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    Ahh the momentos of youth and being one shy of over the hill...Good to hear yer not removed Ken :) On the other hand my one short of over the hill body feels like one of these horror flicks removed something of it...haha.

    .. It don't move or get out of bed near as fast as it used to.

    Hence my thoughts turn to two of the greatest classic scifi flicks of all time in Logans Run and Soylent Green..

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    Cody, What is it that your saying exactly? Are you saying that industry has not developed waterbased silicate penetrating sealers suitable for concrete and brick or just not suitable for brick? I wonder if your basing brittle outcomes and film whitening on solvent based penetration attempts and plain old acrylic topcoating type sealers...

    They been making the silicate stuff for over a decade now for concrete and has been engineered for the wood care field recently as well..

    First I heard and read literature about it was while working for a concrete engineering facility that did the compression testing of field cores about 15 years ago. It was marketed for bridges or structures that weren't originally made dense enough to keep water out. One would think it has been tested long enough now to say it works or doesn't.. If you are refering to these type products as not working then maybe Keith and many other people don't know what they are doing in recommending it for brick.. Go figure..it won't bethe first time industry sold us lies .. :)

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    Kevin,

    Are you saying that xjets aren't really all that effective, with 5gpm machines?

    Does anyone have a 5gpm or 5.5gpm rig and use an xjet? I would love to hear your thoughts on the subject!

    No..just going by what Xjet and others have said about loosing some of the chemical draw rate as gpm increases. You trade some chem strength for flow hence height or you don't. Is up to you.. Apparently other folk like Wesley that actually use them don't notice or mind and find the higher shooting ability more important. Is why I first mentioned higher gpm machine.

    Might be important for you to consider how strong you need chems before you go switching anything. Maybe even do a measure of how much you draw now.

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    How you got similar taste Ken?.. you know being yer so old and all..lol :)

    Ok so I had the Children of Men for a week and never watched it. Went and got it again along with the Pursuit of Happiness. Kid talked meout of Balboa for Micky Mouse...

    Now if I can just curb my TGC addiction!!!

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    thanks kevin,

    i know you're there if i need you. i hope that i didn't step on anybody's toes here but when you post an awesome job here like fresh did then you better be ready to answer some questions. if not, then save the pics for your web site. i think i'll have him come do my fence and i'll just sit back and watch, take some notes and drink a cold beer. don't you just hate it when the homeowners tag along behind you?

    consider this horse buried,

    rando

    I kid you not that I use generic labeled jugs for to head that horse off at the pass.

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    Without first speaking to the xjet question....If you can manage it go with just a tad higher flow of 6gpm. You'll be way more productive on flat hard surfaces, that's if you do any of that or if you don't rely totally on surface cleaners that is.... Wand guys with 6's go way faster than I can..

    I forgot a question. Will a 4000psi/5gpm machine throw a stream higher with the xjet than a 3500psi/5gpm machine?

    Don't think so. Both distance and psi is a product of flow firstly. The faster the water escapes out an ever smaller orifice (psi) the more likely it will atomize (become smaller drops-aka-less mass) and loose it's kinetic energy (mass+ movement) that carries it farther into the sky. Picture it like your backing up the column of water with more water(flow) and your just pushing it. Speed is less important than the water being there behind it to begin with... The speed at which the column moves mainly effects it's trajectory...Trajectory is less important than how high the column would go if it were as example a straight up and down fountain. The obvious exception to what speed does is that gravity will collapse the collumn if there is no speed left in the column which again is subject tot he kinetic energy. (I deal with speed and trajectory in my archery hobby so I tend to understand it decent enough :) )..message is.. keep your kinetic energy intact...

    With that said, you also must realize that the higher the gpm the less efficient an xjet chemical draw rate will be. Hence you got a catch 22 and are led up on the roof with straight chems or sticking with your lower flow machine... Where is Chris from Apple Roof??

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    You make a pretty good point there Rando and I somewhat back you on it under the premise that perhaps some of those that might now offer critisizm or go mute were but questionative newbies a few years ago. Everyones gotta start somewhere right?.... In contrast though I'd have to say that if the horse aint budgin then it dead and one ought not to beat it too much.. haha.....Some these threads get rolling so good that a simple thoughtless question can inspire a riot of a half dozen guys saying same thing and the outcome seems that the target fella is getting whipped and tarred.

    You've certainly been aroundlong enough to know the search function and am sure you've paid some dues by offering help to others so I'd be one of the first to offer you what I know...Don't know nothin though of what others do so back to your point of when people post pics they should expect questions unless they disclaim they don't want questions.

    Anyways...enough of my thesis..just wanted to let ya know yer feeling does not go unnoticed..

    p.s... oh but really.. the guys here using tounge in cheek are great guys that will give you their left *** if they don't need it.. :)

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    Wagner infomercial on the Fx channel right now beating the dickens out of staining pad or lambswool with their $90 Control Spray hvlp.

    Wish I was spraying a wtw sample with one about now.....Oh well, RS samples in my $15 Ebay-Harbor Freight HVLP will have to do. Least til I get tired of filling up it's dinky 2 quart container..

    ..doo do doo..twiddling thumbs..thinking shurflow or large pressure pot is calling my name..

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    Ken,

    Osborne Brush=buffing bliss

    Hess Log Home Supply in PA would have them, dont have a web address but would be an easy search. You guys try these, you'll never look back. Goes on the Makita 9227C or similar buffer. I saw Harbor Freight has a 7" buffer on sale for 29.99. Probably work fine, no more than guys like us use one of these tools. Just make sure and get the SQUARE bristles.....if you find prices on these brushes ranging from $65-$85, the lower price is for ROUND bristles, less abrasive. The person selling them to you may have no idea about the difference, and for that reason, get them from one of the first two places I linked to.

    I bought the pneumatic 6" random orbital from HF last week. Anyone think the Osborne run off it or do I need an pnuematic angle grinder. Am trying to go all air tool.

    p.s... just now noticed how old this thread is...anyone got newer info on availability and pricing of the osbornes?

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    Northern tool sell xjets now,so anyone who wants it can get it and HD sells a cheap knock off

    Although I don't see it online I did see some such thing perhaps at the actual HD store. It was some very cheap looking thing called a 'soaper' tip. I passed over it so fast that I am unsure now whether it had chem draw hose or was supposed to suck chemical like an xjet. Maybe your pulling our leg...Maybe I go back and rig it in as a high draw chem injector if it does suck chems....

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    This deck was stained a year ago and still isn't gray. There is no clear that will hold up for more than 6 months.

    Sounds conflicted in a nuclear confused way :)

    p.s. j/k..yer really saying that you almost went clear but that some pigment is there in bottom picture?...looks almost clear, wet,or very slightly pigmented..

    I really like that look as does alot of folks out this way..Please tell us the color or mix you used for that Ken...Oh and where is that powerpoint you said I could get off you?

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    So just for me to de-grease engines, 2.3@700 is prolly not enough? I wonder what this machine is for?

    Kyle

    That's not what I said..I said "And about the 700 psi... it don't feel like much which is good for what your using it on in vehicles "

    For engines yer fine and that would be what a steam machine is for.

    When you say "bays" I assume your meaning the hard floor surfaces. So if your doing this commercially and doing some shops floors you might want to think again on gpm..

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    If you got only a couple bays then yea. You got sump in yer place?

    What happened to your Hotsy? They sell them about 5 mi from my place..

    p.s.... oh wait a second, your not a shop owner looking for a unit!.... To be more productive you better get more gpm version.. Landa makes good stuff, so does the Hotsy

    And about the 700 psi... it don't feel like much which is good for what your using it on in vehicles but I still think you want more gpm for rinse factor. That is where the ability to move through hard surface jobs comes from not the pressure..

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    I don't like Will Ferrell either.

    Whaz the matta man..you don't like Ricky Booby??

    You can keep the crepes I'll take a little 'shake'.. and then a little 'bake'. Yea baby... Ricky Bobby rules!!

    ps. The Lady in the Water was interesting for a fantasy movie....haha. j/k.. luv lot of movies over here except for The Talented Mr. Ripley.. most boring movie of all time..

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