Mathew Johnson

that looks great

$400????.... WOW.... that is really cheap. If you don't like the kick to your machine. switch over to a flow unloader. That will help a lot.

When we started the business, I decided to offer a variety of services and build the business around that goal. To be frank.... I will wash your dog if it will stand still and you will write me a check for it. At every turn, look for ways to improve the services you offer. In 2006, we had massive flooding in upstate NY, we rolled the dice and purchased recovery equipment and steel eagle recover surface cleaners, having them shipped overnight express. We spent a bundle, but the return was great. Now we offer interior pressure washing and have done8 or nice cellars this year. When I started, the one thing I stated that I would never do was paint. I love to stain, but hate to paint. For the past 3 years we stain cabins and whole houses. We are just finishing up 2 whole house stain projects (1 with sikkens and one with Sherwin Williams Woodscapes. As we are finishing up the stain job on the SW house, the next door neighbor came out and asked for a price to paint her house. Guess what.... I am now a painter with a pressure washer. We will literally carry the ladders across the lawn. We have quoted three of the six houses on this street and we will be doing the third after we paint this one. I still hate to paint, but I have two employees that love it. They are doing a house in 6 to 10 days, depending on the prep work, They go directly to the jobsite.... I go powerwash We have declined project where the dry blasting would have been an option. Our newest Item for the business plan is to go to log home restoration school; learning to cob blast and other methods as an alternative chem and water stripping. Placing a multimedia blast pot and potentially a high volume air compressor in the 2009 capital budget. The economy is no better here in upstate NY than anywhere else. We have let the market tell us what services to offer to increase our gross sales.

Helllloooo Jason

Interesting poll, We mainly use ReadySeal and have since we started the business. Easy to use, easier to maintain, and looks good. Like their marketing twist as "The contractors choice" in wood sealers. I have applied it to log homes, Board and Batton (Barns, garages and houses), cedar siding, cedar shakes, PT decks, Cedar decks, Swingsets, one outhouse, one doghouse, the inside walls of three pressure washing trailers and redwood decks (using thier redwood formula). In 4 1/2 years I had one problem with one complaint from the homeowner on a Cedar Deck.... It was a novice error on my part, not a problem with the product itsself. I called Pierce (National Sales Manager) for advice and decided to restrip and seal the deck. Without even a call or notice, Pierced shipped me an additional 10 gallons of product to recoat the deck at no charge. Great product + great resource = happy customer. Sherwin Williams Deck Scapes and WoodScapes is our choice for solid colors for houses and decks when the homeowner wants a solid. The deckscapes is pretty forgiving in the application process, rarely lapmarks, good coverage and looks good. The woodscapes for houses is less forgiving, looks great, we often spray the final coat and back roll it with a wiz roller. Get a Sherwin Williams business account and get great contractor pricing Sikkens: We have used the their solid on a house. Not very forgiving at all, But... it looked fantastic when finished and coated extremely well with good coverage. We did 98 percent of the house with a wiz roller and did it quickly Armstrong Clark: I have put it down on four or five decks recently. Pretty easy to apply, you beed to slightly aware of application process to prevent lapmarks (if you cut in first and then do the deck, you may see a few lap marks (ReadySeal does not do this) However.. two coats of this product looks good on the decks. Maintenance: the jury is still out, I will not know about this for a couple of years. We Applied it to spindles with a wiz roller.... very fast application method. Nice Brochures except that they promote the homeowner self application a little more than I would like. Ace HArdware Brand::lgangry: Benjamin Moore Brand: OK

It could be worse... I am a bit worried about candidate safety this year... There are a lot of radical americans in this country likely to do something stupid. I agree, Mcain will be eighty if elected and reelected at the end of his second term. I look forward to the first candidate debate.

Thanks Mike, you are welcome to stop down anytime.

When I agreed to try Armstrong Clark Stain, one thing that was mentioned was that it could rain immediately after application and it would be fine. Last Thursday we were applying it to the large lakeside project and we saw the clouds coming over the ridge behind us. We finished applying the coat to the deck and railings. Six minutes after we finished the last board it started to rain. It poured to the point that we were stuck under the eaves of the house with water gushing out of the ran gutters. I thought oh well, I will be fixing this mess when it dries. We returned to the project site today to stain one of the other decks and fix the area from Thursday. MUCH TO MY SURPRISE, THE AREA IN QUESTION LOOKED FLAWLESS, IT LOOKED LIKE ALL OF THE OTHER AREAS THAT HAD BEEN STAINED IN DRY WEATHER ON PREVIOUS DAYS. The project as a whole looks great. Will try to post pics when I can. :lgjump::lgjump::lgjump::lgjump: TWO THUMBS UP FOR JAKE CLARK AND HIS PRODUCT!!

Blow dryer?

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You need an oring. 1/4 inch and a pick to change it

Your welcome Mike.... happy washing MJ

One more thing, take your gas cap off, the vent may be faulty

check your govenor spring, I had the exact same problem a long time ago

Dan, Who makes it?

I agree Jim, I am in the same Boat... I laid off one today because we cant get the work done because of the weather. We still have three whole houses and one Cabin to do plus a file full of decks!!. This is a real PAI

Thanks.... I will keep tht in mind, I dont do many Cedar decks here. 2 in 5 years

driftwood grey - semi

What is your email address. We have a few different ones that we use in quickbooks but I also have them in duplicate so I write invoices on the jobsite. We have one standard form and we have one with an area for the customer to enter credit card info and pay by credit card. PM me with you email address and I will send them if you woud like MJ

Give me a call.... We are booked out for a while 607-435-5539

More Pics, Some are before and after,

Rick, Here is a deck that we did

I just contracted this housewash, concrete cleaning and deck staining Job. Vinal on the house. PT on the decks. What do you think it is worth?

We closed the deal.... Spoke with DEC about environmental concerns, they have all been addressed. Housewash and wood came out to about 7K plus the stain. The homeowner will decide tomorrow on stain. It looks like AC Driftwood Grey.

I think I am going with the AC Driftwood on this project