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    United Association of Mobile Contract Cleaners - ***** Contractor Listings

    We Reached a Mile Stone of over a 100 members with the One Year of my administration Close.

    We are now over 300 new Members in the Last 11 months, these members also have Various Benefits and also Help with the association and are Appreciated.

    Our benefits Page as well as our environmental Page is Nearing Completion. Will announce when its completed, we are looking for help with this committee as we need to fill 64 Spots throughout the entire country.

    Please Contact Scott Stone or Tony ************** if your looking to help.

    Thanks to all who are making the industry Great!!!

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    Grainger also keeps record of what you buy. I recently had a customer call me about needing a new compressor. I contacted Grainger, the compressor was ordered, shipped and all I need to do is look at the install done by my customers maintanance man. I will make a few bucks, for very little effort. Grainger is not the cheapest, but the service is very good. They also have great customer service when you need parts for the equipment you buy. I keep a catalog in the van, one in the shop and one in the office.

    That is a nice thing, we can usually send a monkey to pick up things we have ordered in the past.

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    Great reply Russel

    Mike-

    I'm going to have a little fun with you! Hopefully this will help someone not make the mistakes that I've made and it sounds like you are about to.

    Agreeing to do work for a friend (goof 1) most often leads to burger flipping wages at best. Thinking that your friend will be impressed even with the most excellent result (goof 2) most often results in hurt feeling to match your lack of compensation. Doing a job cheap (goof 3) on the promise of future work is a loosing proposition unless you can charge double your going rate when you do get hired. Agreeing to provide maintenance for a deck that you didn't do start-to-finish (goof 4) will land you responsible for the quality of someone else's work.

    If you are going to maintain this deck long term the best thing you can do for your friend is to charge him a reasonable price that will compensate you fairly and make you feel good about doing the work. Take charge of the job and strip it completely, remove all the mold and mildew and apply the same finish that you intend to use on maintenance jobs. Impress your friend with your professional business manner. If he finds this unreasonable, politely offer him some pointers and wish him good luck.

    Surface preparation is the single most important factor in the longevity of any finish. If you try to maintain what is there now, you are going to be fighting and uphill battle and will probably never be completely happy with the results. Wood restoration and preservation is a system of steps coming together to produce a predictable result. Cutting corners is never the answer if quality results are your goal.

    For the record, I have made each of these mistakes myself more than once! That doesn't mean you have to!

    Best of Luck

    Russell

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    heres my roller pump set up. I have it mounted on 1x4s so I can move it in and out. As for flow, I keep it just above idle, with the bypass wide open. With a 1/16th barb on a nozzle QC i can get to the peak of a high one story roof. I use a 40013 nozzle for when im up on the roof and need a wide angle spray. A soap tip works well too.

    also, every time i use it, after rinsing, I put a couple ounces of 30W oil in the intake to lube the rollers.

    Never seen your stuff Jon, I imagine long gone now

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