stoppie101

i just finished a deck and somehow managed to get a few small spots of brown stain on the siding. any ideas on how to get them off? soap, bleach, mineral spirits??????????

thanks for the advice, i got most of it off with paint thinner and some serious elbow grease.

thanks for all the great advice. i'll sop by in the morning and see what works. i'll let you know.hey staudend. go to stunlife.com. you'll find everything you need and more there! and if you look closley at my avatar, i'm using my left hand on the break lever. dont try that one at home boys and girls, i'm a professional.

did that happen from water getting inside the outlet? can you give further details

dont know about the tornado, but i can vouch for the k&n. atleast for bikes. it will increase air flow in. on bikes the air filter is twice the size of a typical car/truck. and they only have between 600-1000cc motors. keep us opdated, i would like to know how it works out.

anyone have extra fire hose for sale or know where i can get it??? it doesnt even have to be 'real' fire hose. i need some hose to fill up my water tank for those few jobs where water isnt available on site. i've already contacted the water company about a meter and wrench, all i need is the hose. 2 1/2" national standard thread. 25' feet would be perfect. thanks!

yeah, i've done alot of calling around. everyone wants good money for hose. i dont need to fight fire with it, i just need to use it acouple times amonth to fill my tank quicker. so take offs or scrap will work as long as it doesnt leak too bad. :usa:

yeah, i tried the fire department. they said all their old hose + equipement has to go thru their yearly auction. if you have any, i'd throw you some coin for it. just let me know how much and i'll paypal you. thanks for the help!

i am looking at cleaning/ resealing a deck for a customer. the deck is 10 yrs old and he just replaced a bunch of boards last month. they are treated and he said that they were kelm dried. if this is true, then i shouldnt have a problem cleaning/resealing them should i? of course i told the customer that the new boards might come out a slightly diferrent shade when completed.

i hear ya on the rain, it's been playing games with my calender as well!

kiln, thats what i meant. hows that deck job at the condos going?

i wanting to start focusing on house washing. and i have a propane heater. how much heat(temp) do you recomend using and why? also, do you use heat when you rinse or just while applying chemicals?

thanks for the tips

i'm doing a job later in the week at a very nice house, upwards of $300,000+. the lady has a brick sidewalk that she wants washed. her sprinkler system is causeing small spots of mold/algie to grow on the brick. what chems would you recomend and why? do you recomend heat? keep in mind that she has grass and plants lining the walkway. also, on her concrete porch, she has a few small rust stains from metal flower pots. should i spot treat those areas with chlorine?

well put, dont fix the symptom

not a problem. great question. as far as the sand goes. your gonna blow it out either way. you will have alittle more control with the wand, but the over spray is still gonna get you. the walk that i'm doing has mortar so i dont have to worry about that. i was however thinking about keeping the pressure turned down anyway though.

it worked! i wired 2 20lb tanks together and i had heat all night. THANKS!!!!!!!!

gotta find a way to pay for the homeland security. why not bill us? we have nothing better to spend our money on

http://www.pressurewasherstore.com/pw/hotwater.html This is the heater I have. An All American that uses propane. I have had the same problem. when I first fire it up, I have heat, not super hot, but definately warm. and after about 20 mins or so, the temp really drops down. The water is still warmer then normal, but there is a noticable difference. my unit has a flow sensor on it, and whenever I pull the trigger, I can see the flames kick in, so I know it's working. Anyone have experience with this? Russ, is a high limit like a thermostat?

Could some one fill me in about unloaders. The way I understand them is that they are used to unload the pressure in the line so you dont have to shut down your equipment while changing wands, surface cleaners etc... Can they also be used to change psi and gpm? I have a 13hp honda/cat pump 3700psi/4gpm. is there a model that you could recomend for my unit? thanks ps. make wheelies not war

thanks for the tips

for best results- do you recomend dot 3 or 4 brake fluid? :sinister:

i washed my first deck yesterday. i though it went very well. the deck was in bad shape, tons of moss, mildew, dirt and graying. i used deck cleaner from olympic. the first pass got most of the junk off, but i ended up cleaning it twice. i went back today to check it out, and it looks like a new deck except for a few problem areas. the deck had a small step that was sitting on it for the hot tub, so i removed it and cleaned it off to the side. where the step was is a definate color difference from the rest of the deck. i'm not too concerned about it cause the step is going back. but there was also some flower puts that had done the same thing. is there anything that i can do to even out the color difference. would this be a good time to use a britener? i have a few days to work on it before i seal it cause it wont be over 50 until later in the week. any thoughts? and sorry about the novel

thanks for the advice! p.s. i rode tons of wheelies today!

thanks for the advice. do you recomend applying the brightner right after the cleaner or do you come back?