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    Yes, there will be runoff but if I know Jarrod, the chems hitting the house are supercharged so he can be out of there in 20 minutes.

    Ding ding ding we have a winner folks. So funny because you are right, Jrod and I were just chatting yesterday about his supercharged HW, he doesn't mess around and he admits it, that's why we love him.

    How much do you want to bet that if Jrod ever started doing roofs he would somehow supercharge 12% to be 20% or stronger so he could do a roof in 20 minutes spraying it from the truck without even getting out : )

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    Take it or leave it

    I like that but I would add....Take it or leave it I'm so busy it really doesn't matter to me so what is it, yes or no cause I gotta get going : )

    Ken, how do you address buyers remorse? Is it something simple like "You won't be disappointed?" Or is it something more elaborate?

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    No catch phrases here because every customer and every sale is different, one or two phrases wouldn't work for me. I try to uncover any objections or concerns early in the presentation and then adjust my close by offering a solution to their concerns in the form of benefits to them. I am also extremely honest with people and don't feed them any B.S.

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    Full of hoses, buckets, gas can, and my tool box which is full of enough tools to build a house. I don't mind using the back of my truck along with stuff on the trailer, that's what a truck is for. I have a toolbox on the tongue of my trailer that is full of stuff too. Man I have a lot of crap : )

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    I was sick of making someone else rich and with the amount of layoffs going on at the time, it seemed no job was safe and still isn't. Then I got laid off so I said see ya!! I remember posting about it cause I was a little freaked out, I knew I wanted to PW full time but it was a little sooner than I expected. Everyone was so supportive that it made me tear up reading their replies.....no joking. I feel very blessed now going into my second full time season.

    I was there once Mike, a lot of us were. Do what you know is right, set goals, be persistent and patient in acheiving those goals, believe in yourself and you will be successful.

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    I use a 10' step ladder and a 16' telescoping pole with a brush on the end. Dip the brush, apply chems, scrub if needed, jump down and rinse with a 0 degree tip. I find this way to work best for me. I've tried pump up with extending wand and it's just too slow and a PITA. I've tried xjetting but too much chem was wasted spashing all over the place, and I still had to scrub sometimes so it was defeating the purpose.

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    This is the injector that I have.

    This latest addition to GP's chemical injector line is a new "Hi-Draw" model, capable of a 20%* draw rate. These injectors feature an operating pressure of 4,500 PSI and a temperature rating of 1900. Sized at 3/8 inch M X M, NPT, stainless steel orif

    You buy this, put a 3/8" QC on one end and a 3/8" plug on the other. It has an arrow on it indicating the direction of flow. It then plugs into the outlet side of your pump (where you normally plug in your pressure hose) and now your pressure hose plugs into the injector. The injector comes with a 1/4" chem hose that plugs into the barb on the bottom of the injector. You simply plop the other end of the chem hose into your mix could be a 15 gallon drum, a 5 gallon bucket, or a 1 gallon jug doesn't matter. Those that use a large tank for chems simply plumb the chem hose to the tank. Now when the pressure is dropped at your gun tip via the proper nozzle, chems will be drawn into the line and out the end of your gun.

    Sorry I don't have pics right now but I hope you can understand the concept. I know how it is to not understand something but believe me, it's really pretty simple once you understand.

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    I suppose it depends on where you live. Here, it wouldn't alienate many, if any...Unless it was particularly pushy and very overt. A fish on the backside of a card isn't push or overt. I simply says "I am a Christian".

    And regardless of where you live, for some of us, this is who we are, and I simply cannot separate my business persona from my personal persona. I am who I am all the time, and God is a huge part of my life. I won't hide that nor change who I am simply to win customers. Every customer is, IMO, a blessing from God, and if it were not for Him, I wouldn't be anywhere close to where I am now. If someone is offended by my beliefs, or my incorporation of those into my business or marketing material, that's their problem. I don't push my beliefs on anyone, so if the simple fact that I believe what I believe offends someone, well, they need to get a grip and deal with it.

    They will deal with it, to the effect of NOT doing business with you. I agree with your beliefs Mike and if that spills over into my personality and who I am, that's great. But I don't agree with mixing that in with my advertising, it has no advantage and would only potentially cost me work. You don't need to hide anything from customers just don't put it in their face if it's not going to benefit you or them. It's like the whole merry xmas thing. It doesn't bother me to say that but on my xmas cards to my existing clients I went with the Happy Holidays theme, why offend someone with the xmas thing if it's not going to help my business. IMO don't mix religion and business, just stay nuetral on the subject and nobody will get offended. It's not like someone is going to get mad and not do business with you because you don't have a religious symbol on your advertising.

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    Thanks for all the responses. I used a 5 gal pail to mix. I used 2 gal bleach 2 gal soap, 1 gal water. I did not use a preportioner. I had to remix the times to finish the house.

    as far as the shutters go. it only happened to the 2 windows on the fronts of the house. The rest of the shutters were fine. The 2 on the front are in direct sunlight all day. I think that may be the cause since all the others were fine.

    Thanks

    I used that mix when I xjetted but only 1 1/2 gallon soap, two gal 12% and the rest water. I think maybe you just need to apply chem faster sounds like your being too liberal with it.

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    Stephen

    I don't think Ken meant the xjet is useless or that it's NOT to be used on houses, I think his reply was just a generic way of saying that the xjet was probably the reason for the plant damage and was giving an alternative that may help the starter of this thread with his problem. I get mad at these boards sometimes because its so easy to misinterpret what someone is tyring to get across because the words have no feeling. IMO Ken meant nothing bad about the xjet.

    I know how you feel about your xjet method on houses. If you do a search on this subject you can find some threads where I had some posts that mirror your posts in this thread. I only xjetted houses and defended that method pretty heavily. I didn't understand the DS thing and didn't understand how it could be any faster or better than xjetting. I was mostly mad because all my previous research lead me to be an xjetter and as soon as I got that method down, all this DSing talk got to be a hot subject. The one key that intriqued me was that most all the veterans had DSed back in the day, then tried the xjet on houses, and eventually went back to DSing. So I asked myself why, is there something there I can't see or understand? I pride myself on being open minded so I quit arguing with them, called Bob and he hooked me up for next to nothing, I asked a few questions and gave DSing a try. Now I love it and having done both I can honestly say DSing is much faster and more efficient than xjetting on houses. I too didn't think moving a bucket around and an extra chem hose was a big deal.....until I didn't have to do it anymore. One of my biggest doubts was the DSing method slinging chems further than my xjet, I thought noway. Well with the right nozzle it does, hands down. I am so glad I was open minded to the DSing idea for doing houses, it has cut my time by at least a 1/3 and has made my life easier. IMO this subject is NOT debatable, and to argue it back and forth with someone who hasn't tried both methods is really a waste of time. I think we can at least agree that without having tried DSing, you really don't have a leg to stand on in the debate of which is better or more effecient. The purpose of my post isn't about DSing is better than xjetting, I just wanted to let you know, I understand how you feel because I was once there, that's all.

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