain. Had No Idea

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#33 My Brother Recently Bought His First House. This Was The Very First Thing I Did When I Saw His Back Yard

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#34 My Favorite Building In Uppsala Is Going Through A Power Washing Makeover

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#35 My Shoes Before And After A Cleaning

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#36 Just A Roof Being Cleaned

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#37 Cleaning A Platinum Ring That Hasn't Been Cleaned For 20+ Years

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#38 Boom

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#39 Power Washed My Driveway After 5 Years Of Buildup

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#40 Satisfaction

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#41 I Thought Our Roof Was Supposed To Be Black. Apparently Not

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#42 Chicago's National Building In The Middle Of A Facelift

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#43 This Was Last Summer. My Pops Was So Impressed, He Went In Socks On And All

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#44 Scrubbed A Ceiling Rose Clean With A Toothbrush Whilst Renovating A House

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#45 I Believe This Came Out Rather Nicely

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#46 I’m Falling In Love With My Power Washer

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#47 Probably My Favorite Thing To Use A Power Washer For

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#48 I Forgot What It Used To Look Like

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#49 My First Go At Power Washing. I Think I’m Hooked

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#50 Power Washing At The Mall

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#51 Tadaaa!

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#52 Triangles From Carpet Cleaning. Hypnotic Before/After Picture

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#53 Like New Lion Fountain

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#54 My All Time Favorite Power Wash. Grimy Swimming Pool

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#55 Cleaning Rock Climbing Holds

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#56 I Always Thought I Had A "Dark Stone" Walkway

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#57 Today's Job - Good As New

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#58 This Was Anywhere Between 35-60 Years Worth Of Gnar

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#59 Detroit's Book Tower Being Cleaned And Restored

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#60 3 Hour Timelapse Patio Clean

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#61 Received A Tip As The Customer Was Very Happy With My Work. My First Job Too

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#62 My Neighbor Walter White Power Washing His Home

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#63 This Deck Hadn't Been Washed Since It Was Built In 1987. It Was So Satisfying To Clean

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#64 Power Washing Timelapse

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#65 Before And After Of A Lion An Alumni Donated To My Fraternity. Pretty Happy With How It Turned Out

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#66 Some Concrete Cleaning

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#67 Took This Photo Of The Hofburg Imperial Palace While In Austria. They're In The Process Of Cleaning Off Years Of Buildup

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#68 Is It Good Enough?

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#69 I Recently Decided To Surprise My Parents By Cleaning Around The House While They Were Out Of Town. These Are The Results

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#70 What I Did At Work Today

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#71 No Matter How Old I Get, Power Washing Never Ceases To Amaze Me

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#72 Long Overdue

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#73 Odessa Stairs In The Middle Of Cleaning Process

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#74 First Time Washing The Back Yard, Turned Out Better Than Expected

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#75 These People Were Stoked

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#76 Perfection Of My Back Porch Steps

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#77 Brick Pressure Cleaning

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#78 Just Completed Cleaning The Dulverton War Memorial. Here's A Before And After. Hand Cleaned Only

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#79 Been Doing Different Work At Customer's House For Years, Always Suggesting To Clean Up His Front Wall. Finally Ok'ed, And Did Yesterday

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#80 Deep Cleaning A Car Seat

#81 First Time Power Washing, I Became A Believer

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#82 Kärcher Cleaned The Presidents' Heads At Mount Rushmore In South Dakota

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#83 Grave Stone

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#84 I Envy This Guy At My University

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#85 I Can't Tell If I Am Mildly Infuriated That It This Tombstone Has Been Like This For 8 Months, Or If The Contrast Is Mildly Interesting

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#86 Cleaned My Buddy's Old Guitar

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#87 Wife Suggested To Power Wash The Fence. For Some Reason I Was Not Prepared For The Difference

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#88 100-Year-Old Stadium Gets Cleaned Up

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#89 Halfway Through A Full Restoration On These Deck Boards. This Deck Was Slippery It Was So Dirty. Finished Product Was Resealed A Few Days Later

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#90 Before And After Of Torre Da Cabra, University Of Coimbra, Portugal

#91 Got A Little Carried Away Washing Our Sailboat

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#92 A Decade Of Moss And Dirt Removed

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#93 I Cleaned Up This Snes, Inside And Out. Took About 4 Hours

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#94 Washing A Choux De Créteil Tower In France

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#95 3+ Years Of Buildup, Few Hours Of Work

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#96 Church Of Saint-Pierre, Caen, France, During Its Restoration

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#97 Restoration Cleaning Really Brings Out The Colors Of The Brick

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#98 Deep Cleaned Bathroom

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#99 Sanding The Floor Of My Mate's House

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#100 Kind Of Power Washing?

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#101 Teak Performance

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#102 Half-And-Half Of My White Cast Iron Garden Table

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#103 Sandblasted An Aluminum Kitchenaid Beater After It Was Stained By My Dishwasher

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#104 My Friend Wet Vacuumed The Roof Of A Customer's Car Who Was A Smoker

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#105 Used The Design Of The Welcome Mat As A Stencil In Grime. Made My Saturday

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#106 Tribute Amongst The Grime

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#107 Cleaned Chucks

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#108 Little Bit Of Brick Work

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#109 On My Way Into Work

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#110 Previous Owners Hadn't Cleaned The Deck Since Installed In 2007

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#111 Power Washing Sidewalk From Above

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#112 Some Things Needed Cleaning This Weekend

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#113 Cleaned My Dad's Roof. Pure Pleasure

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#114 My 40-Year-Old Picnic Table

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#115 So Far So Good

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#116 The Dirt Just Sneaks Up On You And You Don't Even Realize

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#117 Brick Porn

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#118 Finally Cleaned The Table Out On The Patio

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#119 Just A Little Rust On The Walkways

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#120 What A Great Result When Washing This Beautiful Carpet

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#121 Cleaning This Heat Sink

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#122 First Time Power Washing

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#123 A Much Needed Rinse

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#124 Night And Day

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#125 Before And After: Cafés In Nancy, France

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#126 My Neighbor Pressure Washed The Sidewalk To Make A Checkered Pattern

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#127 Not Technically Pressure Washing, But Arguably More Satisfying

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#128 I Made Myself Look Like A Fucking Weirdo By Taking These Pictures

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#129 Patio Before. Patio After

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#130 At Napoleon's Tomb In Paris

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#131 Some Powerwashing Art On Campus

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#132 I Was Walking My Dog And Came Across This Monstrosity

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#133 Bike Cassette Before And After Cleaning

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#134 I Can’t Wait To Finish This Project

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#135 Son's Climbing Wall 6 Year Buildup

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#136 Flower Pot

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#137 Patio Powerwash

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#138 Washed The House Today

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#139 Before And After

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#140 Power Washing Golf Carts At Work Today, Thought You Might Enjoy

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#141 Washed One Of The Work Trucks

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#142 Before And After

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#143 Our Neighbours Very Precisely Only Cleaned Their Part Of The Wall

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#144 Finally Got To Use My New Power Washer

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#145 My Dad Decided To Power Wash The Fence For The First Time In About 15 Years

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#146 Long Winter

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#147 Beautiful Path Underneath The Dirt

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#148 Biggest Job Of The Year. This Is All They Wanted Washed

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#149 When You Clean The Floor For The First Time In Years

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#150 Old Bench Is New

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#151 University Of Louisville Planetarium

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#152 Giving The Patio Its Once A Year Cleaning

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#153 A Few Years Worth Of Dirt Washed Off. Forgot What Colour The Floor Is

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#154 This 150-Year-Old Stone Arcade

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#155 Side Walk Of One Of Two Driveways I Did Yesterday. She Was Happy With The Results

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#156 96-Year-Old Neighbor Tom Didn't Think I Could Clean This

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#157 Here's The Hexagon Theater After Cleaning

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#158 Morning Well Spent

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#159 Footpath Outside My Office Was Pressure Washed

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#160 Got To Try Out Some Power Washing While In Brazil, So Satisfying

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#161 Free Lounge Chairs From Letgo Got Cleaned

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#162 Washing My Parents' White Box Trailer

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#163 Customer's Pool Deck

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#164 No After Photo Is More Satisfying Than Brick Steps

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#165 This Church In Paris

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#166 My Friend Owns A Power Washing Business. Most Of His Clients Own Log Homes

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#167 World's Fastest Driveway Cleaning

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#168 Power Washing A Scruffy Table

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#169 Hubby Surprised Me By Starting To Pressure Wash The Driveway And House

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#170 Pressure Washing My Steps For The First Time In 76 Years

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#171 Power Washing For The Man

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#172 Stopped In The Middle To See The Difference

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#173 50+ Years Of Dirt

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#174 Curb Half Way Done

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#175 Reclaiming A Flagstone Patio

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#176 Fine Time To Power Wash The Pool

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#177 What A Difference

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#178 Wait, My Deck Isn't Green?

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#179 Another Tile Roof I Washed Recently

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#180 Decided To Powerwash The Deck On Our New House This Past Summer

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#181 Decades Erased In Hours And Hours

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#182 Front Stairs Needed Some Power Washing Love After Two Years

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#183 Twelve Years Of Dirt

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#184 Huge Difference On My Backyard Fence

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#185 Cleaned The Fiberglass Stairs Today

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#186 30 Years Of Filth

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#187 It Really Was About Time To Get It Done

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#188 Saw This Beauty At University Today

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#189 17 Years Of Dirt Gone. It Only Took Me 3 Hours

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#190 First Time Cleaning The Garden Furniture

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#191 Before And After, Man I Love Pressure Washing

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#192 It's So Satisfying, Isn't It?

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#193 Cleaning The Oxidation Off My Sport Court

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#194 Cleaned Up Some Graffiti On My Electrical Pole

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#195 Washing 5+ Years Of Built Up Dirt Off My Grandparents Patio

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#196 First Time Power Washer

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#197 Uncovered Some Awesome Colors Under A Very Dirty Patio

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#198 I Don't Think This Chair Has Ever Seen A Wash Before

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#199 Church Of Notre Dame In NYC: Power Washing Porn Or Nightmare? I Have This Horrible Feeling They Think They're Done

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#200 Scrubbing And Power Washing The Deck On The House I Just Bought

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#201 Quick Shot From Today’s Work

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#202 Bought A Power Washer For $40 AUD Not Expecting Much. Best $40 I've Ever Spent!

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#203 Before And After Of Finally Cleaning My Gloves. Needless To Say I Don't Think They Smell As Bad

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#204 This Is What My Company Does, And Does Well

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#205 Spotted During Chicago Architecture Boat Tour

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#206 My School Power Washed The Paint Away From These Bricks

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#207 The Prudential Building In Chicago Is Getting A Very Satisfying Wash

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#208 A Great Difference

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#209 The Pleasure Of Cleaning A Dirty Sink

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#210 Rust Removal On Today's Job

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#211 Before And After On Render Cleaning Project

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#212 One Year Of Grime On The Back Patio

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#213 The Balcony Was Not Always Green

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#214 Power Washed My Car's Gas Cap

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#215 This Is The Palace In Vienna, Austria. It's In The Process Of Being Cleaned. The Top Half Is Clean And The Bottom Half Is Covered In Years Of Pollution

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#216 Halfway There

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#217 Still Have A Lot To Do On The Front Walk, But At Least I Got The Fun Part Out Of The Way

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#218 So That's What Color My House Is! Who Knew?

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#219 One Pass Of Pressure Wash Floor Tool Starts To Transform Dirty Patios, Paths And Walkways

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#220 Clean VS Dirty Chair

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#221 Clean Carpet

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#222 Washing Away The Winter

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#223 My Brother Does This For A Living. Here's One Of The Latest - Tennis Court

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#224 Post-Construction Window Cleaning

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#225 Balcony Of A Woman Living Off The Coast Of Puget Sound. Apparently It Was Relatively New Paint

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#226 Dry-Ice Blasting Old Log Cabin

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#227 This Building At Rockefeller Center Complex Got A Nice Wash

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#228 Started Washing The Water Fountain In My Back Garden

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#229 Got My Car's Engine Cleaned

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#230 Just Got A New Power Washer. This Is Gonna Be Good

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#231 Oh Yeah Baby, You Like That? I'm Gonna Clean You. I'm Gonna Clean You So Good

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#232 Wood Decking Patio Power Washing. The Wood Was Completely Covered In Mold, Mildew And Dirt

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#233 My Customer Asked If It Was Worth The Money To Get Her Bathroom Cleaned, She Didn't Realize She Had A Different Bathroom Entirely

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#234 Lets See How My Neighbors Like My Custom Powerwashed Sidewalk

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#235 60-Foot Satellite Dish Powerwash

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#236 Cleaned A Couple Chairs Yesterday

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#237 Wife Asked Me To Pressure Wash And Get A Welcome Mat. Nailed It

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#238 Dirty Truck Changes Colors With Pressure Washer Foamer

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#239 Before And After Pics From Today's Clean

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#240 Time To Sell My House! Wish I Would Have Done This Sooner

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#241 I Cleaned My Coffee Mug Today. Great Result

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#242 Colorful Thun Gets Cleaned After 3 Days Of Carnival

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#243 I Pressure Washed A Sponge At Work Today While I Was Cleaning Up

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#244 Finally Washed My Extremely Dirty Truck

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#245 Cleaning The White Rubber On Sneakers

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#246 Power Washed My Driveway

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#247 Is It OK To Powerwash The Trunk Of A Palm Tree? Tried A Little Bit

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#248 I Find Cleaning To Be Extremely Satisfying. The Right Fan Paddle Is The Before And The Left Is The After

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#249 My Brother Got Half Way Through Power Washing These Old Chairs Ready For Summer

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#250 Before And After From Deep Cleaning And Touch Ups

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#251 Cleaned My Shoes Today. Looking Fresh

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#252 Make The Municipal Great Again

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#253 This Was The Patio At My Mom's New House

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#254 Workers Power Washing The Dome On My Campus Today

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#255 Let There Be Light

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#256 Oddly Satisfying Door

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#257 Before And After

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#258 You Can See The Progress Of The Abseilers Cleaning This Apartment Block

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#259 It Would Have Been A Whole Lot Faster With A Power Washer

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#260 Algae Covered Explorer

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#261 Before, During And After

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#262 There's A Bit Of Work To Do On The Costa Concordia

#263 Cleaned Half My Shoe

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#264 Cleaned My Cleats Up

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#265 Fifth Roof Of The Day. It's That Time Of Year Guys, Business Is Booming And Life Is Good

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#266 Baking Soda Scrubbed With A Brush Followed By A Spritz Of Vinegar Is Responsible For This Little Miracle... Oh And A Ton Of Elbow Grease

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#267 Before And After Cleaning My Beauty Blender With Olive Oil And Dishsoap

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#268 Power Washed Some Old Sneakers

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#269 When Your Dad Asks You To Powerwash The Deck

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