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    I have a customer with a 400ft concrete driveway. The edges and borders are stamped concrete with the pigment/glaze finish, the rest is natural concrete finished. The client uses a farm tractor to clear snow from the driveway, and the big cleated tires always leave some pretty good black marks where the tractor makes turns. As for the squares of natural concrete I haven't had many problems removing those with just hot water. The stamped edges are what give me a fit! I've never been able to get rid of those completely with out harming the glazed finish.

    Its almost time to do this job again, so can anyone suggest a product to remove tire marks without harming the stamped finish?

    Thanks.

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    I have a 1540 and a 0040 that I use for downstreaming with a 4gpm washer. I use M5 x-jet to rinse but it seems maybe alittle high on pressure for a good rinse? What size nozzle do you all rinse with? Also could I use a 30 orfice to downstream with or would it be too little? Thanks alot!!

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    If you are buying a 8 to 10 GPM machine, you will most likely need to have a water supply tank. 8 to 10 is good for concrete, but over kill for house washing. If you are only running one gun at the time, make sure you have a unloader that can compensate for tip changes. I would also pipe the bypass back to a water tank, to keep the pump from overheating.

    Hope this might help!

    Just what I was thinking myself. 8-10gpm is a bit overkill for resi's and you would need a tank for that kind of draw. A resi spigot will never put out that kind of flow. However he mention commcial bldg's as well which would be perfect, but again, would need the tank for supply.

    But he probably already knows that.

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    Please join me in remembering a great icon the entertainment community.

    The Pillsbury Doughboy died yesterday of a yeast infection and trauma from repeated pokes in the belly.

    Doughboy was buried in a lightly greased coffin. Celebrities

    turned out to pay their respects, including Mrs.Butterworth, Hungry Jack,

    the California Raisins, Betty Crocker, the Hostess Twinkies, and Captain

    Crunch. Pallbearers were Pigs in a Blanket.

    The grave site was adorned with flours.

    Aunt Jemima delivered the eulogy and lovingly described Doughboy as a man

    who never knew how much he was kneaded. Doughboy rose quickly in show

    business, but his later life was filled with turnovers. He was considered a

    very smart cookie but wasted much of his dough on half-baked schemes.

    A little flaky at times, he was a crusty old man, considered a positive roll model for millions.

    Doughboy is survived by his wife Play Dough, three children: John Dough,

    Jane Dough and Dosey Dough, plus one in the oven.

    He is also survived by his elderly father, Pop Tart.

    The funeral was held at 3:50 for about 20 minutes.19.gif

    Please share this with someone else who may be having a crumby day and

    kneads a lift.

    Hope that made you laugh a bit. God knows we could all use a good laugh now and again.

    I know I could anyways.

    It's been a while since I had a moment to post anything, hope everyone is doing well working hard and prospering in these trying times. I have had some pretty darn interesting jobs lately and my bones are really feeling it. Stupid old bones!!!!!

    Keep 'em coming though, I feed on pain.

    "PEACE THROUGH SONIC DISTORTION"

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    Well, you know where I am at Celeste. My little sister lives in S.A. and I'm sure I'm overdue for a visit.

    Might even be able to book a show there, so you can toss a brew or two.

    P.S. there is plenty to do in S.A. to fight seperation anxiety.

    And, for goodness sakes, get some REAL Tex=Mex while you are in the Lone Star.

    Nothing like it in the world.

    You have my number.

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    I might have put this into the club house, but, if in fact I land this job ( hope hope hope )

    I will post the process here.

    I show up on time, get my swag together to give the customer after introductions, and ring the bell.

    She answers the door, and the first ( stupid ) thing that pops out of my mouth is

    " Hi, I'm Adrian with ABC and you look just like Sarah Palin"

    She said she gets that all the time and that it's because of her glasses.

    I said, I understand. I get dims and pics of her project ( deck and arbor ), do a swatch for her and prepare to leave. The entire time I am thinking to myself how much she really does look like Sarah Palin. Amazingly so.

    As I am leaving, I tell her "I look forward to doing business with her" and exit by saying " it was a pleasure meeting you Mrs. Palin". Talk about feeling like a fool.

    I'm a prankster and a joker at heart, but, I truely didn't mean to call her Mrs. Palin. It was just on my mind.

    She snickered and corrected and thanked me, and told me I made her day.

    I hope I didn't blow the sale.

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    Well, this is my 7th yr Beth and I hear you loud and clear. Unfortunately, my books only go back 3 yrs. in Texas.

    In Atl, I have been having my painting Friend take care of my previous customers for a small commission.

    We got one of his trucks nicely setup with a rig and surface cleaner from Sun Brite. He is also doing more washing than painting nowadays.

    For what it is worth, I trained some of his crew members before I left, and appearantly they ate a bowl of stupid for breakfast.

    Now he does all the cleaning himself and loves it.

    Atl, is a bit out of my service area, so I can't go any further back in my books.

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    Right on Beth. I can definately relate to that. I have been playing hooky the past couple of days doing some yard work ( I am actually going to build myself a deck) and clearing the Winter droppage from the trees.. It has taken my mind off of my "future" temporarily.

    I just need to get back in the "happy" saddle and try and enjoy what I do for a living. It's always nice filling the books, that changes everything.

    ......bring on the wood.

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    Obviously I am no guru, and most of the vets probably do this as well.

    But wanted to share this if you haven't tried.

    I went back in my books 3 yrs. and called close to 80 customers yesterday ( after my pity party) to let them know I am still here for them.

    Seemed almost like a waste of time at first, especially after the mood I was in. Lots of my customers either moved or told me that the property is still clean.

    However, even as I am typing the phone is ringing and next week is almost full, and some are being scheduled for March.

    umm........yaaaaaay!!!!!

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    Acknowledged John, I understand what you are saying completely.

    Each year I get a swamper during the Summer months. In a few cases I end up getting call backs ( and not the good kind either).

    It's very hard for me to leave a swamper on a job site by himself for this very reason. Once you leave a bad taste in a customers mouth, it makes it harder to maintain that customer. An unnessesary (sp?) headache IMO. Now I just handle each project one at a time.

    However I do understand "taking the plunge", I did it when I first started the biz, but might just be a bit reluctant to take the next step.

    Just being honest with myself. When a company takes on employees, they ( in a lot of cases ) take on a whole potato sack of issue that employee brings along with them to the company. Who needs that crap? Who wants grey hair?

    ....Just saying...... it really is a hard decision to make.

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