Uncle Barnaby

LOL Yes it is Beth. The reason I am rooting for it is because of the situation I currently find myself in. This is a copy post from my 2009 poll post. <copy> And now two years after that. I am bringing it up now because PPG has bought out AkzoNobel/Flood and has ceased production on the CWF UV-5 which I have been using with much success. I am now in the hunt for a new product AGAIN. I see now that PPG is becoming a monopoly with what they own such as Olympic Paints & Stains, Glidden, AkzoNobel/Flood, Sikkens Devoe, and Dulux. PPG already had the Lucite, PPG Porter and Pittsburgh Paints brands and have now positioned themselves as the number 2 producer of paints and sealer behind number 1 in the field Sherwin Williams. I am in the Cleveland area and am researching to see what others are currently using. Uncle Barnaby's Deck Restoration. 216-376-DECK (3325)

And now two years after that. I am bringing it up now because PPG has bought out AkzoNobel/Flood and has ceased production on the CWF UV-5 which I have been using with much success. I am now in the hunt for a new product AGAIN. I see now that PPG is becoming a monopoly with what they own such as Olympic Paints & Stains, Glidden, AkzoNobel/Flood, Sikkens Devoe, and Dulux. PPG already had the Lucite, PPG Porter and Pittsburgh Paints brands and have now positioned themselves as the number 2 producer of paints and sealer behind number 1 in the field Sherwin Williams. I am in the Cleveland area and am researching to see what others are currently using. Uncle Barnaby's Deck Restoration. 216-376-DECK (3325)

Here is a strange one someone else may have come across at one time. In addition to restoring decks I also maintain the rigs for other company's as I have been in the business for 25 years. This one gentleman brought in an 11hp belt driven machine with an AR pump. It was not passing water so the first thing I checked were the valves and I found them all melted. I replaced them and recommended that since it did not have a thermal relief valve on it to tell his men not to let it run on bypass for to long. Long story short he brought it back the next day and informed me it only ran about 15 minutes before it quit pumping again. This time I found all the valves melted as well as the pump packings. I removed the head and ran the pump for awhile and the pump body became somewhat warm. Is this normal. I intend to change the oil and add a thermal valve even though it ran 3 years without one. Has anyone ever sen this before? When in bypass mode it does not seem like the motor is struggling so I'm guess the unloader is working.