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    PWNA CONVENTION UPDATE:
    Sunbelt Rentals https://www.sunbeltrentals.com/equipment/subcat/81/manlift-straight-boom/ Just signed on to take 2 booths at the PWNA Convention this year. They will also be offering a LIFT CERTIFICATION so you can market that for your business. This is the last big Powerwashing Convention this year to learn a ton and network network network for your business.

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    What does Past World Champion Boxing Extraodinaire Sugar Ray Leonard & Beth Bachschmid Borrego have in Common?? They're speaking on the same bill at this years Ceta event!!
     

    If you Industry guys don't know who she is...you should. She started The Grime Scene Bulletin board years ago that was top ranked for quite a few of those years. She's also an Industry writer for Cleaner Times Magazine and other publications. Soon she will have a book coming out about Marketing for the Powerwashing Industry and beyond!!!! I was fortunate enough so serve with her when she was the Secretary of the www.pwna.org 
     

    To an amazing woman who is a trailblazer....CONGRATS!!! 

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    I understand the penetration part and I understand the flashing / sitting on top part.

     

    Put it on till  " it cant take any more " is what I have been doing, But as we know If the wood is really dry it can suck it up quick. Is there any set rule as to how much stain wood can take? I would think that all wood is different and some may take only one coat of stain ( new wood ) and some could take three or four ( old dried up wood ).

    Sounds about right to me. We need some of these wood experts here to chime in on this. BETH,JIM,SHANE.. you guys out there??

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    for some reason I cant quote,

     

    John, If the stain I apply, whether it is one coat or six coats, if it all goes into the wood then all is good correct?

    Theoretically if all coats absorb into the wood you should be good....but.....after around 2 coats, the next coat will most likely lay on the previous coat and not penetrate the wood.. That coat will most likely peel down the road.

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    Ya but I was asking you your methods. do you do one coat? ,two coats? thee coats ? do you do wet on wet?  wait till it dries?  Is there truly a one coat system. the reason I ask is I did a hand rail with like 4 coats and man does it look good. I would think that the more stain you get in there the better off you would be correct ?

    Hey Steven-- you have to be careful with coat on coat when it comes to stains everything under a solid(sometimes solids as well). Not all stains are the same. Some say one coat, some say 2 coats and others say to do a coat over the other coat before it dries.

    Over applying stain can cause a problem down the road because stain basically is made to be absorbed by the wood. If you do to many coats then yes it will look good initially but eventually the top layer of coats very well may start to peel off because they never absorbed into the wood.

    Sometimes applying a very liberal coat can cause shining in some areas where the stain didn't soak into the wood.

    Personally I think staining is the most rewarding of all work in the Power Washing Industry and I consider you guys that do it well like artist. Staining is also the trickiest and if not done right or other bad factors come in such as a downpour in the middle of a job can cause serious headaches. I know this because I had so e rewarding experiences and also headaches at times in the past when it came to me staining.

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    Think of the song "Taking care of business" from BTO while you read this

     

    I learned how to make alot more $$$$$$ for my business by taking classes at the PWNA Conventions over the years and networking with some of these seriously successful dudes. Advance your learning curve ASAP by coming to this years www.pwna.org Convention and start bringing in some steady and serious dough. My 15 yrs now with this org has helped me stay the course to start my 20th year in the Power Washing business!! I love to see you guys prosper like I have and do even better. My 2 rock steadies has been my 15yrs with both the PWNA and JW insurance which is why I am wearing their hat and shirt in the pics.

     

     Hope to see some of you guys there :)

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    Hey Adrian- so sorry to hear about your loss brother. IF there's anything we can do please let us know. Where all getting a little older and hopefully getting a little wiser. On my end sometimes I wonder why I even give a craapp about this Industry because its so frustrating. Hopefully next year is better for us all and I hope you feel better yourself ;)

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    The PWNA is having it's 23rd annual convention coming up Nov 1st http://pwna.org/convention/

    They're offering excellent classes to help Contractors in their field of choice. Anywhere from Garage cleaning all the way over to wood restoration. You can also get a certification for some of these classes that is backed by the Industry's longest running organization which is the PWNA.

    Another great session is the "Millionaires Panel" open room discussion. Some of the people on this panel gross between $4,000,000-$18,000,000/yr. That's right those numbers are in the MILLIONS!

    You can network with these guys as well as any and all of the other guys at this Convention.

    Also the Trade Floor will have some of the most successful and well known Vendors in the Power Washing Industry.

    So book your flights today because you can get some great deals on them now.

    Looking forward to seeing you guys at this Event :)

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