Adrian

What the heck, I'll post a pic. ABC Pressure Washing & Deck Rescue Kingwood, Texas Here's a teeny tree house resto we did using BGA

You'll be good til Spring.

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I Still have a dual turbo nozzle lance made by Suttner. Dont use it much but it is a curb killer for those really long stretches.

I actually remember Al from a while back and never caught that. He's not spam. .... and the fact that I remember at least 3 yrs back tells me that i'm not that far gone..... heh heh.

I'm sure they have bleach and soap that are available in the Dominican Republic. The farther away from the wood you hold your wand the less pressure you will have. The closer you are with the wand to the wood, you will have increased pressure. IPE is a very hardwood. You may be better off just scrubbing it with a stiff brush and apply chems from pump sprayer. Then rinse. Then neutralize it with citralic brightner. Or hire a professional or use the search function on this board to get more info. Please complete your signature line. House Rule #1. Welcome to TGS.

only on my helper. Heh Heh !!!

Thanks for the heads up Guy. It amazes me how important and viable this industry is, yet we are still percieved as idiots to take an offer like that, especially by another "so called" contractor. Good call Guy.

Very Very nice work Jim.

Bga..........

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WOW !!!!! I guess that's how they do it in Idaho. Free tooth picks for everyone. I dont care what that painter says is the correct approach in his comments. He's dead WRONG.

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Super nice work bro.

With all due respect. I have already said he is a standup guy. He helped me move some furniture once when I had shoulder surgery. I gave him an $andrew for the help. Being a staff member here has no bearing on the decision already made. I can't change any of that. My best advice for threads like this is to simply straighten up and fly right. No bashing. ... that includes you to Jim. Please quit agging it on.

Some of the folks here have done bead blasting........Beth.........Rod....... Please complete your signature line. It's required. Welcome to TGS. It's great to have another lone star on board.

...and then see if they want you to wash their house. sorry jim couldn't resist. nothing like a clean mother in law though. lol.

Wow, talk about castles built on sand.

Blown hoses, fainting helpers, plastic tanks left in front of mufflers, fires, ( yes fires), neighbors annoyed, dogs, equipment failure, traffic, run off, mechanical issues.

From a contractors standpoint, that is a really small project, at least from my stand point. A 2 gallon pump sprayer with straight SH will cover approx 2000 sq. ft. and that amount of sq. footage can be sprayed by hand in about 15 minutes. Keep in mind you are not going to be completely saturating as much as we would. Again, it may take different strengths and attempts to get desired results. Plus it will take you much linger. However from a DIY perspective you could concievably start your project early and be done with the cleaning by mid afternoon. It just sounded to me like you didnt want to blast the existing sand everywhere. It can be done with a PW as if you are able to dial down your psi. If not just remember that more distance with the wand = less psi as well.Don't want to damage the pavers and minimize the sand spreadage. Your entire project will have to be broken up into phases. I don't think you can pull it off without putting a few days into the project. Don't rush yourself and it's attainable as a DIY project. But if it gets out of hand ( as mentioned) on the cleaning and prep of the pavers, call a professional. The ants will most likely only be pissed off and flee the scene. You may murder several in the process but by no means is that the end of the problem. The mix will most certainly make them wanna set up shop somewhere else for you to deal later with unless you get a pest control specialist to nuke them proper. Keep in mind that your store bought SH is most likely pnly 6% strength as contractors like to use 12-15% strength. That just means you may have to use almost full strength with dish soap to get better results. Good luck.

It's overhead expenses. It comes with the turf. Expensed quarterly or however you pay Uncle Sam. It takes the right products to run a successful business based on high volume. A gutter job here and there is ok I guess with dollar store products. However its no way to make money if you are not charging the passthrough cost' of a real industry product like mentioned onto your customer. Which in turn causes your customer to do the word of mouth thing in a positive way.

Either way, you are going to have to replace sand, that is, if you are going for a full restoration. You only need to run some sodium hypochlorite / soap water over the suface area. However there is no need to make a big mess out of the existing sand either. Therefore. Put away your pressure washer. Apply with a pump sprayer. The stronger the mix, the more effective it wil be. You should see the mix start to lift the mold algae whatver off of the pavers. Up to this point you havent blown sand everywhere, you flushed out the ants with your mix and you can rinse the pavers with your garden hose. Yes, you may have to aggitate a little in some areas and even reapply your mix at different strengths. BTW this is just a scenario for you to help a bit. I know nothing of your square footage on this project. Y ou don't want to make this job bigger than it has to be as a DIY, just rinse everything off to the sides of your driveway area and keep the dirty water on your property and you will be legal, Rinse alot.!!!!!!!!!!! Then order all the sand you will need to recoat the driveway. Deal with your bug problem at the root since you flushed them out. And have some fun with your family spreading it all out. Then you might think about sealing in all of your efforts to ths point. If you suddenly realize the project is too large for DIY then give one of the members of this forum a call to help you out. There's just no need to sling that sand everywhere. use it for base support as intended. You'll be fine.