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    Yellow pages and flyers. I always keep 3 different flyers in my truck and car. If I see a dirty house, I leave a flyer. A dirty wood fence, I leave a flyer. A moldy roof, you guessed it.

    It takes a while to build up a good base. Do good work and the customers will do the advertising for you by telling their friends about you.

    Eric

    PS. Don't give up.

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    I just got a call from someone that wants their brick building washed. Not beacuse it's very dirty but because of of too many spider webs. She said one side is covered with spider webs. Sounds a little Steven Kingish to me.

    Anyways, does anyone know of a chemical that may dissolve these webs? I haven't looked at the building yet, I'll go tomorrow afternoon. Any ideas out there?

    Thanks

    Eric

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    Yup, that's where Steubenville is.

    Residental plowing is the worst, absolute worst. Tey want the drives plowed early morning so they can get out for work, then the city plows the end ot the drives in again so you have to do your route twice. Cars block the dirveways, clear sidewalks, etc. I cant think of a worse job. The only driveway I plow is my own. If I happen to make eye contact with my neighbors while they are using a shovel I have to do theirs too.

    Commercial lots are much easier, mostly sitting in the truck listining to Jimmy Buffet drinking hot coffee.

    I use a newer 3/4 ton Silverado. It's a great truck for plowing and towing our boat. Oh, tows the powerwash trailer too. (I guess that's what I bought it for.) Last truck was a half ton but that was too small.

    Eric

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    For a shield I just use a large piece of 1/16" thick plastic. It used to be part of the shower stall in my upstair's bathroom before I remolded it.

    To remove the stain from the fence (oil or water) use HD-80 and citric acid, it will look better than new and it's soooo easy. A little more advice... 1) Use very low pressure to wash off the HD-80 or else the wood will fuzz. 2) When mixing the HD-80 in your chemical pump sprayer always put in the water first then add the powered HD-80. If you put in the HD-80 first it will clog the inlet tube of the sprayer and harden like concrete. If this does happen to you just cut off the bad section and replace it with a piece of vacuum hose from Auto Zone.

    Just my .02

    Eirc

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    I just did a job like this yesterday. A roofing company replaced a roof on a house and had the dumpster on the concrete driveway. The dumpster had a hole in it and leaked the black tar onto the concrete. I used HD 80 on it with a surface cleaner to remove the tar and other nasties then used a citric acid to brighten the area. Came out beautiful, everyone was happy.

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