apsurfacesolutions
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200' remember you have a pressure drop for every foot of hose. Also if you at down streaming once you get past 200' you can start experiencing problems with your injector.
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For roof cleaning I usually mix up 60 gal batches this is enough to do on average one roof with maybe 10-15 gals left over. We use 15 gals sh and 45 gals of water. Which is a 25% mix versus the 35% sh apple sauce mix. This mix cleans most roofs. We have been using Fresh Wash for a surfacant .75 ounces per gal of mix. Don't carry more sh than you need for a couple of days heat and sun cause it to degrade faster. We stopped buying it in 55 gal containers. And now only get it in 5 gal jugs. It's much easier to handle for us and the price difference in this market is not that much. Not many people use TSP anymore that's an old formula you found. I don't think many use borax anymore either. Check out Fresh Wash or Roof Snot to replace the borax and TSP.
Feel free to give me a call.
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And David does meen day or night. I have been on the phone with him after business hours and he is always a great help.
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Welcome Connor, as the others have said spend a lot of time reading on this and other pressure washing forums. We run a 20" surface cleaner off a 4 gal 4000 psi machine with 200' of hose for pool decks no problem. Don't haul water if you don't have to. For the 4 gpm machine we have a 65 gal float tank that we arrive on site with between 15 and 20 gals in it. Like Tim said when you arrive on site hook right into the customers water. If you don't have a float valve on your tank get one. I would mount the pw on the trailer makes life much easier. For now you don't need the 225 gal tank. Use the 65 gal tank for water and get your sh in 5 gal containers. Once you get a bigger pw and truck you can use the bigger tank.
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If the customer wants something besides Armstrong Clark stains. I tell them I can not warranty the job.
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Belt drive
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If the water level in the tank is higher than the inlet on your pw the water will flow to it. The only time this would be an issue is when you first start the pw. If the tank level is not higher than the inlet you may not be able to prime the pump. Once the pump is running the level shouldn't be an issue.
You can go either way with the dump line mine is right in the line.
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Stick to your price. I would rather do one job $300 than three jobs for $100 each.
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Why don't you just call Bob at Pressure Tek and get setup with what you need.
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Chappy what size pump are you using? I just started putting together what I would need to build my own setup. $500 is just to much.
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Oxiclean does have surfactant in it, been using it for ten years for cleaning & light stripping, works good @ 8 oz per gallon mixed with warm to mild hot water. Much more cost effective when purchased at Costco. Around $1.25 lb. - 12 lb. tubs.Oxiclean is
Sodium percarbonate
An adduct of sodium carbonate
and hydrogen peroxide
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Nice website. Do you use sand on all your projects? I noticed on the seal n lock website that I believe it was with the wet lookYou don't need sand.
What's the cost for all the equipment? I have customers asking me to seal there Pavers, so this is an area i am interested In
You still use sand with seal n lock. You don't need to let the pavers dry before sanding. So you can pretty much hose the sand in. Their sprayer system is $499.
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Looks good Jon! I'm going to start using seal n lock this year.
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No and No, wont be strong enough to do anything. The off gassing with the percarb would probably interfere with downstreamer anyway. Do you have a roof pump? Run it through there, quicker than a pump up.Used my roof pump to apply percarbonate for the first time Friday. Just one of many ideas I picked up at the Albany seminar.
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I would get the new IPad always go for the latest technology. For the extra $100.00 it is money well spent.
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Woooow Rod!!!I really appreciate all the information you keep posting on every one of my threads.
The whole time I was cleaning the deck I knew there had to be some kind of chemical or process to this.
I have been desperately looking for information on the whole wood restoration as well as the whole residential aspect. Unfortunately there isn't much out there since obviously nobody wants to give away their secret of success.
I found all the information by using the search function. Between here and PTState you can find everything you need to know to do wood restoration.
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Before we started using the green wash we were mixing 15 gals 12.5 sh with 30 gals of water plus Talon. So far with green wash we are mixing 10 gals 12.5 sh with 40 gals of water. Next year I think I can bring the water up to 45 gals to 10 gals sh. Since 12.5 sh runs us around $2.40 a gal this is a significant savings. Yes green wash costs more than talon but we still are seeing a savings in mix cost plus we don't have to add a masking agent.
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No it's a surfactant reduces the amount of sh needed plus a masking agent.
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I use simple cherry for house washes and used talon for roof cleaning. I recently started using the soft wash systems green wash for roof cleaning.
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I am having some of the same problems and I don't schedule clients until their week comes up. Right now, I am booked two and a half weeks out. Two estimates came in today and we agreed on a price. I then told both of them that I would call Monday morning, October 17th (2 weeks from today) to schedule a convenient time that week (I try to take Monday's off as I usually work commercial jobs on Sunday). Today (Monday), I set my whole schedule for this week after previewing the weather outlook and best ways to set clients up based on location to reduce travel between jobs.This is how I schedule as well. Tell the customers I'll be there the week of 10-16 -11 I always give them Sundays date then they aren't expecting me on Monday.
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Check out window cleaning resource . Com
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Clark. There is a lady from long island that will cal you. Neda a complete strip and reseal. Have no idea how far that is away.Thanks Chappy that's 3 - 5 hours away from me. If the job is big enough we will travel.
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I like the Whisper Wash Classic for the size pw you are running.