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Rick G. Does your setup maintain a good amount of pressure with the 200 ft of hose? Also, what kind of reel do you have your chem hose wound up on and what kind of wand are you using?

Also, all most forgot, what are you using as far as a spray wand goes?

Ryan, Talk to the owner/manger of the carwash. Most will be more than happy to set the drums aside for you. Usually, all they will be concerned about is to rinse them out real good before they hand them over to you. Most carwashes use the same chemicals provided by the same large companies. They get cleaning agents in 20's, 25's, 35's, and 55's. All come in clear, very durable polyethylene plastic.

Ryan, What ratio are you going to mix your chlorine with water? Also, have you tried finding poly drums form a local carwash? You could save some yourself some money. I have gotten some nice drums 20gal. and 30gal from a carwash right down the road from me. The 20 gal would work great for a hand truck mounted setup. Also, why did you decide to go with a cart mounted setup versus truck mounted setup with more hose? As you know from a previous post I am in the process of setting up a Shurflo rig and can use any useful insight. As a matter of fact, the reason why it is taking me so long to get it going is because I am still not quit sure of how I should set it up. Anyways, good luck tommorow. Lance

I was just curious how many of you use sunblock or some other type of UV protection from the sun. Personally, I use sunblock on a daily basis (spf45) and I still get quit a bit of sun. I am 29 years old and I have friends around the same age as me who work in the sun on a daily basis without using any protection and needless to say, some of them look 20 years older then they really are. A lot of members of this forum talk so much about chemical saftey I just wanted to see if that same devotion extends to the potentialy dangerous effects from the sun.

check out this post. It might offer some helpful information. http://www.thegrimescene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1947&page=1&highlight=outlet Lance

Happy 4th everyone!

I was looking for some ideas on where is a good place to buy Oxalic acid. I would like to find somthing local. Thanks, Lance

thanks for help guys!

Mike, Are you using yours primarely for roof application? Is the amount of pressure and the estimated one gpm that you are getting enough to give you good results? Also, how many gallons of chem and at what dillution are you avereging for a 1500 to 2000 sq ft house?

Ryan, I assume that question and response was directed to me. I am trying to put together a surflo system for appling chem to roofs. The problem is I am not sure of the Psi or gpm that would be appropriate for that application. I can say that I do plan to use a either a 20 gallon or 30 gallon drum as the chem source and that it will be truck mounted. Other than that, I am in the dark.

What is the best gpm and psi for a setup with 200' of hose? I am trying to plan a surflo setup that will primarily be used for applying chem to roofs. Any input would be great. Lance

Another piece of advice, when just washing the eaves, wet down the sides of the house with water before applying your chem. This will help prevent streaking.

Welcome to the business Steve, I'm sure you have found a lot of usfull info here and I'm sure there will be much more to follow. About the X-Jet question, I think I will leave that one to some of the others on this site who write a bit more eloquently then I. Lance

get done with what?

I pay a 10% refferal fee to another pressure cleaning contractor in my town everytime he reffers a job to me that I end up doing. He has been around alot longer than me and sometimes has a lot more work than he can handle. He has never asked for the refferal fee, but I believe it is a good business move on my part. You would be suprised at how much work someone will send your way when they can make a little something by doing nothing but passing your number along. Also, for that 20 dollars that I give him for the refferal is my way of saying thanks for the potential thousands of dollars in refferals from my new customer .:)

In our area, its hard to be to low because of all the competition. One thing about jobs like this is that it can be difficult to clean just the eaves of a house without at least rinsing the rest of it as well. So, with that said, you don't want to go to low on your price. I also always try to upsell them having the whole house cleaned. Becuase remember it's your name thats attached to this job and the neighbors across the street and the people driving by don't know that you were asked just to clean the eaves, if you catch my drift.

I have a very large deck and dock clean and seal job that I am to give a bid on. I do not have a lot of hands on experience with wood restoration just what I have picked up from this web forum and others like it, so a job of this size is somewhat intimadating. The deck is PT wood and it was last cleaned and sealed three years ago and the owner said that they used Cuprinol (clear) to seal it. The total area to be cleaned and sealed is 4823 Sq. Ft. Many areas have of the deck have alot of mildew, fungus, etc. because of the heavy tree coverage, I suggested to the home owner that it be sealed with somthing such as Wood Tux Honey Gold and she said that would be great. I have included some picures to give you an idea what we're looking at: I was hoping that those of you that have a lot of wood restoration knowledge could spare a minute and give me some help on this one. 1)do you think that efc-38 would be an effective cleaner in this situation? 2)do you think I should use a brightener/neutrilzer? 3) I'm positive that I can not charge the rates for wood restoration in this area that some of you others can elsewhere, so, with that being said, what do you think I should price this one at? 4) I don't have all of the fancy equip. that some of you have, so I am planniing to use a pump up sprayer to apply the sealer, if I get the job. What kind of sprayer would you recomend for this kind of application? 5) because of the daily downpours we have been experiencing arould here, should I recomend postponing for a few weeks or longer until we have some dryer weather? 6) Because of the size of this job and all of the variables, should I consider turning away from this one? Any input on this will be much appreciated. Lance

Scott, No its not the buckman bridge, but a good guess. Actually it is the Doctors Lake Bridge. The Buckman is just around the corner. Lance

thanks for the replies and the info everybody Squirt Gun, It is in Orange Park which borders the south end of Jacksonville.

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Henry, Did you use to be a therepist or something? Lance

I have not used either of them. I am currently using Ripper from Envirospec, but I am not very happy with its performance. After I finish with what I have left, I think I will try the Gutter Shock.

Robert, Thanks for the info and the pic. Your rig looks awesome! what do you have in the 20 gallon tanks? Lance

Robert, what kinda downstream system are you using and what is the percent of chem to water that you are able to pull? I am getting around 1 percent chlorine when I downstream which others on this sight have claimed is sufficent in their opinion for most houses, but that is why I am in the process of trying the x-jet because I would like to get a little stronger chem ratio. more like 1.5 to 2 percent chlorine. We have a lot of mildew here in Florida Basicly, if I can find a downstream injector that can pull about 20-25% chem I don't think I would need the x-jet in most cases(for house washing). I have designed a set up for using the X-Jet on roofs which I will be trying for the first time tommorow. I got a lot of the ideas for its design from others on this site. hope it works. Lance