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Michael... I seriously hear the selling "service" over "clean"....almost anyone can clean. We must show people we are indeed dealing in rocket science.. :)

I concure with the other fellas.. Although Olympic has various offerings I believe the one your refering to may have curing oil properties to it which will not be friendly to the RS oil feeding type stains. "When the ready seal fades over the next 6-12 months can the underlying stain bleed through?".. yes is likely..The new stuff could also cause flaking and failure of the old stain like a continuation of the stripping process. Sometimes you can indeed use same type products over each other if they were same type but this isn't the case here. Have placed RS over other penetration type stains to decent looking success but failure down the road is untested...best to strip All old off. You won't be able to get the exposed wood to match the covered persay but your guy should be able to remove all the old stain and that mildew/grease to the right of the bbq. Think you need to allow the wood condition/buildup conditions themselves dictate what the wood will need in way of final prep after it is fully stripped. Contractor should have allowed for that and shoudl be open to adjustment of it needing some sanding prep if need be... Perhaps most important thing I want to convey to you is that full stripping this deck will not and should hardly ever include a stronger more aggressive use of the actual powerwasher. 600-1k psi with proper wide angle tips are generally used to prevent wood damage. To finish this up contractor needs to either just do one more strip cycle of same strength or a slightly stonger strength if what we see is not the worst areas.

Ken, One thing I noticed when doing the percapita on my areas is that we be poor ..ahha.. Maybe looking at the county info rather than all the little city would offer folks enoug overview to decide whether they want to be in an area... Speaking of such...how come with yer sales ability you not out here.? I mean I am nowhere near their level but I know guys running plain old commercial janitorial with payrolls a tad bit under your 75k a month but they surely deal with a lot less stress than that of a woodie or pressure washer. You would probably clean up big time. Wondering what the population differences are though....hmmm..might change things..unsure

"Its all about target marketing...being a sniper in a world full of junk advertising.".... oooo I luv that!!! :)

My limited experience with the hvac ones are that they'll rust up pretty fast but won't melt. Currently I am without any type a stack for neither the burner or the engine. Since I am in an all steel trailer and there is a standard trailer vent opening just offset from the burner top the heat comes out fine with no danger of melting anything. Without the metal trailer I don't think I would have been able to take things a step further in making my machine a fully portable unit that can go in and out regularly as now it is too high in there to really mount any sort of a stack at all. If I pry it I can get one little piece of cut off hvac register up in there. Found that it just not really needed in my case anyways...I made a lift up type utility door along side of trailer and I open when running so that ends issues with the engine exhaust pretty much all together.

Too social fer me the whole thing... Call me on regular phone and when I don't answer the ring then leave a message..take a hint...opp sorry .. carry on.. :)

Chaz, no those figures I listed are not from a site persay. They are from figuring my known costs and personal labor time involved and then what I want to make for that time and effort expended. There is also a dose of respect to both the desire to keep faces fed and what my competition charges of course. The ranges I gave are due to the respecting what others are able to get elsewhere or for complications. Realize it aint for heavy strip of an acrylic lets say.... Delco was mentioned recent but so was contractor.com...couldn't tell ya off top of my head what Delco list says for decks right now.

In considering future work that maybe only one at a time, I'd say the first option. Everything about it looks lower to the HO...The simpler the better.

Confused... is the flooring a total of all 5. I ask as the ln.ft. of the railing and steps seems as maybe a total?

Scott, I understand what your saying and would somewhat agree with the shying away from acrylic if it situation of customer wanting natural look or lower prep costs on a remaintenance. Have to take issue though with the generalization or imply of no "wet look" on stone though. When customer wants "wet look" I respect their wants and try to accomodate just like thousands upon thousands of other contractors and manufactures. They have their reasons like easier maintenance and the awesome look in mind. Although surely there are solvent based acrylics suitable for interior or exterior I go with the 'wet look' lacquers myself. Here is example found just about any place: Glaze N' Seal (wetlook 2000) Thing people need to realize is it like anything else and that recoating 1 to 5 year down the road is on the menu and they need to prep it correctly each time.

Wish we had pictures... Is it lite color?.. Is it all grouted?.. when they not it sure makes for luvly muddy mess.. If you got any of that white efflorescence situation you may have to go with speciality acid based cleaners and low pressure..may even have to use a sealer to help prevent.. Regardless, to get the black mildew you'll need anywhere from 1 to 6% SH and you may even need hot water or (scary as it may sound) a turbo head on some areas like the ivy if you don't wish to chlorinate it. Set it up with a disclaimer that chlorine could do some the vegitation in even though you'll do your best to prevent it. Prevent it by not overspraying chems directly of course onto the plants but more importantly do plenty of pre-watering so the plants have their fill and dirt becomes open to absorbtion. Then while doing job and directly after you deep water until you believe the chems have absorbed under the root line of the vegitation. I also tell the customer to water real good over next few days. I've done this on stepping stone areas and tight flower garden areas and only stuff to ever show any browning or death is that ground cover stuff they sometimes plant between steps...you know it like moss and sometimes has little white baby breath type flowers. Here's an interesting video link...wanted to run from them myself though: Efflorescence on Flagstone Can Be Tough To Get Out. Check Out This Free Video!

question..were you just guessing the base sq. ft.? You got to get a measure wheel to walk around with friend..

2100 X .10=$210 x.5 for 2nd story=$315 ...that might work

who vote.. me?.. NEVER..lol Here is idear for ya... what ya do is every month or so ya do yer own sitemap work with a crawler. (Remember back a couple year ago when I offered?) So anyways then you submit it to the search engines and if ya time it right you open the whole site up and let them crawl with the info ya gave them. That way all new posts are indeed searchable on internet and you still drive people in. They will be forced to register if they real serious and will just move on if they not interested in spending time with it. I'd do the crawl work fer like a c note and send ya a file every month....abit more for actual submission ..:)

ttt.lol.. ps-- good golly..we're to have all them sticky polls clogging up the 'new post' area for like ever now since they pop up every time anyone votes....man o man!...gonna be a fight of the fittest for the regular threads..roar little doggies!..roar! :)

Am for the the areas that discuss CLEANING trades/bid/marketing/review/contractor help areas as private. Am for areas that discuss news/new products/chemicals/equipment/environmental areas as public... Am for profiles being public. I'm for Ken and Rick though also so I am tainted and on the fence.. :)

What's that wand threaded like..1/4? Looks like you would just unscrew that variable sprayer via that brass nut and the wand will be male pipe threaded underneith. The quik connect for wand tips are female..least mine is..they just screw on end. You can see wand kits or washers with them at Lowes.. if lucky they may have a loose one fer sale. You should also be able to see them in site vendor catalogs here. Click on a banner to get to them off main page.. ps.. opp there's one now.. hi Russ :)

already did yesterday.... ps- well got through on the desktop but somethings up since I had already tried that with failure

Well with all this privatizing did new post ability and posting in some threads get muffed up for me? seems so..

Hope they showed that kid some brotherly luv..yikes..I mean that the sorta thing could scar a youngster for life in having to take such blame on their shoulder..

ooo. a poll would've been fun... :) .I vote either MAS or 2-butoxy based CFS . When ya spill it I'll label my homemade acronyms..lol

At what point do we call it a day and say "hey.. it could use a sand,prime, and paint..pressure washing can't solve everything" to the owner? I'd have to say when 6% don't work or when ya know it is chipping or so thin that ya think your looking at the underneith.

Hi bjp--, Take a look at the sponsor banner ads that flash up top outside the thread..like on the main page or forum root. I click on Quiklinks/Todays Posts to keep abreast on topics and there you'll see a current supplier called The Sealer Store up top.. am pretty sure people are having good experience with them.. The Wood Cleaning forum section has lots of activity and discussion of HD80. You can also try the search feature of the site to get to the older stuff..seems you already found it going on how old this thread is..haha. Enjoy TGS!!

Matt, No problem...just make sure to put some water in bottom and maybe put some duct tape around outer lip of can part to keep air from agitating things if ya like. The water makes humidity which lessons the chances for combustion, and the excessive air made during driving down the road can induce flamage. I mean just make sure the lid not too loose. Greg, Good Golly!! what the full horror story behind that inferno?..is there a link to it? Jamie, wow!. that shed like a 3k$ shed hu? Scary stuff people... real scary stuff!!

Awesome stuff Scott!..I dig the having a reason behind the naming. Have used the bible and the baby books with their old English meanings to name my 3 boys. Got one on the way too and but since we don't know *** we may wait till the very end to do the naming. Some names I can't use as my lady and I both agree to having a few outs each? Like I considered Amos but lady wasn't having it...lol. Pardon the pun but since yer from Omaha why Limited yourself..you could go with Carl..you know Carl Sandburg?...well in honor of Carl Sagan there probably a Biiiiillion there already..pardon the double pun,,haha Am voting Paul Joseph as it just seems to go together.. Have fun with this.. I luv it!! :) ps--..here is some Scott trivia..do you realize he played over 17 hours of space invaders in the arcade? wow!!