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  7. Posted · Edited by Colorado ProWash · Report reply

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    Hello Everyone.

    I am extremely disgusted by Power wash Pro’s completely unacceptable and unethical business practices. I wanted to give all of you a heads up so no-one else has to go through what I have been through.

    Almost 2 years ago I contacted Nate and Nicole Jones at Powerwash pros. They were extremely helpful to me as I started my pressure washing business. After meeting them and going to the roundtable with them I completely trusted the them and the services they provided. In late July Nicole contacted me and told me that she wanted some help pressure washing the some Shell gas stations. Since I needed the extra work and she needed the help I was more than happy to head down to Denver from Cheyenne and help them out. We talked and agreed on what I believe to be a fair price for subcontracted pressure washing services. I went down and helped them clean the Shell stations. I at the time was unable to actually work because of medical issues so I had one of my employees perform the work but I was on site the entire time.

    Then I went down a few days later to help them complete the gum removal of the Fillmore. Once both of these were done I sent them the invoice.

    After the bill had been due for 30 days I simply called them and asked what their schedule was to pay me. Nicole told me that she was in Colorado Springs working and that she would get a money order to me as soon as she got back. I had no problem and told her that would be fine.

    A few weeks later after receiving nothing in the mail I called her again. This time she was about to go into a doctors appointment with her daughter so asked if she could call me back. I told her no problem just call me when you have some time. After another few weeks I started calling about once a week and just asking the schedule of what they were working with. I never demanded payment I simply told them that I understood cash flow issues and just wanted to know when to expect payment. I have not heard a single thing since then. I sent a statement which they received because I sent it return reciept. I sent another statement in the beginning of December which they refused to receive after the post office attempted to deliver it three times. The only reason I put this here is to warn my you, my fellow business owner so that you don’t lose $2,000 like I did. To this day I would love to get paid and renew my relationship with Powerwash Pro’s but they left me with no choice but to warn all of you. DON’T GET BURNED BY POWERWASH PRO’S!!!!

    BOTTOM LINE: I worked, paid all of my expenses, and never got paid by Powerwash Pro’s. It has been 7 months and I have not heard a single thing. I am out $1,400 in expenses and was doing work for a discount rate only to be screwed and not get a single penny. If they wish to dispute this then they can simply contact me! I would love to talk to them and get things straight so I can get paid.

    --Daniel Wilson

    Hey Dan I met you at the CO roundtable. How has business been besides this incident?

    Don't lose all hope from getting paid. There are some options. If you have a signed agreement with them it will make things a little easier.

    It's truely a shame that you got burned by her I had a feeling she was this type of person. I know of two other companies she has taken advantage of but not for nearly the amount she has taken you for.

    When I subcontracted work to them, I paid them before I recieved a dime from the company paying me.

    Do you think she could have bid the job too low and she may be losing money? She has taken accounts from me by cutting my bid price by half just to get the contract.

    What a shame...

  8. Posted · Edited by Colorado ProWash · Report reply

    I'm going to try and not let the countries problem interfere with business. I'm going to get out there and try to sell as if nothing has changed. I will push my business harder and try to increase last year’s profits. I focus on some of the positives.

    I've heard some buildings are getting washed because the real estate market has plummeted and by doing this it helps the building appraise higher or increases the chances of selling it.

    Companies are going under. Customers are still in need of our service. They call and hear the number has been disconnected. It’s a perfect time for me to be advertising.

    I'm adding other services to help keep busy. We will be focusing on Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning. As long as restaurants, fast food, churches, schools etc are still in business and cooking it's the law they clean there kitchen exhaust systems.

    Property management companies will still have to keep there places clean if they want to keep there tenants happy and future renters wanting to lease there.

    I just sold a deck job at full price. Customer hired a company last week and they never showed up to do the job and they won't answer the phone now. I gave him my proposal and said that it's more then he wanted to spend and I left. I didn't even offer to do it lower. He called me back this evening and said he want's to get the job scheduled. There still will be customers that would rather pay x amount of dollars and be rest assured the job will be done correctly and on schedule. He knew he could find that by using our company and I believe that's why he called me back.

    Things are tough right now in our country. It's hit pretty close to rock bottom. Everyone is aware of this and we as a nation are in rebuild mode. This year may not be good but it will get better and I think it will start happening soon.. I think we will see this even this year. It will take a few years to fully recover.

    Just my thoughts...

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    what speed are you running the polisher at while defurring??

    The osborne brush can be ran at higher speeds. You need to go slower with the defurring pads. I start out slow with the defurring pads until it wears a little bit and then turn it up a little more. You don't want to turn it up to 5 or 6. Keep it between 2-4 and you should be good. You pretty much just adjust it to whatever your comfortable with.

  10. Posted · Edited by Colorado ProWash · Report reply

    I'm using Bakers Gray Away. I can't justify paying twice as much for Woodrich or WoodTux. Also with our high altitude it even makes WoodTux even more difficult to apply. It's also to difficult to teach the WoodTux learning curve to employees. When prices went up I ordered only a few batches before I decided that It was time to look for another product. Bakers Gray Away looks a whole lot better IMO and I will get a call back sooner for a maintenance coat it's a win win situation. I'm spending less money on products and putting more money in my pocket as well as using a stain that customers are liking the results a whole lot better.

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    Does anyone know if the defelting pads will fit the Harbor Freight polisher and how many I will need for a 500 sq ft Ipe deck?

    Thanks for adivce!

    Ray

    First you will need the backer pad DeckGuide Pro Center © 2004 - G&K Distributors

    And when you buy the defelting pads you will get a box of 10. You shouldn't need more than 10. You probably will only use 4 or 5.

    DeckGuide Pro Center © 2004 - G&K Distributors

    Not sure about if the backer pad fits the HF Polisher other people have used the HF's so I'm pretty sure it will fit.

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    It's not because the stain is failing you. Hardwoods require annual maintenance. Next time you give a bid for a hardwood deck give them a break if they sign an annual maintenance agreement. I have two hardwood decks I do every year both pay really well. Usually these customers are an easy sell because if they can afford such a nice wood they obviously have money to maintain it.

  20. Posted · Edited by Colorado ProWash · Report reply

    I still have a few gallons left of Rowlett's Roof Magic... does anyone know if you can "boost" that stuff.

    Once I'm done with that, I will be in the market for a new stripper, and have just started re-reading in the forums. Seems I'm getting a lot of calls for the "solids" to be stripped this year, and haven't really had time to address them...

    Stay away from Solids unless the customer wants to pay $5.00+ sq/ft.

    I have a chemical company here that makes me some highly potent stripper that will eat the skin off your body and it won't touch solids.

    The solids I have taken off, I've had to sand them with a floor sander.

  22. Posted · Edited by Colorado ProWash · Report reply

    Your not doing to bad if you can get a full year out of it on Mahogany.

    I have some ReadySeal samples Peirce sent to me, I need to give them a try.

    I just started using Woodrich instead of WoodTux because it's easier to apply. I think it's a bit pricey though.

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