badger11

Looks to me that rfitz has it down!!!!! I am an admitted newbie and if I am able to out sell my services over a well extablished company than that company does not deserve the job. A big part of selling is trust. Make the customer trust (yourself and services) you and feel comfortable having you do work on their property. No one wants a scum bag they can't trust on their property.

When applying bleach related house washes, what type of protective gear do you guys wear. I can see using eye protection but not sure if a respirator is needed also.

I am going to start a house washing business this spring. I am looking for the best chemicals to use for vinyl siding and gutters. From my research I am trying to choose between using 1 1/2 gallons of clorox bleach {ultra} approx 2-3 cups of Liquid Tide or Limonene. I am also looking for the best gutter cleaner available. I have heard gutter zap is very good. What are your thoughts. Thanks!!!!

It seems that there is a lot of discrepancy in the power washing business as to the chemicals used and application of them. I can only assume that there are some that offer advice on chemicals that are not qualified to offer good advice. Either a chemical or combination of chemicals work or they don’t. I have seen on forum posts where multiple people say that they use a product and that it is the best for a job and that they have tried other products that do not work well or at all. Then I see on other forum posts the opposite opinions on the same products. Does not make sense to me. I will simply have to try multiple products and see with my own eyes as to what products to use. Ronald Reagan once said, “Trust but verify”

Thanks for the info. I sure do appreciate you guys sharing your knowledge with me. For those of you in Ohio what time of year do you start to advertise. I am thinking the middle of April would be the time to start advertising for house washing work.