Jeff

Hey CB I have a 3 year old too and one on the way in Aug. My wifes talking about a 3rd, she's crazy 2 is the limit. Jeff

Same stuff, you can get it from JBS industries 55lbs for $42.00 JBS Southeast SC 1-800-925-8958 ask for Andy. They dont keep it in stock but Andy gets it for me within a few days JBS Northeast OH 1-888-745-0720 ? Or check out their site www.jbsindustries.com

Call Ron Strickland or mike at Xterior they will tell you for sure If I remember right its GPM You could have a 3gpm to 8gpm all 3500 psi My 3 gpm I use a smaller orifice my 4 & 5.5 I use a larger. Larger in the 3gpm doesnt work right, all the machines are 3500psi Call Ron 1-800-983-7467 they make it they will set everyone straight JL

On concrete I would never just spot clean with Oxalic. It just leaves to light of spots and the rest of the driveway will look bad. Never had a problem with Ox hurting grass unless you spill it straight, then just dilute it. I Xjet ox on and like the pictures below it takes 5 minutes to apply, about a 5 gallon mix tops, its a great money maker and the customer is always amazed I get Ox for $42 a 55 lb bag of powder and mix it it 4lbs to a 5 with warm water. Less than 5 bucks in chem and i charge for a driveway like below $35-$50 just for the rust removal and about $80 for the cleaning I love Ox I use hundreds of lbs of it a year, They say it can make you sterile breathing it, tell that to my pregnant wife LOL

Should you even restore wood shingles in that shape, it seems like it would suck up the stain and probably look crummy in 6 months anyway. When is wood to far gone? ?

My 1st was a Fury III forget the year but it was a monster, bought it for $40.00. Could fit 7-8 people in it & still smoke the tires I like GTO convertibles when I was 6 I wanted a hippy mobile, you know with peace & love written on it:groovy2:

I do hardly any decks anymore, only have done a couple dozen in 4 years, but i have a 460 sq ft flat on the ground deck to do and the HO wants a light colored stain, no railings and one small bench It has some old stain still showing, I'll strip & put Ox on it. Whats an idiot proof stain that is light in color. I'll be brushing it on How much will I need and what will it cost need to give them a price. deck wood is in pretty good shape Thanks Not the wood restoration King Jeff

Thanks everyone JL

Water Cannon Orlando I found is the cheapest

Just wondering how everybody's season is starting, Are you busy yet, are you getting calls yet, a lot of calls, a few. Are you busy now, or to early for your area. What kind of work are you getting houses. decks , roofs, commercial ? We've been doing great all through the winter with the commercial, condos garages etc. But The last 2 weeks Ive been getting a lot of residential calls and jobs, a lot of regulars and several new from referalls and Yellow pages. Whats it looking like for you all? Hope to hear about your work and see some more pics soon Best of luck to all you great folks JL

What a year so far, I'm about 40% more in gross now than i was at this time last year. I Love This Biz!!! Just landed another big one, will be signing soon and doing it within the next few months. Its 48 large 3 story condo buildings, clean all the buildings, all sidewalks, all gutters and we are figuring a price on cleaning the dryer vents of lint etc , plus replacing the dryer vent screens with new screens. We just have to wait for some repair construction to finish. Its going to be a big job thats for sure. Working on a schedule for them, it looks like we'll do buildings every 2 years, gutters every 6 months and possibly dryer vents every 6 months. This is also the company that I've been looking at all 60 of their properties. You know I still look back and say if it wasnt for these BB's I might still be doing a lot of things the hard way. What a great resource! JL

I do a ton a condo building washing and other residential type buildings but I was thinking I'd like to get other types of commercial work such as Fast food, strip malls, large shopping malls, commercial office buildings etc Banks too I'd like to get this type of work, things that you can get a contract for regular cleaning How do you all get this type of work? Say fast food places do you go in each individual store or do you contact regional offices. How & who would you want to speak to Strip malls, theres a zillion of them around here. Who owns & runs these places and how do you find out? commercial office buildings How & who What kinds of rates do you all charge say for strip malls fast food places etc. In the past 2+ years I've bid probably 8-10 fast food places, Pizza hut, Wendys etc, building washes & drivethroughs and I havent got any, so I guess I'm bidding to much. Do these types of places go for cheap money? Just wondering how its done? Thanks everybody!!!

I guess the best way is to get in touch with regional. I do 18 CFBanks now for over 2 years bi annually & drive thrus 1/4ly. I did give discount for this contract , but if 1 property fast food place calls, I cant do it for pennies. Go after regional !!!

Same mix is fine. You can use higher pressure, if used properly with a wide fan, but really no need to if its just mold & mildew JL

We were doing a large pool deck today, guess what? NO I didnt fall in , my brother in law did FUNNY STUFF. We do a ton of pool areas for HOA's and I ve told the guys becareful and dont go for a swim. We usually get to pools and noones there or maybe a few old ladies. We get to this on and theres one beautiful girl in a G-string bikini ( I mean string ) she was something to look at. Well I tell her we will be washing , but she stayed anywway, what a distraction. Well my bro in law was over near her try to spray the edge of the deck so not to get dirt in pool and he says he slipped in. I think he was checking out the girls butt she had just turned over, not that I noticed, she wasnt shy thats for sure. Well I hear the splash and there he is in the 5 ft sections, I ran to help him and couldnt help laughing. She gave him a towel, nice girl. He had shorts on and I gave him an extra T shirt and we had extra new socks because my other guy a few days ago spilled a bucket of 12% in his shoes. I think I have to have another safety talk with the crew or at least ask the pretties to cover up, he said he wasnt looking at her SURE

Ron retire ? Ive known Ron only for about 4 years and he's retired 4 times at least, cant keep a good man down

Very nice!!!!! Great set up congrats, now get out and wash something!! Good luck with it JL

Woke up this morning at 3:15AM had the crew coming in at 4AM to start work, we had a walkway bridge to do that crosses over the Blvd down at the beach. we had to get out there early to avoid traffic. Its a 4 lane road and we had to clean mold & mildew & rust stains off the over the road section plus we had several other areas of the front of the large hotel to do. Set up cones and had vest lighting , flash lights and flagmen. So we are washing away at 4:30 all we see is cops & a hooker or 2. We get the road way done and it looks great. Well theres another area we need to do, but when I bid the job it was a grassy area with a tree or 2 , well ow there full blown constuction of a lazy river they are building, cant get lift in the area its all sand and soft dirt. I'm aggravated the area we need to clean is 15-25 feet above us and needs some pressure to clean it. I go to GM and tell him we cant get in the area they send maintenance chief he says try lift if we get stuck the pool construction guys can pull us out with loader. Against better judgement I went in 10 ft and started getting stuck, I said the hell with that. How are we going to get this all kinds of stuff in our way. Talk to GM and tell him this is going to take more time and time is money. He wants this done bad, I'm getting real good money for job so I tell him, if he wants it done we'll do it it he covers my labor cost, he agrees on another $150.00. I put the guys on ladders & step ladders and we get it done, everything took less than 7 1/2 hrs. GM comes out of meeting and thanks us, says he's amazed how clean we got it, thannking me and the crew and he bought us lunnch. He told me he thought we wouldnt get it done, because of the construction and he thanked us for the extra effort. I told him I didnt want to leave something half done. We finished wrapping up everything and GM came over to me again and said he'll be calling for more work. Now this job paid $2650 for 7 1/2 hrs great pay day for sure. We left there and went and did a pool deck/clubhouse/pool furniture and that paid $550. great pay day all around. Theres money to be made in PWing so you guys that are wondering if its worth it and are just starting out. PWing is worth it and giving a little extra sometimes is noticed. I wanted to charge him more than just the extra $150 but i was getting good money so I said what the hell lets just get this job done and done properly Well this property has a 237,000 sq ft parking garage that I bid on a month or so ago and he said at the time he wanted to see how we work and he'll think about the garage, at the time he was saying its alot of money and I told him its a lot of garage. I get a call at 5:30 tonight its the GM. Guess WHAT????? He said fax him over contract for parking garage to be done in November. He said he was impressed with the quality of work and the extra effort and that we didnt walkaway with it half done. I thanked him and said that how we do biz. I GOT THE JOB !!!!!!!! So COOOOLLLLLLLLL Extra effort hard work and show them what you can do, will get you the work I get excited when a property appreciates a good contractor like US Told my wife about it and had her give me a pat on the back, I love when a plan cmes together I Love PWing WHAT A DAY WHAT A DAY

Thanks i was real happy about the parking garage, I wasnt really sure I'd get it. I like what I do, its fun to watch how things play out over time JL

Its tough out thee now 2 +years ago Gas was about $1.40 now $2.50, 12% was $1.09 now $1.48, chems & shipping are up, all insurances GL & Comp up Try commercial/personal vehicle insurance it saved me quite abit I also am always try to be more efficient. Less wasted time. I keep my guys to 30 minute lunches 15 minute breaks. I'm stressing quicker set up & breakdown times, no talking & bullshitting, ask a question and get moving. I just stopped buying lunches for the guys, I went & purchased small cooler for each of them and told them to bring lunch. I have 1 guy come in 15-30 minutes earlier to get trailers ready or fill up machines, instead of 2 or 3 guys coming in to do it. I explain to them that every wasted minute is money lost and if they want a raise they have to perform and help me save money I have them waste less if a job calls for 1 1/2 gallons of 12% in a bucket I dont want them using 2 gallons Residential estimates I'm trying to do them one day a week. Commercial I still try to do within 24 hours Theres a lot of little stuff Im trying to save time with. I was seeing my guys having trouble puttng tip on wand the the next day the same thing, they were being lazy instead of changing QC they would just fight with the old one, I told them if your having problem with equipment fix or change it. Told them think a head, plan your next move, every second water isnt coming out of a wand is time wasted. Sometimes I have a ground man taking care of 3 guys spraying. I told him I want him hustling. If I see a guy run out of chem 'm all over the ground man. Our set up and breakdown has gotten much better and I try to praise my guys when they do great work. I have a good crew, but theres always room forr improvement in them & me Its tough out there but I'm always trying to think how to do things better JL

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A hammer & chisel.....lol Strong 12% and you can use white nozzle or roto nozzle just make sure its not sand faced brick or has paint on it, do a test spot. I use roto nozzle a lot, you just have to figure out when you can use it & when not

I'd try to do both school & pw, but school 1st while its free. Auto is great we will always be driving Or maybe you can get one of those jobs they say americans won't do lol OR come work for me I need some good help lol Good luck with whatever your choices are JL

Breaking Ground just started laying block for foundation YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 3rd pic is of Joshua & his Lincoln Logs. Every night for 2 months I have to sit with him and help him build a castle for mommy. I'm going to have him build our next house. Joshua's great and getting so darn big, he's not a baby anymore. He's going to love the bonus room/playroom

Totally COOL got mine today also Thank you BOB. It is heavy duty and will be in my trailer soon Thanks for the F 18 been meaning to try it and now i will, Really Cool!!!! Hey Bob anything else you ned a name for, maybe a hot water skid PT Skidster PT Skid Mark One LOL Thanks again!!!!!!:lgsideway Jeff