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Ron's right, it is a great article. I never saw it until this morning.
One thing that helps me it pictures, I take pictures of everything. Plants, overspray, damaged siding, you get the idea. You don't have to have them developed, just keep them on file until the job is paid for and signed off. I also write it in the "comments" area of my bid sheet and the customer gets a carbon copy of that. When bidding a job I always make sure the owner is there so that there are no misunderstandings. Keeping a lasar pointer with you is handy for pointing out "those spots" up high.
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Some people here have good luck with AR pumps but I'm not one of them. I can go out to my garage right now and find 3 that have given up on me.
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I'd check into that a little more about a buffer for a 5.5.machine, they are nice but it might be a little overkill. Check out the water supply in your area. Place a 5 gallon bucket under a water tap and see if it fills in under a minute. I think you'll find you have plenty of seconds to spare.
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BT200 I think it's made up there with you in Canada.
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Maybe Goo Gone or BT200 might help.
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I was wondering if I could plumb the fuel line from my pressure washer into the fuel tank of the van it is mounted in. Will the 18hp briggs be able to pull the fuel up from the tank?thanks
Why? Don't you get a few hours run-time with the stock fuel tank?
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the old oil i dumped was white and yellow towards the bottomEwww, sounds like a nasty zit.
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What color is it? White usually indicates water.
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Yup, be sure it's non detergent for the pump. Lowes and HD sell it.
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Did you hear that Joe?!
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I think that was called the Silent Gray Fellow :]
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New York Jets: Boeing had plans to build their jet aircraft in New York many years ago. The New York Jets jumped on this name but Boeing decided to relocate to the west coast.
WD40: Water Displacement 40. The chemical engineers got it right on the 40th try.
Grinders: Guys that used to smooth rivits in newly built bridges were not paid all that much but the lunch caters took pity on them and would throw together a quick sandwich of different types of scrap meats. The guys that smoothed rivits were known as "grinders." Some of you other guys might call them hogies, heros or subs.
Here's my question: What does HD-80 mean? The correct answer gets a free hot water pressure washer and a surface cleaner along with 80 hours of free labor from Beth and Rod.
PS. I don't know the answer so you'll have to check with them to see if you got it right.
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We do about the same amount of commercial washing as residential along with small things associated with both washings.We just finally got to where we say we wash anything outside. The funniest thing that we have been asked to wash and did so, was the underside of a 1973 MG to remove oil and grease and undercoating before he restore it
Once I was asked to powerwash the lower parts of trees. I think that might have been my weirdest wash. Hey, that might be a good thread: What's the strangest you ever washed (or was asked to wash?)
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I use Tide, brush in, pour more Tide, let sit a few days. Pour more Tide, brush in depending. Can usually get away with not pressure washing. This works well for non dirty oil on small stains. I've never tried this on dirty oil; just my own driveway.Why do Eskimos wash their clothes inTide? Because it's too cold outTide. Bahahahahaha!
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I was just thinking about ordering some also. Please let us know how it works if you could. ThanksYou bet.
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Far from being a novice, Rick2 had seen his share of mishaps and even though his experience had taught him much and his confidence was high, he never suspected he could have re-entered....The Newbie Zone...Rod!~
Not the Newbie Zone! Anything but the Newbie Zone! It's been many years since I was there. The deck came out beautiful and the customer was very happy with it. Before I left I asked if they had any other estimates on the work before they chose me. She said she did indeed have other estimates and I was the most costly. She also said nobody spent the time describing the problems with the deck or the two step cleaning process involved. She also pointed out that the others who looked at the deck had no idea what using a base and acid had to do with powerwashing a deck, they just wanted to hit it with water and be done with it. It's nice to know where my competition stands.
There was a discussion going on recently in one of the fourms about educating the customer about chemicals used on their property and the cleaning process involved. Here's proof for those that still want to keep it a secret. You don't have to go into the smallest details but at least let the customers know what your plan is and how it may differ from your competion's plan. As a bonus the homeowner is good friends with her neighbors on the street. Beautiful homes but nasty nasty roofs. Keeping before/after pictures in the truck of roof jobs is sure to land a few jobs.
Well, gotta go fix that flat tire on the car (still haven't changed it). Driving this truck all over the place is just killing me on the cost of gas.
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I just had a gallon on BT200 delivered a few days ago. I've read a lot of good things about it (pictures looked good too) so I thought I'd give it a shot. A regular customer called last week telling me he spilled oil and antifreeze on his driveway. We'll see how it works Monday morning.
PS it was about 65 dollars delivered by UPS.
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Stop reading these posts Rob and go she why she's crying. Maybe she's hungry. :)
Enjoy, kids are a blast. 15 minutes ago I'm returning home with my 6 year old Patrick. He's pointing at some roofs telling me they have to be washed. Those days are in store for you too.
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It's a good size house but it's pretty straight forward, no crazy angles or lots of stuff in the way; In other words it's an easy job to wash just the house. Also don't put down the cold water wash, you wouldn't need hot water for this. You can get yourself into trouble using hot water on vinyl siding in you're not very careful. Cold water with the right chemicals will do a wonderful job.
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I just washed off the gutter paint on sunny side of house after trying a new house wash mix. I can't. Wait to try that again....That gave me a good laugh!
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That's just too funny....was it real?Beth :cup:
Yes, 100 percent real. That's exactly how my day went yesterday.
AR Direct Drive 5.5 GPM Pump
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Many years ago when I got into this line of work I bought an 11hp Honda with a direct drive Cat on it. Since then I have bought several other more powerful machines, several different trucks and trailers but I still have that old Honda with the Cat pump, the only difference is the unloader has been replaced. About 15 minutes ago I came home from acid rinsing a deck with that same machine. A very old direct drive pump but it still works perfect.