weaselcossey

$99.99? Surely you're kidding.

Looks like the neighbors need a good wash, and a good painter. Is that some kind of hardibacker siding on the second house over? I guess in a place like that, one just gives up on keeping a somewhat clean exterior.

They just remodeled my local Sonic a few months ago. The new design looked really good at first, but now its filthy. I've never seen anyone clean it. When I introduced myself to the manager last month, I asked about washing their concrete and building. She said: "We just let the rain keep it rinsed off." I talked to her about the importance of keeping a clean building/workplace, especially a restaurant. No dice. They probably wouldn't pay it anyway, gum is very heavy and everywhere.

I've never seen marks quite like those, such a consistent pattern all the way across. Could those marks be from some kind of chemical? Maybe they sprayed something on the entire surface with a pump-up, only to find it dry when they went back to rinse. Apparently it takes a real genius to leave marks like that, seems us fools can't figure out how. :lgbugeyes

Try some gutter grenade from pressuretek. Just don't mix too strong, or dwell too long. Of course test an inconspicuous place first. Use a soft brush to apply it, dwell, and agitate it a bit. Good luck. P.S. You can certainly be held liable without a disclaimer or such in writing.

I was hoping no one saw that.... My computer is going nuts, that one was supposed to be in the thread about automotive finishes..... I dunno what happened. I gave up on that post, didn't even go back and put it in the right thread. Did look like I lost me marbles, huh?

Inform your customers that you buy 'bleach' in 55 gal drums which are reused. 55 one gallon jugs in a landfill plus a little SHc runoff in your yard must be worse than only the latter.

Maybe they are no fun, but the respirator is a must in some situations. Safety 1st.

My local Sherwin Williams is having a sale through late august. They got the Titan 440i for $699, with hose, gun, and 4 tips. Might be worth looking into. Wouldn't you be kicking yourself this time next year if you had to replace the $300 sprayer from Lowe's?

I washed a house in May that had a deck with 1 week old solid stain. I just wet the windows and deck, soaped up the house, rinsed windows and deck, dwell, rinsed house, rinsed deck again. With that stain only 3 days old, I would definitely try to wash that side while its in the shade. Definitely rinse the mix completely off the deck before you do anything else. Just keep the deck soaking wet, and when you're done with that area rinse again. edit: I was using simple cherry and 6%.

As long as i'm x-jetting, 6% works fine on vinyl at 2 gal per 5er most of the time. I would really like to get a good ds injector (the one I have now sucks.......errr I guess that's the problem...it doesn't suck), but i'm sure I would need stronger than 6%. I'm sure dsing would be faster. Biggest drawback seems to be the hose filling up with chems. How does a person throw chems any distance when dsing? Can you use a 0 degree tip and drop the pressure at the unloader until it draws? Sorry, a little off topic.

Must be some type of swirled or ring shank nails for absolutely none to be popped out. We use the 4" swirled nails repairing docks. Nearly everything here is SYP. I've completely redecked a couple of docks, and have never had a problem with those nails working loose. I'm sure you know how the moist pressure-treated SYP acts when it dries. Considering the constant moving side to side, up and down in the water, and constant moisture from underneath the dock and condensation, its pretty amazing how well a good nail will hold in stable wood. The finish nails just blow my mind. That lumber must have been dried very well, and straight as an arrow.

For vinyl, this is the mix I use most of the time(with the M5). Sometimes you'll need more bleach on the north side, dormers, etc. 2 gal. 6% SH 8 oz simple cherry 3 gal. water. Sounds too simple huh? Try it. Mix some gutter grenade in a 3 gal. mop pail and brush the gutters. Clean gutters usually amaze my customers. Just don't mix the gutter grenade too strong, or dwell too long. I experimented adding 1/4 cup of F-13 to the house wash. Mostly does nothing to help clean the vinyl, other than weird stains around high traffic areas. Added a good tablespoon of apple blossom dawn, just made it harder to rinse. Added a squirt of cascade rinse aid, and ended up where I started. If there's substantial mold/mildew, make it 3 SH and 2 water. Cleans well and rinses easily. IMHO, the most annoying aspects of cleaning vinyl are: 1) Getting all the solids rinsed off. Especially under shutters and such. 2)Gutters 3 stories and up. For me, getting the vinyl itself clean is about as easy as it gets.

No 10% at the supercenter here :lgsad: I've called every pool store within 50 miles or so, no dice. I did find a local place that orders mostly janitorial stuff for local businesses. They offere me a box of (4) 1 gal. jugs of 12.5% for the low, low price of.......$39.95!! And I had to wait for them to get up to a $600 order, or pay shipping. No thanks. The only other place i've found is a chemical distributor about 70 miles away. They had 10% for $2.19 gal, 55 gal drums only. Minimum order is $800, and they still charge shipping. Keeping my fingers crossed for the wal-mart stuff.

In my opinion, the first thing you have to do is get the owner to understand that a spray down simply won't be good enough. You gotta at least soap it up and rinse. Imagine how many people will see you working there, and the buildings not actually being clean when you're done. Bad for business. I once had a guy in a nice gated neighborhood ask me to wash only the first story of his home. The second story was just as filthy as the first. I gave him a bid for the whole house, and didn't get the job. I just couldn't see washing half his house with all his neighbors driving by seeing my company name and a half clean house. No one else is gonna know that he only paid for the first story.