Little Buddy

oh by the way mike, ready seal medium brown looked fricken awesome on the 27 year old ptp deck i just did....good call on the browns

do you think i could have powerline build the trailer but put the allison ironhorse on it? Also, what do you think for gpm?

i was looking at the allison iron horse super skid at espec and like that one too...

I got this a few weeks ago and used it on a couple houses and works great. I was just wondering what ratio it it like 10:1? Thanks, LB

Hey guys, I was wondering how to lower the pressure. Is it all through the unloader? Or better yet, how would i go about just building a low pressure system thanks. Here is a video of mike from first choice and i am very interested in a extremely low pressure setup Thanks, JL

thanks, i dont think i have seen a 30.0 before, where could i find one

lets say you have a 4gpm and 5.5gpm machine, what tip size to get that low of pressure.

Is there a trick to make the stripper stick to horizontals? I'm using F-18 and it seems to be working excellent on the floor but isn't as effective on the spindles and such because it does stick. Thanks for any input. -JL

David, whats your email

same here, washin a house on tuesday

where can i find a good rubber garden hose (the ones that basically have to structural integrity and act like a limp noodle)?

Just got a email request today and replied with the figure and got the job...that was easy. This is the first really house wash i will be doing and they say there is some mildew on one side of the house, this shouldn't be a problem with downstreaming regular house wash mix right?????? Let me know what you think. Thanks, JL

aslo, what do you do with the screens? do you ask them to remove them, because i know ours can only be taken off form the inside (unlatched)

thanks for the tip bobby!

Just wondering what your favorite/ most popular stain color is. I have a job that i will be finishing that will be using 10 gallons of RS Dark Red. Thanks, JL

did you stain underneath this deck as well?

Thanks, so i take it the boosted hd-80 (or any other stripper) doesn't work all that well if you just jump to the stripper cream right away. Lets say the homeowners just wanted to change the color, how would you go about preping the surface to apply a solid acrylic? THanks, JL

Rick, I was reading some older post about the acrylic competition and was wondering what do you use currently for nasty paint and acrylic jobs? After doing a couple decks i jumped back on here and learned about boosting the stripper and now using a surfactant to make that crap stick and do its thing. Its amazing how much you can learn from the forms in a year but it still amazing to see how much i still don't know lol. Thanks, JL

I think we mostly have cedar and PTP over here, gotta love menards. Also, rick what is your answer to make the stripper stick to the railings?

Who knew it would be so popular...

I will be looking at the 2011 HD this summer. I hope i decide to get it, also in black crew.

Just got another estimate request, let me know what you think... Hi Joe, I appreciate the response. I've attached a few photos of the deck, and the condition of the paint. It is very flaky as you can tell. I snapped photos of some of the rougher parts although there are some areas where all the paint is in tact. We powerwashed it with our air compressor when we moved in, but this is still what it looks like. The compressor is not a commercial grade by any means. The deck is 12x12 or so and has two bench seats on it. Ideally, we'd like the picnic table stripped as well. Thanks for taking a look. If you have any local references, please let me know. Based on that, let me know what you think...

Thanks Mike, That price was for a regular restoration so i doubled that figure. She emailed me back and basically said we dont have the money at the time so we are just going to wait.

so do you even use strippers on paint jobs? Just use the sander? I was coming up with a number around $455 with the numbers she gave for a regular restoration. Would you tack on addition 20-30% for the sanding? Thanks, JL

I have never stripped paint before, but was wondering what you guys would charge for such a project. Also, would you use that paste from eacochem or use f18 at 20-25 oz/gal or something else?