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Atlantic, $105.000 a year for Washing.....Wow.

Adrian, Great job on the siding. You do not do gutters by the look of this picture, Not to bad mouth your results, but I do pay attention to detail. I think cleaning the gutters would have made a good job a Great job. Not hard to do and is a good upsell. I think cleaning a house without brighten the gutters, is like washing a car and not armour all the wheels. Use a 24Ft extension pole with a truck brush and 50/50 purple power or citra-clean by Steve Rowlett do 10ft section at a time. Brush and rinse. A good way to add $50-75 to a job. Just my .01

Henry, Could you post a picture of the set up in question?

Beth, I have some BOYS that can handle this situation for you.:>)

Jon, Take a look at my rig set up. I have it vented to the real of the trailer. I did not want to vent out of the top.

Well I was just wondering, since it has rained here about every afternoon for the last 2-3 month if there is a stain that is on the market that would allow you to stain decks and fences even if it is a possbility of afternoon showers? I am using Wooddefender deck stain But there has to be a least 24-48 hours of no rain. Needless to say if I get a chance for the deck to dry out for 2-3 days and when it appears that I will get a chance to stain it their is a possibility of it raining after the application. This make it hard for me to schedule customer again to complete this deck and fence. I feel like I should be working as a metorologist. Any Ideas. Could I stain the deck and the put a plastic tarp over the deck just incase it rains after I stain it or will this cause the stain not to dry properly. What do the vets do in a case like this.

Thanks Russ, Very clear now. I wish I would have known about this product two months ago... I could have had a few deck and fences completed by know. Will be calling Pete or Tracy today.

Just a shot of my first roof cleaning. Biz is good.

A few more shots of first deck cleaning. On my way to be a wood vet... Ha Ha. All comments both Negative and Constructive, welcomed.

Russell, do you have literature on this Wood Tux? Are you saying, this product can be put onto fences and decks even if the wood is wet and have a moisture content of say 25-30% this is the reading of a saturated deck? What makes this Tux able to be applied without the fear of a "afternoon shower"?

Thanks beth, I notice that your post deck staining on a regular basis. I assume your not getting much rain up their in Maryland or are you? Are you using that wood tux stain. How is that compared to RS and Wooddefender type oil based penetrating stain? I hope next season to be going full bore on staining But first I have to find a stain that ccan be applied with out having to watch the weather. Thanks for the replies

Do you know if Woodtux is a oil penetrating stain or a film forming?

Mike, what are you pulling your trailer with. F150?

Here my first attempt at cleaning a paying customers fence and deck. I had practiced on numerous skids and old fences before I even attempted this. I liked to thank Bob at pressure tek for all the answers to my questions. The F-18 and F-8 is the bomb. I Believe that this is a cedar fence and PT deck. The second photo is the one where I used bleach on the left and F-18 on the right before I neutrilzed it. My main objective here is to be as good as BETH, Rod and Shane, those are my set goals and I have put the ball in motion. Thanks for all that answers these post.

I have a haulmark 7x14 enclosed. I have my tank positioned over the second axle from the rear. Skid is on the rear. IMHO do not cut a burner stack in your roof, it decrease the trade in value at time of selling. I had delco vent my burner from the the rear of my trailer as pictured. I have everything in this trailer. Good choice

I charged the two together and also did the driveway. Good payday here. Looking to stain the deck later once my experience improve on stripping.

Beth, this was an unsealed deck with heavy graying. I cleaned it about a year ago when I first go it to the biz. Great customer and he is alway satified with my work. I was giving the formula for the F-18 by Bob.

Pressure Pro. thanks for the comments. I used f-18 at 3oz per gallon and the part that you mentioned is bright,is where I actually start to neutralize the deck. I was a great learning experince. Looking at being a littl faster next time. Beth. there are trees in his backyard. It does have leaves shedding onto the deck. I am not understanding your question in relation to the post?

Did you notice those GUTTERS?

Shane, I just posted a shot of the floor in another photo shot. Thanks for the nice comment. I envy your work and my goal is to duplicate it.. LOL. But I will with experience under my belt.

To Shane, Beth. As posted earlier, can anyone of you tell me why those few boards in the middle came out different from the rest of the decking boards. I cleaned an neutralized the board about six times, thinking I did not brighten long enough. They did not get any lighter. Could it be a different specie of wood?. Will this affect the staining process. I will be using wooddefender Bright Cedar. If the rain will hold off for a few days.

Here are a few more shots. I know figured out how to resize my photos. Watch out now.

Buy the x-jet and a 8ft lance.. These two items should be more that what you need to do residential homes and small buildings.

Dolittle, I experienced the same issue the other day. My unit started to smoke as I was cleaning. Check filter.. good, check desiel..good. My problem was that the house I was cleaning was on a hill and I had positioned my truck in a down hill position. What was happining was the the fuel was all in front of the tank ( because the truck and trailer was facing downhill ) and the fuel pump could not pick up the fuel. So I then got out my tire chock and placed on on of the wheels and disconnected the trailer from the truck....leaving on the security chains attached. and lower the jack all the way down so the the fuel could level out.....BAM.... no smoke from that point on. Make sure you guy are not parking downhill... Just my .05 worth.

Paul, Hey Give me a call.. I would like to see the process. Hit me at 678-480-0123. I will take a day off for trade with labor. DeGraffreed