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Not that I've noticed. Besides, it's my wife's car. I'll just blame her if something happens to it.

So that's what Modelo is. I really had no idea what Modelo was.

I used some Gutter Gernade (F 13, F 14?) on my deep frier last week. Came out like new. Hope it's not too toxic, I'll let Polina have the first french fries from it.

Here are my two most used.

Oh, little things count too such as the pool area of that house. I took the extra 15 minutes to use the brush clippers (I always keep in the trailer) to remove the plant growth on the outside of the pool concrete. The homeowner said she was very impressed that someone still gave that type of service. You know, it only takes a few extra minutes to do the job the right way and it really does make an impression on the customer.

Earlier this month I bid on a tennis court and pool area concrete of a very nice home but never heard back from the owner for several weeks. They did call back and asked if I was still able to do the job for the price I quoted. They had gone with the lowest bidder and were not at all happy and didn't let them finish the work. When I lfinished the job they were so excited and asked for as many business cards as possible to give they to their friends. They also tipped me with a bottle of expensive wine. (I wish I still drank). Once you get a reputation for knowing what you're doing and don't charge a crazy price you don't have to worry about the lowballers.

Last week I bid a average ranch house for $230, a very fair price. When I got done with the bid and got back into the truck I noticed I wrote down 130, not 230. ^$%^%%* I thought to myself,nothing I can do now, I already gave the bid to the HO. I was driving past a few days later to see someone else washing it. Can't believe someone underbid my mistake. However... it was at least funny to see the guy using a zero tip about ten feet from the siding.

I got mt new Magnum 500 sprayer in today with the Pumptec. These guys really know how to wrap a package. Aside from a small leak (easy fix) it seems to be fine. Here's my questions: 1) Whan the machine is running I'll adjust to pressure to, say, 100 psi. When I pull the trigger it'll drop to 50 psi. Am I shooting at 100 or 50 psi? 2) What pressure do you guys usually shoot at when staining a deck? And finally 3) Which battery can I use, a lawn tractor sized battery or something bigger, similar to a car. I don't plan on doing more than one job in a day (and mostly just Precarb and acid rinse) so I guessing I'm asking how many hour(s) run time can I plan on getting out of a smaller battery? Thanks in advance. I've never been let down here before. Rick. PS Wish my trailer wasn't at a job site tonight. I'd love to grab some chemicals and start playing with it. One section of my stockade fence is the poor ginnie pig for new chemicals and toys.

I had to write a note to him letting him know it was alright to leave it there. On that note I had to write the order number, print my name and sign it. I wrote it on a company envelope and made sure there was evidence that this was the the correct for Pro=Power. (You know, a few yard signs and other items with the company name on it). I had the truck and trailer with me so I had to leave something behind. He had already gotten the message that I would not be there. Those sprayers are great. eh?

I'd love to take this truck around the block once or twice. YouTube - Cool Party Truck

I had R and L deliver mine also. They called me twice to confirm what time they would be here within a 2 hour window (very good). I to;d them I would not be home and they gave me very explict instructions on how to leave a note for the driver so he could leave the machine on my property without me being here. They were very good about the whole thing. Excuse any spelling errors. This little laptop is driving me nuts. I put a PS on the note telling the driver to help himself to anything on the little bar-fridge on the deck. He took me up on that.

I got to use my new sprayer and it is beautiful! What a great investment! I really am impressed how quickly I can lay down a chemical with this sprayer. Normally I would avoid bidding on a deck because they took too long... not anymore. Looks like it will be hard at work this weekend because 30 minutes ago I won the bid for part of the flatwork at the Basketball Hall of Fame. Also picked up 3 decks to clean and one to clean and stain. Looks like I'll be using Ready Seal, I haven't read anything bad about it. In a few days I'll be posting a few questions about methods of staining (If I cant't find it in "Search.") Got to get back to cleaning the house. The wife's comming back from Bulgaria tomorrow and the house is a wreck. I don't give her enough credit for keeping this place clean.

Rick, this might sound like a stupid question but I assure you it's not. When people hunt bears do they do it to eat it? Do people eat bear meat?

Got done washing a nice home in a nice area and the owner invited me in while she wrote the check. While waiting her dog jupmed up on me a little. She said "Shelby, down boy." I told the dog "A famous auto designer shares you name." That's when she told me her late husband and Carol were good friends and that's whom she named the dog for. You never know who you meet. Anyone out here ever meet anyone famous?

No bears out in mt city. Once in a while a dear will run around but no bears. Lots of gun fire but I'd rather the drug dealers shhying at each other than a bear attacking my home.

Those things live near you?! Why would it attack a house?

Parked next to me today at Home Deopt.

Thanks for fixing that. Yeah, I had to stare at in for a few seconds to understanding what I was looking at. Looks like someone took a saw to it after the top was ripped off. What a hack.

Who wants to flip the switch?

Yup, a typo. I didn't notice it until now. I'm on this little laptop while the main computer is in the computer hospital.

There's a lot of truth in that! Geeze, thinking back when I first started out knowing almost nothing. Maybe we can share some of the mistakes we have made. I remember one of my first major ones... I was finishing a house when I noticed I was about 5 feet short of gun hose so I simply moved the machine because I had plenty of garden hose. Too bad I wasn't thinking when I moved the machine because I has the exhaust pointed right at the siding of the house about 5 feet away. When I came back to shut the machine off a huge section of the siding was melted. Good thing a close friend is in the siding business and, after he finished laughing his butt off, fixed it for a case of beer. Another friend of mine, Timmy, is an electrician who wired my house when I was building it. He told me a story about a man that worked for him once. He was getting ready to take the ladders off the van. When removing the bungi (sp?) cords holding the ladders to the rack one of the cords whipped around striking him in the eye and PULLED HIS EYE RIGHT OUT OF HIS HEAD! I think of these two thing (and others) everytime I'm moving a machine or taking a ladder off the trailer. We learn best through our mistakes.

Thanks for all the replies, now I know what I'm doing a little better. I run the deep cycle from by boat (has a Chevy motor) to run my Fat Boy pump for roofs almost every day. It holds up well until the end of the day when I notice the pressure dropping. I thought with such a little Pumptec pump I could get away with a smaller battery but it looks like I'll be picking up another deep cell. Thanks for the replies and help.

There's a little lesson in here for all of us... Be sure you have bricks left over when the job is finished. ie. Order too many.

Hey, if you cant get the stain out can you just flip the brick upside down?

Can he try a little deluted HD80 in a hidden spot to see if it will discolor the brick? I know HD80 will remove the stain but it may discolor the brick as well.