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Thanks for the plug Bill appreciate that :cool: I saw the thread and just called Joel and just called him and talked for a while instead of typing.It was cool talking to him and just from our phone conversation i have no doubt he could clean this fence.It's a lot of work but not really that hard but having a helper will make a world of difference. I just hope i can help Joel talk them into staining the fence.I know they don't like spending lots of $$ but maby they might go for cleaning now and staining next month?? They are budgeted for so much$$ a month so making them to understand the benefit to stain the fence to save $$ in the long run is the key.They are wasting their $$ since they would have to do this allover again in a few years!

Jim you took the words right out of my mouth refferals...refferals and more refferals who never haggle on price! Most jobs are sold when I tell new customers that we've been in buisness for 16 yrs and specialize ONLY in wood restoration.We are able to justify our prices with our company's experience and reputation.That''s the main reason why we are a specialized comapny in wood restoration only! Most people call me especially for the Gray Away stain i use and being we're the ONLY comapny in town where they can but it helps! :cool: It used to bother me losing jobs to lowballers but in the long run those customers will call me again to fix the mess the Joe BLOW made.Then their bid is at a higher $$ to strip the crap that was applied.Most customers are getting smarter from the internet about what stains are worth using.They are getting a better understanding for what it takes to maintain their deck,fence,arbor etc.Now also most H.O have wasted their $$ on Behr crap from the Depot and realize how hard it is to apply.So they call a professional company like Wood Savers of Texas to do the right When customers ask me why i'm higher than Joe BLOW...It's like comparing apples to oranges especially when I ask the kind of stain they will use IE:Behr, Sherwin Williams etc.When i show them my Texas Forest Service letter recommending Gray Away as a high quality stain it sells the job for me! LOW BALLERS DO NOT BOTHER ME! :D

Thanks Jon.... So all the other pics you were just making me feel good then! :lgwave:

Here is another dock with Gray Away Slate Grey. It's not as splintered some match stick decks i see but this color holds up real good in 100% sun.

No problem Chris i have quite a few pics here on the TGS in the scrap book section decks ,arbors,fences, cedar houses.The Gray Away is a product we've been using since 1990 and has been as consistant as day 1.It's a Amteco product so it's a very reliable formulated stain.It does great on older decks but won't cover the splinters like a more solid stain. Feel free to call me anytime Chris.

Yes the booms are connected together and I use some fishing weights to weigh them down.The sheets of the same material are hooked up to PVC pipe by a clamp and dragged thru the water to soak it up.

Why would you want to use a stain that peels and cracks like most film formers?

No prob Beth anything i can do to help let me know ;)

Here is nice project i had a while back and it's a dock i've been maintaining for a while.As you can see the P/washing marks that the painters had done from using no chemicals.:rolleyes:

I use Baker's Gray Away on docks all the time and i do get at least 2 years here in the HOT Texas sun.It's a semi transparent stain so it won't cover the splinters as good as like a solid stain.I would say replacing a few of the bad boards is your best bet.

Go to Cleaning Talk - Professional Cleaning and Restoration Forum there are some good tile/grout cleanng info on the site

Latex Paints and solid stains are two different animals and depending how long the coating had been applied they are both diffucult to remove.I never said it couldn't be done but you could lose your A$$ by how long it takes.

I still can't believe the fence builder tried to pass these boards off as cedar! The fence was cleaned with bleach/soap and rinsed with water hose.

*No animals were harmed during the cleaning of this fence * :D

Here is how i spent my 8 hrs Mon. staining 1 of the 2 fences and 60 gallons of stain.

That's good but i hope you don't answer yourself HUH ??? ;) :D

I found this link it might help? How to Build a Car

Here is the sweet Camaro due in 08 in i think.

Here's one for you Ford guys

In our case we could watch the hurricanes blow in from Galveston! :D I watched them paint this wall it took forever with all this detail! They added the different animals over a few weeks.

Here is the continuation of the lease going in the bathroom and some os his trophy bucks.

This is my neighbors office with a cool mural of his deer lease in W.Tx.He had some friends paint his office for some refferal work.If he ever moves out i'm moving in here! :D It's nice to have a glass and mirror shop next door too! :cool:

This is our sign that i stained and painted for our office park.

Here are a few pics of our office warehouse that our comapny developed 5 year or 6 yrs ago.The offices are 16x20 w/bathroom and small kitchen area.The warehouse is approx.2000 sqft w/large roll up door...800/month