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Im not too worried about the battery lasting forever. 25 bucks isn't much to replace one.

still have to lug around an extension cord. The battery doesn't have to be super heavy. Even a motorcycle battery or jetski battery will last a few jobs and can get thrown on the charger when you get home If you have enough hose you don't have to worry about the weight of it. Why lift a sprayer setup onto a deck or roof when you can simply use 100 or 200 feet of hose to take you where you need to go

The differances come mainly from the fact that saying sq ft is really dependent on your measuring methods. Some people measure just the floor area and bill 3 or 4 dollars a square to cover all the other wood. Other people measure every side of every board and stringers, spindles, posts and charge much less.

same as beth here Cabots primer then white solid stain is relatively popular

fun game of clean daddys truck followed by a round of musical waxing

oxyclean is a consumer product for washing clothing Besides not being formulated for wood you are spending way to much money if you are using that as your cleaner

Sorry to hear you didnt get the bid You measure a whole lot differently than I do so couldn't tell you what my price would be.

Im sure it depends on the brand, but efc38 (which is esproducts precarb version) is very effective on weak or semi transparent stains

Although ipe is a much more resistant wood to say rotting or insect damage it still turns gray extremely quick from UV. Assuming there is no other stain on it you still want to do a cleaning (some will say just a bleach soap mix) or a precarb cleaner to get rid of the gray and dirt Definitely still seal it. Woodtux is by far the recomended sealer for ipe. Visit esproducts.net for info on it. One coat on ipe and wipe off and puddles. Finishes well. Not much ipe around me, so maybe someone else will chime in with more information. Try searching here also. There are several contractors that do primarily ipe and may have posted better information

Same way as ipe

Its just a brand of ipe similar to iron wood which is also a trademarked name. Treat it like ipe

Sounds like a job for some heavy concentration of f-18. Maybe multiple apps. Not sure what xlene is, but acrylic is enough to make me cringe

You live in Cali though. aren't their environmental fees and stuff way more?

I dont have one yet, but just ordered all the stuff to make one Basically you start with a pump (mines a 2gpm 60psi) 12 volt is good since you never know if youll have electricity on site. So youll get a good battery (marine or tractor battery is usually smaller and easier) Depending on the size of your pump inlets youll need a decent length of polybraid tubing or something similar for your hose. On the inlet side of the pump you can use a shorter piece of hose to draw from a bucket or tank. On the outlet side youll use your hose (100ft is what i got) and connect to a trigger gun. Got all my stuff from pressuretek.com but I think they sell other components from other stores. I dont know much about assembling it all yet, but im guessing some quick connects on the hose will be nice so you can disconnect the gun if you want.

Yea go the shipping route. Itll probably end up costing just as much, plus you save the 1700 miles of wear and tear on your own vehicles, not to mention fuel cost both ways and plane ticket for you

What did you use to stain? Looks like a film And what exactly are we looking at here? What did it look like before? Just looks like a worn off stain. Oxi clean isnt going to strip your stain off. Whyd you leave it on all day?

Goof Off grafitti remover (spray can) has worked really good for me probably same thing as the krud kutter and its available at the lowes by us

John is that your price for just the cleaning? Or does it include staining? Materials extra?

Folks, allow me to share something I learned today. Beth did in fact give me a call after speaking with Jarrod, and told me some things that I wish I learned earlier. Part of my mistake in this thread was failing to call Jarrod when he specifically made the request that I do so. As much as I hate the phone, a simple 10 minute conversation with Jarrod would have informed me of the nature by which he has developed and grown not only his business but also his methods. (If I shouldn't share this, ill delete it Jarrod) Turns out Jarrod spend the first two years struggling with two man crews until someone informed him of a great new method to make one man crews work. In what turned out to be a God-send for Jarrod, he has been able to develop a business earning in the 6 figures. For that I commend him for being able to adjust and flourish past a period when many would have decided the effort to change wasn't worth it. Sometimes its hard to make a judgment on someone based simply on some words on a screen. Granted, yes those words are often powerful and pugnacious, but the character of a man is based on more. A lot of us may never see eye to eye with each other, but that doesn't mean learning does not occur. Behind a screen, its difficult to decipher the moods people are in. Beth gave me a great example of how simply rereading what someone wrote and maybe stepping back a ways, can help you catch the point a bit better. Also since people seem to be rather surprised about who I am, allow me to quickly summarize. Yes, I am 19. Yes that is really young. Yes, I know very little in comparison to y'all. Yes, this is my first year in business professionally. Yes, I'm in college working toward a degree. For now this business is open for only three months out of the year (summer). I live at school the other 9 months. On the flip side, I have invested a lot of myself into making sure my first true business is a success, and a value to my customers. Ive paid for everything out of my own pocket. I drive an old truck, eat in a cafeteria everyday, have limited pwing equipment. And my bank account probably has less money in it than most of you make in a week. Point being, I look up to every one of you who has done this and succeeded (including Jarrod). If all goes as planned, Id love to be able to pull a profit this year and reinvest in the business (and have some left for the apartment next year, haha). Point being, every single one of you is older and probably wiser than I am. Rick made a good point that yes I am determined, but I think sometimes I might take that a bit too far, instead of heeding to those who are well above my level. I edited my previous two posts due to the poor attitude I exhibited while writing them. And so no one starts yelling at Beth for censorship or whatnot, I edited them under my own power and volunteered to do so. No posts have been deleted from this thread. I think that speaks very highly of those operating this forum, that they hold enough respect for everyone on it to work out problems. I have absolutely no personal problem with Jarrod or anyone else on this board. All of you have been instrumental in helping me prepare for my first season professionally (aka correctly) managing my deck restoration business. If someone (administrator/moderators) needs copy of my original responses I can send them to you. Thanks Charlie

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You find me three babes and ill gladly redo my entire business!!

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Can this get closed? I dont need the poll anymore and it keeps bumping this thread back up