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bulletproof, Check out the window cleaning manuel on delco's site www.dcs1.com the info is some of the best I have found. How do you like the squeege off?we have had great success with it. Good luck,wish I could be more help.

Jon, I so completely understand how you feel,we have worked hard to do the same,I hate walking away admitting defeat. We have not found a good way to revive the shine of metal awnings,and it drives me crazy.I would say that the age of the awning will determine if you wil be able to give them that new again look. If you come up with something that works please post so we can try it the next time we do metal awnings.

We completed the awning cleaning sat afternoon,the chemicals from www.awningcleaning.com worked great.The vinyl awning was 1/2 red and 1/2 grey,the red looks new again,and the grey near prefect,with the exception of one stain from bird poop.the cloth awning looks great bringing a lot of the color in the stripes back brighter. Sunday we returned to seal both awnings.It is peanut harvest time here(we are the peanut capital of the world) so the peanut mill in town is running 24/7,had to blow(gas blower) peanut dust from both awnings before we sealed. The vinyl sealer was really easy to apply using a 10" window strip washer,it coats very evenly and the awning looks great. The fabric sealer was applied with a pump up sprayer,about 8" above the surface,when dry there is not a lot of difference in the look but this stuff really repels water. Total time on the job for both days was 4 hrs,picked up the check today from a very happy customer,he was ready to spend $7000 on new awnings before I suggested the cleaning kit.(these awnings are only 3yrs old,should last with proper care for 6 to 7 yrs).We bid $190 he paid $200,the extra $10 was just because. I'll post before and after pics as soon as I can.

Jon, We have done some of these on houses,after several years the shine is just about a complete write off.You may be able to restore some of the shine after cleaning by applying a car wax,not sure it will work but it's worth a try. As for cleaners we have used simple green in the past at full strength,scrubbing it with a soft bristle brush on a pole,from a ladder.(your guess is as good as mine for a 2 story home) Most customers are just happy to have the mold and grime cleaned off, and are less worried if it is shining like new again.I do understand wanting to do a top notch job,but restoring the shine may be a difficult undertaking.

CCHSNC, We do residential windows at $7 per window(inside and outside),add the same if the customer has storm windows,we also try to get our customers to get their blinds cleaned @ $6 per blind,as well as,screens @ $2 per.Price per window is slightly higher for second story,and half for outside only. I know what you are thinking that is $22 per complete window,but if you have never done residential before,you will need to charge that much to make any $$ for the time it takes. If we are doing pressure washing or doing some other service we give a discount usually 10% sometimes 15%. You can adjust prices to meet the economy for your area,we have never walked away from doing residential windows because the customer thought the price was to high. remember speed is the key in doing windows

Pete, We did the test spots today,everything was fine,we will be doing these this Sat.Pushed things up because the store closes at 1pm and we won't have to work around customers going in and out. Yes we will be doing the underside also.We will be using soft brushes on poles. I'll let everyone know how things go.

When we finish the job,i'll post and let everyone know how the products work.The video is long,but informative.The written manuel covers all of the same stuff but it will be nice to have it on the job for reference.I have high hopes that the awnings will look great when we are done.The cutomer was more than willing to order and pay for the chems,and what we will be charging to clean them.The total length is 114ft so I'm giving a quote of $190,that is $1.50 a linear ft.,plus the cost of taking water to the work site. OTP thanks for fixing the post for me,I did put www but when I edited the post it switched to url for some reason. We will try to post pics of before and after when we get done next week.

How often do you have to charge the battery? What typye of gun do you use? To what height can you get chemicals with your set up? What kind of hose? This is something we are thinking about adding to our rig,we would be using it for mainly spraying house wash.I really like the way you have everything mounted on the dolly.Looks simple and effective.