Mathew Johnson

Both.... I use both powder and liquid brands deck strippers depending on the job, liquid soap / bleach

As always Henry, Thanks for the tips

I have a coress 32 foot and a Northern tool 24 foot. Coress is three times the money but so worth it!!!

I have one.... I have a hydrotek skid unit in it and carry 325 gallons of water... It pulls great.

Well.... It was a huge success. I want to take a quick note to thank everyone who helped with this project. Thanks to Henry Bockman - King of Marketing - Germantown, Maryland. What can I say... I couldn't and wouldn't have done this without your enthusiasm, experience and belief that this was possible. Again thanks for all of your support and assistance with the project. To Tom Vogel of ACR Products.. your contribution of technical service, expertise kept our machines and equipment running flawlessly. Thanks for providing the extra pressure washing hose and turbo nozzles... who would have thought we would have had 1/3 mile of pressure washing hose out. Having an onsite technician and distributor with a full parts inventory was perfect. John Tornabene. Long Island, King of the $21.00 lunch: Your lift truck, faithful assistant and experience was invaluable. Thanks to both of you. Look forward to our next joint venture. Cujo Cooley - Covington, Ga with Pams Pressure Clean- you southern boys can sure clean a lot of property in a short amount of time. It was a real pleasure having you up... I hope to see you again soon... Thanks for the help! Jack Kramer, A brilliant Solution, New Jersey.. Thanks a million to both you and your son... You had one of the toughest areas... And it looks excellent. It's "brilliant". Mike Brown, All Brite Pressure Washing Service, Rome New York... Thanks to both you and your son for helping out. The first base line look's great. Wow! Cleveland, OH - Bob Williamson with Pressure Tek, Ohio. Bob, thanks a million for your generous donation and support. I will be in touch soon. Again thanks for your support and making this a huge success. Pete Marentay with Sun Brite Supply, Lawrenceville, GA, Pete, you support and input was great. Thanks for the chemical offer and sharing your knowledge both with the execution of the project and with the assistance with the PR and media. Jim Palmer with Hydro Tek Systems, Redlands, CA. I truely appreciate your donation of 2 surface cleaners for the project. Without them, we would still be cleaning the concrete there. It was great to see you show up at the project. Thanks for your offer of future support. Very rough statistics: We had a staff of about 16 people 8 Machines running, 9 Pressurized lines Had just about 1800-1900 feet of pressure hose in use 2 Staff just using power blowers to remove and dispose of large debris. Water, thousands of gallons of water - 5 inch hydrant line split to 2 inch and a half lines. 2 inch feed line inside the park. Arrived at 6 AM departed at 6:40 PM 2 TV stations / 2, ?3 Newspaper WOW... More to Come See photos Here.... http://pwscleaning.com/doubleday.htm

Scott.... That is over the top!!! God Bless you and your wife!!!

Back to my nursing stuff...

Sorry... I am a bit rumpy too in the morning.

Sorry guys and gals... I cant post here anymore and not be able to edit my errors... And my typing isnt getting any better...

John T brings up an excellent point. Last year when I did the American Legion here locally, I was not a member of the PWNA... I did promote the project as the PWNA Clean Across America Campaign. It did pay off, I jopined the PWNA shortly afterword

Thanks... It was fun.. Rumour is... We might get a writeup in Cleaner Times.

Beth, Can you set it so I can edit my lousey typing errors

I forgot... There are a lot of PICS on my website of the project and there will be more this week... Go to this link and there are 3 pages attached of photos http://pwscleaning.com/doubleday.htm

Will Do Soon... Sorry, I meant to share photos and details soon.... We have been extremely busy after the project due to the PR and News coverage. Myself and the PWNA were on the 6 PM news on two of the major TV Stations in my area.. The pre project publicity and the post project coverage have increased my call and work volume three fold.

Shane, What is xylene and where do you get it?

Try a larger orifice bozzle. I had a cone nozzle that did the same thing when I tried to spray a fine pattern - when I opened the nozzle to a larger diameter, the problem resolved. matt

I don't care who ya are, thats sum funny stuff right there...

Tell the homeowner "thanks for your time and for calling me, but I can't do it for the other guys prices and stay in business. Please call me in the future if you have other cleaning projects or any problems with this one." I agree with others: $800-900 for the package

Larry is offering some great advise with the back-up unit purchase. Both trailers I have are equiped with 5.6 gpm main machines and a 4 gpm backup machine, I had a coil rupture 70 miles from home nd the back-up machine saved my butt. If you were closer, I am getting rid of a dual axle 2004 16 foot open trailer. It might be a bit large for you.

Nice Job, looks great

Call Tom Vogel... 610-392-1899. He can talk you trough the wiring over the phone.

I have a couple of CAT pumps - low hours if you are in a jam.

I have had overspray on vehicles from washing a house. If I think it is going to happen, I speak with the neighbors ahead of time and let them know I will rinse thier vehicles off immediately if it happens. If they aren't home, I rinse them immediately. I actually had a person pull in as I was rinsing off thier car... I told them what happened and that I wanted to prevent water spotting or any damage to thier property - They were reallly OK with it and glad I protected thier property and that they got a free car wash. Same goes for buildings.... A quick rinse when needed,

Call me, I may have something for you 607-435-5539

I think that even if you are treating them as a subcontractor and they get hurt on your equipment, you will get sued... Check with the IRS... There are specific requirements for a person to qualify as a sub-contractor; one of them is that they have thier own equipment. If they spash your sodium hydroxide in thier eyes, you are on the hook for it,,, I have had someone ask me to work for labor for learning... I sent it to my attorney and he listed about 9 different ways I could get sued... If they get hurt on your clients property.... your client can get sued as well. If they knock out a window or peel paint... Who's insurance pays for it? The company under contract or the sub-contractor working for free? Beth and Rod have thier bases covered with puttng them on the payroll. Matt