Beth n Rod

Russ, The cubetainers are great. All our pails arrived with no problems. You can use the cubes for house washing solutions or other chems too, since they have a cap and and a handle, they are safer to tote on your job site than a bucket. What a nice bonus! Beth

Do you mean to use it on wood? If so - don't. Go with the board, never in a side to side or circular fashion or you will tear up the wood. Wand only, drop your pressure by changing your tip (PSI 1000 or less). Let the cleaners do the work. Beth p.s. not trying to start a debate...but no bleach. Percarb ok, but no bleach. neutralize when finished.

Adding the gloss coat is...as I understand it...outside of the intended application. Be careful not to over apply this or any product to the point of filming. Films can create problems when you go to remove them, when you go to maintain them, and can lead to uneven appearance over time. We have gotten our best results by applying to a matte finish rather than a gloss. You should visit this deck from time to time (say every three months or so) to watch the wear and weathering carefully. Just a friendly piece of advice from a Wood Tux user. Beth

Have a great 4th! Be safe, and remember this is our Independence Day. God Bless America! Beth

I have heard from a couple of other guys I knew out in vegas who were attending flight school that helicopters are more difficult to fly than a plane. They used to go out to the Nellis Air Force Base area to see them in action. Rod!~

Andrew, It seems to us that it is worth it so far. We do quite a bit of residential work and we have seen the consumer confidence increase on larger jobs just because they see that little logo, and they can go and call or check online with them and see you are real, and have no complaints against your company. Beth

Here's another tip: lay your hose out in a serpentine pattern. The reason for this is to avoid tangles and greater ease of pulling if you need more and allows you to fully unbail your reel. My crew is trained to do this regularly and they actually don't mind it. It's those job sites that have so much landscaping to deal with that they and everyone else gets tired of...quickly. I have thought of poles that you can put into the ground with pvc sheaths that freely rotate to strategically place at points where I have to turn a corner and not kill or mame the daisies in the process but the set up time is more problematic because of the shale soil around here...you just never know when you are going to find a rock below in the soil. Rod!~

That looks like the warm honey gold out of the pail unless I miss my guess.... nice job! ;) Beth

Maybe John T or Everett will respond here.... Beth

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Hint,hint...One of these days, I hope someone makes a reel that is wider and more slender to hold up 250' of 3/8 I.D. braided hose. I need one to mount in our van but am not wanting to use up too much in space as it is needed in other ways. A unit that can mount from the roof and have an extendable hose guide with rollers so that it can allow rolling and un-rolling without contacting the sides of the van door or weatherstripping which can be damaged during these times. end of hint.... Rod!~

Go to the lower left corner.... The darker modern one is Satellite, the light blue one with the little guys and the bubble is called Juice. http://forums.thegrimescene.com/showthread.php?t=7197 There are still a couple tweaks for links on the new ones to be done yet...after the Holiday. Beth

Hi Jeff, I set the Element style to the default. The other new choices are still there for those who prefer them. Enjoy! Beth

When stripping water based stains, do you ever notice a blue stain residue in the logs? We have had to sand the heck out of the log but it goes pretty deep sometimes...Otherwise, it looks really crappy on the application and it turns out really dark and motley. Rod!~

Well, whatever it was, it looked to be a very tough strip that you mastered quite nicely! Rock on! :dancing: Beth

Slurpy doesn't bite much.... ;)

Jon, I concur with you on the area you mentioned as I notice it is in parallel with the growth ring in the wood and will not take stain the same way. Your guess maybe, but I think you are correct. I saw some of this on the log home we did recently in the same areas we blasted and noticed that in areas where the growth ring ran parallel with the log face, it didn't want to take the stain the same way as the newer growth wood around it and was noticeable in the way it would not soak in the stain. It actually seemed to push it back out. Although it was pine log and here the pic is cedar, they both have characteristics which exhibit the same thing when it comes to staining...Have you seen this? Rod!~

What was the product specifically? Knowing this answer, I can better make a suggestion that would be suitable. Otherwise, Using a stripper would do the trick but could damage the installed stain on the deck from exposure in application and washing. Using a small sprayer bottle would allow for more direct application w/o excessive run-off onto the deck floor. Goof-Off will most likely remove it but as CrownRoyal mentioned, it can change the surface appearance on some vinyl's and leave a distinct mark where you have clean in relation to areas where you haven't. I am sure any improvement would be a good one but making the person aware of the potentials here would be prudent. Rod!~

When this thread began we were not members, but we joined this year. We have seen positive results. Beth

When we seal a deck, we keep a bucket of degreaser with a rag in it. Works like a charm if you inspect the siding when you seal and wipe right away. Beth

Thought this might help.... Beth

Jarrod Very sharp job! :) You really took it from ewwwww to ahhhhhh! Beth

Come to think of it, my mom used to do that, and I just recently discovered that I had extra phone books here and got rid of them. Also... Advertising continues to work for you through repeat business and referrals. Some folks do not realize that. If you get a call from a potential client, then go bit the job, get the job, do the work, and the client tells 5 friends, the 5 friends know about you due tot that first person who got you through you ad, as well as your efforts. Advertising continues to pay provided your services are up to snuff. Off the soapbox.... Beth

Jon, I haven't seen that yet, but I can understand the condition and look forward to some elaboration about this "hard grain" so I understand better what you are referring to. Preliminarily, I assume you are talking about late wood. Let me know if this is what you mean. I didn't see that in the pic's above but am keeping an open mind here. This could get interesting... Rod!~

Some extractives in the heartwood make penetration of liquids next to impossible. This is what is being seen here. Taking into consideration the size of the knot, this came from an older tree. What I have seen in mill glaze in cedar has been on surfaces that are more polished looking. I haven't seen it in a while and this could be due to changes in feed systems in planers. Before, when boards were hand fed into a planer, the wood was taken in at a rate that was not always in sync with the size of the plane depth and would cause the planer to force the wood through, overheating the blades and create the phenomenon. In order to correct for this, the plane depth was reduced and the boards were fed through 2-3 times instead adjusting the depth for each run. We used to have to hand sand these pieces in order to get them to accept stain at the sister plant where that process was completed. We used to get a number of rejects that would repel the stain due to this problem. Rod!~