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    I was wondering how you can wear blue jeans when doing a house wash and not getting the solution on your pants and bleaching them out. It may just be me, as a rookie, because I always seem to at least brush the xjet hose against my pants and have that nice white spot on my jeans.

    I was thinking of buying some white painter pants to solve this problem.

    Merry Christmas to all! icon7.gif

    John

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    I work as a utility job trainer at Honeywell International. My job entails training operators how to run our boiler house, refrigeration generators, Large air compressors and the equipment users throughout the plant site. Just started pressure washing this summer, and have only done about 6 houses and 2 roof jobs. Still learning a lot from this board, and wanted to thank everyone for the great advice and expertice.

    John

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    Getting ready to purchase a trailer for my pressure washer, roof cleaning rig, and ladders. I have read threads suggesting for one to buy a dual axle trailer vs the single axle model due to the weight of water carried on the trailer.

    I was interested in buying a single axle 5x10 open utility trailer for my needs. Maybe I'm cheap, but for the house cleaning I mostly do, I don't see where a large water tank will help. A 200 to 300 gallon tank is not big enough to do very much cleaning. Am I looking at this all the wrong way or what. Thank you for your suggestions.

    John

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    Dominion Chemical in Petersburg,Va used to let you fill 55 gal drums (you supply your own drum) for under $2\gal or Pressure Works on Roseneath Rd. in Richmond,VA will sell a 55 gal drum for $110 and offers free delivery for $300 or more.

    Hope that helps .

    Mark

    Thanks Mark, I will give Dominiion Chemical a call first, and see what they can do for me. Thanks guys for all the help.

    John

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    Finally found someone in my area that will sell me pool chlorine, but it sounds that he is overpriced compared to what I have read from this board. This guy wants me to pay $2.50 per gallon for a 15 gallon or 55 gallon container. He also wants a $35 deposit on each 15 gallon container, or a $45 deposit on the 55 gallon drum. At these prices I may be better to stick with the Walmart bleach, even though it is a hassle. What does everyone think of these prices.

    Hopewell,Va. 23860

    Thanks, Johnicon9.gif

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    I know it is not always posible when doing residential work, but if possible, have a rope at the top of the ladder to tie it off. I know it is hard to find anything to tie it off to sometimes.

    Also when working at heights, a harness with fall protection tied off to the ladder is a good idea.

    Safety is #1

    John

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    I would have to agree with Ryan, on giving a little free service, and I would write it off as advertising. We all know that the best advertisement is WORD OF MOUTH. I have given some free jobs in my lawn business, helping my good name in the business, and received plenty of work from doing this.

    I just finished building my hand cart rig for cleaning roofs and will try to take a picture this afternoon, and let you guys grade my work. Hey Ryan I would like to see your new Kick a$$ rig also.

    John

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    Congratulations Craig, kaitlin is a beautiful little girl. Hope you can enjoy every minute of her childhood, and be the most bestest daddy you can be. Don't blink, because if you do, she will be in college and you won't know where her childhood went.

    Enjoy and take care of Mommy. If Mommy is not happy, no one is happy.

    John icon10.gif

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    I normally get a flu shot every year, but I have to agee with Reed on not taking a shot away from the elderly. I believe the craziness of the whole situation is that people always want something that they cannot have.

    With the guesswork of the flu vaccination, on predicting which strand of virus will be around this season and so forth, I am not concerned about not getting a shot this year. I only got the shot each year for the past 4 to 5 years, because my work place provided me with the shot.

    John

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    Thanks Ryan, I like the idea of hitting the awnings from the underside. I do have a digital camera, and I will try to take the time to take some pics. I recieved my M-5 in the mail today and gave it a try this afternoon practicing on the garage. I sure like the way it throws the solution on fast, and the adjustable nozzle is great.

    If anyone likes sending pictures via email or posting them on websites and want to keep them small, try a FREE program called Picture Tray www.picturetray.com

    This is a small program (600k) that allows you to resize pictures 1/4, 1/2 or special size and drag the smaller pictures into your email without harming your original picture files. I have two children in college and use it all the time, and it also works on aol instant messanger.

    Thanks again, John

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    First off, I would like to thank everyone for taking the time to post all of this knowledge on these boards. I am getting ready to wash my first house ( Which is my own). I have ordered the Xjet (m-5) and planning on using it Tomorrow. I will try a homeade concoction that will include regular 6% bleach, car wash, and some cascade dishwashing detergant. I will try to apply this soluton, so the sodium Hypochlorite reaches the house at approx. 1%. My question is, will prewetting my cloth awnings keep this solution from harming the awnings, and also will this solution do ok on my vinyl siding?

    Thanks again for sharing your knowledge.

    John :)

    PS. I live in the Richmond, Va. Area, and of course with all the rain we have had this year, we have a lot of algae.

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