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    Dan, I don't care if the arrival and task of that job was all that I had to consider. Unfortunetly though I got things like driving there first to market to them then I gots to drive there to bid them then I gots to drive to get supplies for them then I gots to drive however many times to service them then I gots to drive to the bank to cash funds then I gots to drive my butt to the refreshment/recovery place after getting worn out from pumping all that gas and then I gots to do it all over again... yea I care about it. :) Not only must we raise prices to account for the actual loss but we got to raise even higher to protect our margin of effective profits against the Jones so we can keep up family recreational activities outside of work..

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    Matt, Are those pics before or after brightening/neutralizing?

    Can't imagine how your to do the fine/cut in work around the gutters and windows without being up there. If I wanted to try and get out of some of the hand cut in work a china bristle off telescopic pole may work on a few areas. The main shooting I would do with 24" wand off ladder. Dig it in if need be or have someone hold it below. Use low flow tip to get in tight so yer cut in work is just a few inches..

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    Thanx Rick. I see what yer saying and figured the months that other deck held the stains work out to 7 mon. and then 9 mon.... but are you saying your deck is way older and underwent a couple cycles before ya aged it all free of stain for that year?

    I would think one of those stains lasting better than another would be due to both the stain itself and the deck history/amount of seasons.

    Just want to clarify the age differences and seasoning as heck for sure a 7-9 mon. versus a full year or more is a worthy thing to confirm. I mean in the long term over 30 years that is only 30 services versus 45 services....although we all know full well eventually after only a few or more year they both will have about same seasoning and end up getting a year off a stain. Especially considering the one that fails early will end up seeing more age time due to folks being more likely to let it go a few month being bare if not due to economics then due to deck work seasons not meshing with when it actually needs done. Can't do a deck if the snow is still falling..

    Think I would go ahead and stain for aesthetics and count on things catching up eventually. This doesn't even allow for possability of aging from get go by stripping. Isn't that what Rod or others are doing?.....Hello, Anybody gettin a year or more off a 2 year old ipe to verfy the possability of not aging for a year??

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    Remember, this ipe' was left to naturally weather for a full year. I am currently advising customers with new ipe' to either let it sit and call me in a year, or I am stripping the new wood with 8 oz./gal. of NaOH to chemically remove as much of the natural ipe' extractives as is reasonable. Amazing how much the rinse water looks like blood.

    I firmly believe that this helps in finish longetivity for ipe'.

    So are you implying that without the initial year of sitting that ipe aged the same amount (+1year) with a stain applied from get go would not get the year that your test did?

    I don't see logic saying people are to get less than a year out of the second years staining if they stained upon the initial install. Isn't it fair to say a 2 year old ipe is gonna hold stain just the same whether ya aesthetically presented it to customer with a stain first off or ya let it age a year?

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    Good job Rick..nothing like real world testing!

    On my end I would have to call the rails a wash. The slight difference of the citric being richer seems to be a grain/cut anomaly being that top part of the oxalic pic shows as same or similar.

    Man the condition of the deck is disappointing but I guess expected in you world of caring for ipe.

    Depending on this decks history, it perhaps confirms that waiting a year or attempts at quikening the extractive removal prior to an initial staining could be thought of as useless. May sort of leave a 'go ahead/green check mark' in the stain right away collumn for those wanting the aestetics from the get go. What ya say Rick?

    How was the weather it went through and how much hoseing off might had it seen?

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    Yea we all run into the fella that will put down a product rather than recognizing there is different strokes for different folks. Rather than explaining that each type can have its benefits and require different technique or coats they claim one is better without weighing things out.

    My latest is that some trusted friend of a customer claims my process (same as most here) is improper and sanding is the way to go on her deck. Of course they surely haven't the forsight to see the fastners not being recessed or the type and condition of the stain. I would almost pay to watch how the other guy is gonna tackle the outer rails/ spindles on double decks both up in the air.

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    Yea that's different. You mean you do a lot of work for him as a brother for what he does for you or do you do it as a business making money?. If all that work is business and as profitable as any other then you may owe bro major....

    ..just jiven ya but,

    GET OFF THE TEET and realize what commercial space would run ya to answer the question if yer putting the screws to him... :)

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    Matt.. The best solution is to just not do it under premise of keeping relations. Family and business usually don't mix well when profits are in mind.

    Problem here is that your machinery gets wear and tare that bro might not wish to account for and bro is perhaps having you do more area than would be considered just a little personal upkeep. He may not value your hourly wage/charge the same as you do..Some would view it that doing without profit would be unfair as what he is doing off yer labor is building his equity via your swet rather that his own. Some may not care for that if he is able bodied. He could go buy a cold washer and do his self with a little advice from you. Is he gonna give you part the equity since you did the swetting?

    Honestly though if my relatives need me I'm there if my regular schedule and free time allowed. They would be helping if able and buying lunch and dinner besides the gas and chems.

    That said I don't have relatives owning multiple outbuildings or what have you.

    It is not mandatory to wear the hat of being in business with relatives. Just stick on the company hat that denotes charity/donations and say "hey Matt, yes you can put a little wear on the machinery for sake of family"..

    I don't think it is written that profit is mandatory between blood. Same applies for usery during loaning them money.. :)

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