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    A couple months later, and 3 more people asked me about doing an estimate, I turned down all 3 because they had Hardi Plank.

    Like I said before, I'll never touch it again, cost me about $900 out of my pocket to get it "fixed".

    So yall be careful, awesome information by the way Len, thanks!

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    I haven't read every post on this, but here is my take on it.

    When I started out, I used a 3000 PSI @ 2.8GPM Machine from Home Depot. And honestly still sometimes use it for very small jobs. Back then, I did a 2 story house worth about $300 in appx. 2 1/2 - 3 hours X-Jetting. That included Set-Up and Tear-Down (I didn't have a trailer, had to put the PW, waterhose, etc. etc. in the back of the SUV).

    So yes, it does work. But now that I moved on to a bigger machine ... im def loving it.

    As far as GPM and rinsing go. Def. having a small 2.7GPM sucked. I spent about 2 minutes applying chemical to 1 side of the house, and about 20-30 minutes rinsing ... lol.

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    Im coming back to this topic now because I stumbled upon it and talked with Phillip Cain about it at the MB RT. I called every pool company in my imediate area looking for Liquid Chlorine. Nobody has it. Only the little tablets "pool shock" or whatever the heck its called.

    How ever I did find a place (Univar) that sells 12% @ $3.95 / gallon if I get 15 gallons, or at $2.50 / gallon if I get 53 gallons. So Ill be getting it from Univar from now on.

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    Just watch over saturation, don't slam it or flood it. Let chems work then rinse.

    What did you end up doing PressurX? Did it work out or you just eat it.

    Scrub, Scrub, and scrubbed some more with a butyl based degreaser. Boy did that one suck. Just glad I didnt do it, gotta love employees :D

    It did eat a hole in the pocket though with the rent of a lift and all the labor.

    So, we will not do Hardie Plank again. :) My instance was probably one out of a hundred or thousand, but that sure did scare me enough not to touch it again.

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    Yupp, that was my nightmare. In the end the result was improper installation of the Hardi Plank, which resulted in cracks in the siding itself (which you could barely see with the naked eye). The bleach solution (about 1-2% bleach was used) ended up staining away the red color of the weather wrap behind the siding, causing red color to stain all over the side.

    I personally will never touch Hardi Plank again, but many on here have good experiences with it and do them regularly.

    Good luck to ya man!

    Oh, and if you're wondering what we were using, it was 1 gallon of 12%, 1 gallon of QWIC Allbrite, and 3 gallons of water and X-Jet'ted

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    Yea I got the job. But only the fence, he decided not to go with the deck. Anyways, since this will be my first fence, I charged him $900. Now after reading all of this, im not all too confident that that will be enough, lol. Together the fence is about 1,351 sq. ft. 251 ft. long by 4 ft high, and then I added in the pickets. So it came out to a little over 1300 sq. ft. and I charged $900. Now i feel like I just kicked myself though. :O

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    Well we have a Service Agreement on our site that is posted publicly for everybody to read. I always tell customers to read it since they will be bound to it. It does state:

    2. This warranty does not apply to any damages caused by factors beyond the control of Pressure-X Power Washing , such as:

    - Existing structural or other defects or products or work not supplied by Pressure-X Power Washing .

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    Well the weird thing was, the red didnt come off (neither did the paint all the way) it just kind of faded it out.

    It seems like the red "sunk" into the original paint, which all in all im totally confused about. It has got to come from under the siding though, since I looked, and wherever it was 100% closed (from one siding to another) there are no streaks, but if there is just a little bit of a gap/hole, there is red. It also smeared on the foundation (brick part under all the siding).

    I dont understand either why the red isn't coming off.

    Same subject, different question though. Can I be held liable for this? Seeing that apparently the siding wasn't installed correctly (water has NEVER got behind a siding, plus I dont use pressure, well, I do, but it is very very weak almost like gardon hose weak, not quiet).

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    Jeff, I have also bought "Super Cleaner" from ACE Hardware. It's not Castrol though, sprayed that on directly and scrubbed a little bit, what it did was actuallyget rid of some paint of the house (thank god I did a test spot on a part where nobody ever sees it, lol) the paint is still there, it just "smeared".

    I got it confirmed now its coming from under the siding (the red).

    Thanks for all the help, Ill try to find Castrol Super Clean, never seen it before, walmart should have it?

    Ill also try a normal house wash again. Something has GOT to work.

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    So I tried the AllBrite (Butyl Degreaser) as you said jeff, (should I try to find some Purple Power/Castrol Super Clean) it didn't do anything but foam just a little bit and was a bit slippery, but other than that, nothing.

    Now to what Len said about the Weather Wrap. That could be a possibly since I have also noticed just earlier that also the foundation (brick part under the vinyl) has red streaks on it now, which leads me to believe no oxidation, but more like solution went behind the siding and basically washed away the color on the weather wrap.

    But why does Solution get behind the siding? Leads me to believe that the Hardie Plank isn;t installed correctly. I found this little exerpt:

    An independent investigation of dozens of homes in Houston, Texas, which were fitted with Hardi Plank siding, found that at least 90% of them were improperly installed. In many of these cases, the warranty on the materials was likely voided.

    Given, that comes from a Siding Company website, but there still has to be some truth behind it.

    I really dont know what to try anymore. Wouldn't the Melamine not only get rid of the red streak, but also the actual paint of the house?

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