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I bought a juice man jr a couple of years back because I thought I was going to start juicing as part of daily diet, but it only lasted a couple months. The problem with a healthy diet is it's far more expensive, and time consuming, to maintain than a garbage diet. I would have to say that's the number one reason why most healthy diets come to an end, most people simply don't have the time or money. A good example of this would be to look at the stars in holywood. Yeah they look good, well kept, in shape, or course I'd be that way too if I only worked a couple a months a year, had a full time personal trainer, nutritionist, and bueaty adviser. Once you realize how many vegi's and fruits it takes to make just a few cocktails a day you'll realize it's definitley not easy, not to mention having to clean the juicer and all its parts after each use, bad memories. Start buying a lot of carrots, it seemed like every recipe for the juicer started with 3 or 4 carrots.

I've never used Citracleen, but here's my thoughts from what I've read. First of all to Phillip, obviously since I've never used it, I can't help with your proportional problem, but if you don't mind I'm going to hijack breifly. The word is, from many on this bbs that sware by CC, that CC is undoubtably a great product, and does nothing short of perform miracles in the way of house surficants. My way of thinking is, it may infact be an outstanding product, but for three times the cost per average house wash compared to other house soaps that may not be quite as good, but still offer great results, I wonder if the extra cost is worth it. Now if you were cleaning the worst of the worst day in and day out, maybe I can see the benifit, but when considering, that for most of us, 4 out of 5 house washes aren't absoultly filthy, you're essentially using more product than most jobs warrent. If a house wash soap such as emulsifer plus can provide excellent results on 92% of a given house, and Citracleen can provide excellent results on 96% of the same given house, what have I really gained? I used a product that's costing me three times as much to aid in making a noticeable difference to 4% of the exterior. It seem more economical to use the cheaper good soap on all the exteriors, and then spot clean the few stuborn areas when needed. I guess my point is, it's been my experience that with many of the quailty house wash soaps on the market, most will provide the same results to 90% of a given exterior, and it's only the other tough areas that make a product like Citracleen stand out a bit, so it seem like a waste to use the more expensive product to simply increase resluts in a few tough areas. A good example would be like using three times your normal amount of chlorine in your house wash solution just to make sure you get good results on one small spot of heavy algea. That's what pump ups are for.

I've heard others say this also, that they can't draw chemical with as little as 200' of hose. I wonder why? I just started downstreaming again a couple of weeks ago, and I can easily pull chem with 250' of hose. I've haven't had an occasion where I needed more hose than that yet, so I'm not sure if that's the limit or not. anybody have any ideas why some can pull chem with 250' and others have a hard time pulling chem with as little as 150' ? PSI maybe?

Sure a dirty roof can detract away from an otherwise clean house, but the given fact is, that it's fairly easy to tack on gutter cleaning to your house wash bid without a noticable inflation of price, but with roof cleaning, this is not possible. Also, some folks don't like the idea of having their roof cleaned no matter how much you explain the benifits or procedures, where as, most everybody is in favor of having their gutters cleaned. I've never cleaned the exterior of someones gutters only to finish and have them upset that the gutters shine like new, on the contrary, they more often than not comment on how new they look. Why give them the option to turn down based on price? The only exception to this is if you a very large house with gutters running the entire perimeter (espeically two strory houses). The only point I'm making is, why give them the option. As long as you thourghly explain how you plan to clean them, and list it on the estimate sheet along with the other house wash details, most will feel like their getting a bonus service for N/C. Besides, it's been my experience on certain occasions that when I try to itemize every little option and detail with a seperate price, it can tend agaravate the prospective customer.

Very kind of you Carlos! I would love a copy. Let me know what I owe you for postage. P.O. Box 1050 Orange Park, FL 32067

Perfect guidline. This is exactly how I handle it. Yes. around here most roofs are walkable, it only takes an average of an extra 10 minutes to pull a ladder and bang it out. Of course you always want to factor in the little extra time into your bid for the house wash. Just curious if anyone else has ever done a house wash and had to get on the roof to clean the other side which can't be seen, or accessed from the ground, and when you get up there its completly filthy because the other Jack a**'s who have cleaned the house in the past decided it wasn't worth the extra time to get on the roof and do the job right. I see this all the time, and it pisses me off. You can't find good help these days.

I've got a portable pressure pro 5.5 gpm 3,500 polychain, and it's a great machine. Never had a v-belt, so I can't offer any words on that.

Percarbs are more expensive, and will not give you good results on heavy build up. Chlorine is not bad for you as long as you take the proper percautions by wearing the proper PPE. Chances are, any chemicals that you will find that are somewhat effective at removing the mold/algea (notice I said remove, not kill) that doesn't contain sodium hypochlorite, will be potentialy more harmful to you than chlorine will be.

Why do you hate bleach? Bleach is a wonderful chemical, that for a very reasonable price per g., offers, hands down, the best results for removing/killing/ destroying/ dismembering/etc. any pesky, unwanted green, and maybe furry, stuff. Sodium Hypochlorite is not that bad, and not that dificult to use. Usually when someone shows a dislike for the idea of using this wonderful chem as part of their chemical arsonel, it's likely due to a lack of experience, or knowledge of how to use it safely and correctly. Try it, I garauntee you wont look back.

Taylor Hicks is the George Clooney look-a-like you're refering to. I agree about Chris (the last guy), He's tops on my list thus far.

Nozzles. I've been applying chems long range using 0040, 0540, and many others. I rinse with 0010, 0015, 0515, etc.

You'll be good to go with anything 19" and smaller.

I use and like emulsifer plus as well. Currently, using my downstreamer, I use about 1g. to 1 1/2g of emulsifer plus mixed with chlorine to top off a 5g bucket. With the x-jet I use about the same ratio, emulsifer:chlorine, but further dilluted.

Did someone say Kelly Pickler? :lgbugeyes :lglolly:

Pressure wash contractors must be able to still perform their work, otherwise Ron M. would be in quite a pickle about now.

So true. maybe that's why I'm so good a selling! :banana: :dance: :lgkick:

My fiance and I are pretty much hooked. We've watched religously since the first season. This season's talent is lightyears ahead of the previous seasons. I haven't broke down who I think is my favorite, but the guys overall are better than the girls this year.

I see one small photo, is he the one on the left?

Not to mention the added difficulty and expense having to buy equipment, hoses, fittings, etc that are rated for that amount of pressure.

He will use a float tank which is a tank equiped with a valve that shuts the water source off when it reachs a certain level in the tank, and as you draw water in continues to replinish the supply tank via a hose connected to a spigot.

I don't do much commercial work that requires heavy grease removal, but on the few restaurnants that I do clean I use Pressuretek's F-18 and have had excellent results and that's with using cold water, so I'm sure with the hot it would be quite bit easier.

Dave hit on the nail. Years of training by all areas of a persons day to day purchasing has resulted in a mantality that cheaper is better, without much other considerations. I would bet that most here have been guilty of this in the past. I know that before I got into a service business such as this, I based my decions for hiring a contractor more than I should have on soley on price.

I Disagree. Why ware out a shurflo pump just to transfer chems? A good plastic siphon pump will last quite awhile, and doesn't require the need for flushing out with water after each use. Not to mention a good siphon can transfer at 7 gpm, which triples the average flow of most shurflos. Siphons are inexpensive, effecient, and very convenient.

I've bought mine from Grainger, Northern Tool, Envirospec, Pressuretek, and a few other places. I use them on a daily basis to pump 10.5% chlorine into buckets, and they hold up real nice. All these places sell quality plastic siphons, and there all around the same price $10-$20.

I agree belt drives are better, but I disagree that direct drives aren't good. I used a 4gpm direct drive for over 2 years of many, many hours of washing, and never had any problems. Still have it, and it still runs great with the same pump and engine.