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offduty, At first I was not going to say anything. However, 1 - 20 hp honda's are crap? why? 2 - I am no fan of telescopic wands... but i found it funny on your companies website two of your home page pictures are of a guy using a telescopic wand..

Hey guys, I need opinions on the differences between hot water 4 gpm and hot water 5 gpm. I currently have a 5.5 3500 cold water unit and 4.0 gpm 4000 psi unit. I know the ultimate change in 4 to 5 gpm cold water for rinsing, vertical washing . I need to add hot water. I do not want to go with a hot box I am looking to get a gas/diesel skid. My question is... does the hot water make up for the loss in gpm ( 4gpm hot vs 5 gpm cold ) . How does the 4gpm hot water compare to the 5 gpm hot water ? Is it better to use a 4gpm hot water unit to degrease excavators and equipment because 5 gpm would make more of a mess ? Ultimately i need hot water to degrease equipment, cleaning oil spots, cleaning caked on organic matter ( chicken crap ) from machines . I do residential, and all the commercial and industrial i can with cold water and lots of chems. I am looking to add heat to help cut down cleaning time on the things I do now and to clean what I cant with out heat. I know this all might sound confusing and thoughts scattered. Please ask any questions you have.

Thanks everyone, John, I have always been a fan of using larger nozzles to reduce pressure. It is okay ( fine on the machine ) to use smaller orfice to cut down gpm? I only would cut down the gpm if I am running both my 5 gpm off my buffer tank and I want to add a bit more delay to my buffer. Its 250 gallons. Also , how does 4 gpm hot water compare to 5 gpm cold. How important is the heat when you are running it against a machine with more GPM.

What dillution have u been using already? Increase your SHC % and increase your dwell time.

How much is your realtor discount ?

yup !

How does a topic on a simple deck cleaning get so complicated and confrontational? Really shows who are professionals and who are not. To the Begginer. You have everything you need. Mix up a good housewash with your SHC and simple cherry. DS or X jet your preference. Maybe X jet to get higher concentration of SHC. Soak and dwell.You can either scrub, use lower pressure, what ever you feel comfortable with to create some agitation to remove any stubborn crud just take in caution when using any level of pressure on wood. Final rinsing with x jet or black nozzle. If you are a non SHC user. Or for the oxi- salesman ready to post, there is sodium percarbonate based agents to mix with warm water that you can mop on, and brush/lowpressure then rinse.

Adams, I am unfamilar with this technique. Can you elaborate on how you do this? Thanks.

with a proper machine for flat work .. you should be doing this job in at least half the time. Invest in GPM.

If this was chemical reaction. What do you think he might have been mixing or did not know he was mixing to cause something that violent.

That is an excellent example of how to use mailers. Nice post John.

in dilution ratios it is not 1:4 .. 5 total ... DILUTIONS REPRESENT SOLUTE WITH IN SOLVENTS ... the total is 4 in a 1:4 .. most chem injectors are talked about at 20% draw rate .... this is 1/5 ... they are also said to be a 1:5 as a dilution ratio ... if we add 1 + 5 = 6 than 1/6 would be 16% draw rate. I do not know any typical 1:5 downstreamer that is a max 16% draw rate.... Dilution ratios compare the chemical to the total amount of solution its that simple. For those of you wanting to google and search up answers please refrain using ratio, fractions, proportions as keywords... look up dilutions because that is what we are doing to chemicals .. diluting them.

I hope that makes you sleep better at night ken

ACTUALLY the gold star goes to me... Ratios are the relative magnitudes of 2 quantities In a dilution ratio (which this is ).... the ratio is the amount of chemical to the amount of solution ... (the solution is the chemical and the water)... what you have all done is asumed the ratio is chemical to water it is not .. In a diltuion ratio the ratio stands for chemical to solution If this was not true ... than a 5GPM machine with a 1:5 injector could take 1 gallon chem and 5 gallon water to then be pumping out 6 gallons of liquid.... why wouldnt we just use the injector to suck up that extra gallon and turn our machines in 6GPM machines ? Becuase ...... 1:5 chemical injectors is a dilution ratio of your chemical .... 1 part chemical to 5 parts of solution .. this is true because everyone knows a 1:5 injector means 20% draw rate .... 1 part chemical divided by 5 parts solution = 0.2 or 20% chemical wich is being drawn. In dilution ratios 1:4 means 1 part chemcial to four parts wich is the whole solution ( water and chemical ) this is why we also multiply dilution ratios 1:4 and a 1:10 means 1:40 because we have takin 1:4 = 25% chem and 1:10 = 10% chem and we have combined them ... does anyone know what 25% of 10% or 10% of 25% ...... they both are 2.5% = 1/40 wich is the ratio 1 part chem to 40 part solution 1:40 dilution ratio

offer 150$ for the surface cleaner and if they do not bite ... walk walk walk away

I know, the x jet will not create enough back pressure to suck suds from the downstreamer.

Has anyone tried to use the M-5 Jet or regular X-jet nozzle with downstreamer pulling your suds. Will the X jet drop the pressure enough to suck the soap using a downstreamer? We could get the best of both worlds here.

Although in another country, I to have my story. Before buying that first year buisness license I had some skill pressure washing part time for a poultry outfit. This and hours of forum reading ie TGS, helped me stride in the right direction. I bought an old e350 for van, good website, some advertising, 13 hp 4040, and typical starter equipment. Total cost : 6000. My first year I grossed 18 K and experienced several learning curves as anyone should expect. Almost done my second year of business, I have upgraded to a 14x7 enclosed trailer unit, a professioal logo and image, 5.6 3400 psi with 2 back up 13 hp 4040 and other equipment upgrades. I have a part time employee for bigger jobs and scheduled contract cleaning. Already grossed 48 k and looking to finish just short of 55k at the end of the year. Can say I am estatic for year 3 of buisness ! Thanks to all of TGS for so much valuable info that has saved me thousands.

Has anyone tryed to make their own xjet? Now i am not bringing this to attention because i think the x jet is expensive ... come on for the price it is compared to the pay out it gives.... this is just for the equipment junkies that like to try something new ... put a male quick connect on the inlet of a downstream chem injector and a variable nozzle on the outlet and try it out just like you would an x jet. If anyone has tryed this .. or is going to lets hear about it .. I will have pictures of mine at the end of the week .. ps it works really goood !

take off your pull cord assembly take apart the assembly and check your recoil spring that controls the recoil of your pulls.. this spring or better yet coil.. can become twisted or not in the right postion to allow to you pull smoothly or at all with recoil

How often do you touch a house with more than 3.6 % bleach ? I do not think 5 % of the time.

Paul that is exactly what I have experimented with. What feedback have you gotten from that product? Tracy, have you tested what Paul's link shows? I know everyone lives and dies by their x jet , but in what way does the x jet perform any better than a downstream chemical injector attatched at the end of your lance with a variable nozzle ?

you could possibly cover the awning in plastic and pay extra attention to any over spray and run off in the line of the canvas, cover it in plastic and tape the seals well

4.12 per gal in BC Canada ... soooo 3.66 a gal US dollars :)

I always imagine this ! It DOES happen ! Your example has now cautioned me one step further. PS Very glad your ok .. this could of been terrible.