CannonW

I just posted a new thread to sell my equipment. "Trailer, PW and all accecories for sale." Call me if you are interested... 507.210.1446 I live in Minnesota.

I just posted a new thread to sell my equipment. Trailer, PW and all accecories for sale. Call me if you are interested... 507.210.1446 I live in Minnesota. http://www.thegrimescene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2236

Robert, I received your personal message here. Then, I missed you again when I called.... left a voice message. Basically, I am just curious on how you bid one of these roofs if a lift can get to it. THANKS! 507-210-1446 cannongroup@rconnect.com

I have Rhino Lining in my truck bed. I wonder if its the same company. I would think flat, resturant/bar roofs would be the only application of this stuff....

Just keeping this thread on the top of the list.....

I just looked at one of these myself this weekend. Same situation, large square footage (2400), steep, 45 degree angle... mold & small trees starting to grow out of the roof... and getting to the roof is going to be very difficult because they have trees all the way around their house. (I am not built for repelling). I told him it was out of my league because I am just starting out... pump up sprayers are no match for this job. (Of course it may be a good reason to get a shurflo setup and a deckster)... but he wanted me to give him a bid that he could compare to some companies from the twin cities (MN). Here is what I came up with... I figured it was the same process as a deck... strip, brighten, seal... so I took the square footage 2400 * my deck price of $1.25 = $3000. Then I checked into lifts. To be safe, I estimated that it may take 2 days to strip & brighten and another 2 days to seal. 4 days of rental on a 45 foot lift was about $900. So, the total bid would be about $3900. The customer was shocked at the price. He is going to let me know what kind of prices the companies from the cities quote him. Did I give him a good estimate or was I way off the mark. Again, I am not taking this job... I just want to know for the future. Another thought I had was to charge him by the hour with a certain cap on the price. It may go faster than anticipated which would bring down my cost and the lift rental fees.

I recently stripped a cedar deck with HD80 at full strength. When the deck dried I noticed that the wood had fur on it. There are 3 possibilities... 1. The HD80 did it. 2. I used too much pressure (I know this is not the reason) 3. The customer pressure washed the deck themselves last year... they may have used too much pressure. If the HD80 was the cause, how do I prevent this?

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I just stripped a cedar deck and the customer wants a clear coat. How does the Crystal Clear hold up compared to the Honey Gold? (I have Honey Gold in stock they would have to wait for the Crystal Clear.) I told them that the pigment protects the deck from the sun. How hard should I push this? Any idea how much longer the Honey Gold would last over the Crystal Clear? I need to know by Friday or the customer will just go with the Honey Gold I have in stock. FYI... After I looked at the sample stick, I liked the Brown Sugar the best. One more thing. I sent the picture as an attachment to myself. When I viewed the picture, it looked good until I tried to enlarge it. Any ideas. I sent the full size picture and the smaller picture option... same result.

I have the same question on the sprayers... I am hoping someone can answer. I used a pump up last weekend. It created large drops that landed everywhere. I am thinking that an airless would create a mist and actually be easier to control the overspray...

Where do you get the sheets of cardboard?

So... I spend a 1/2 hour taping along a deck so I woudn't hit the house with the stain. Then, of course, I hit the house with stain right above the tape. I quickly wiped it off and was pleasantly surprised when it wiped right off. I hit the house with stain later and discovered that it wiped off even easier if you have a little paint thinner on your rag. So my question is... does anyone skip the taping and just carry a rag to wipe off the stain marks on the house... or is that a bad idea?

I cleaned a deck with EFC-38. When I came back to stain they had replaced some of the bad boards with new green treated wood. The moisture content on these boards are 30% and the rest of the deck is around 12% - 15%. I held off on sealing the deck. I was hoping that if we got some dry hot weather the moisture content may come down on thos new boards. What should I do if those boards are still at 30%? Should I stain the entire deck and leave some stain with them for fixing those boards when the stain fails? BTW... I am using Wood Tux Honey Gold.

I went back and cleaned up the mess. I redid the trouble spots with LOW pressure. It still leaked. So, I ended up using an extension pole to wipe it down by hand... over and over and over. 3 hours I will never get back... but, I have a satisfied customer.

No one wants to touch this one... I have had a couple run ins with people from Russia. I worked with a girl from Russia. At least once a week she was on the phone argueing with someone about her bill... Phone bills, electricity... etc. We sold our 2nd house to a Russian couple. The called and demanded that we replace the door that we stole. We never had a door in the doorway they were talking about. One more... Our local grocery store finally stopped doing business with a couple of India women. Every time they came in they tried to mis-use their food stamps, then complained when the store would let them. I don't feel that I am prejudice... I just think that it is reality that people from different cultures act differently. You can ignore it or use it to "profile" your customers. To be fair... I work with a middle aged white guy that is constantly on the phone trying to "negotiate" his bills.