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    We quoted this customer for the driveway and the customer asked me to quote for the deck too...I got the deck job and the driveway will follow soon when her budget allows it.

    I have done my own Deck with RS (Dark Red) before and it worked out well - wooden house and about the same color as the RS I already had. We used an applicator pad and hand sprayers to apply the RS. I had a new Deckster spray nozzle that I attached to my hand pump - it was problematic and did not mist continually and the cone spray pattern was not greatest -I have a backpack sprayer but did not want to mess it up. I used a cleaner and a brightener and left it for a week as we had showers just about every day. We have a digital moisture tester and it read a 000 - anything below 12% and we can apply stain. Anyway it came out nice and the customer was really happy but I really dislike pump up sprayers. I have an old Chapin that is my old faithful - all the new crap can go back it the truck...for ever.

    I have since rebuilt the Chapin and I am hoping that I can get a fan nozzle if that is the one to get and try again.

    I think because I was having sprayer problems that I was heavy on the coat on the deck - Tracy/Pete say that should get 700sqft to a 5 gal bucket - I didn't I used 5 gal on the 450 sqft deck and was wondering if that was the norm. Anyway here are the before and after pictures.

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    The HO could not afford to clean the deck, the only jobs going green in my area our customers trying to give less green to the contractor. It costs over $500 bucks to bring a pickup truck load to our landfill, hell we pay $5.00 bucks for a trash bag.

    I think your system is great but not feasible for us just to wash a deck.

    Only time I have to take the wash water to a landfill is when I do a grease spill - other wise I filter to 5 micron and put it on their garden - the trash bag of dirt is dry when I toss it away. I always recover because its faster especially on big areas (2000-2500 sqft per hour hot water only). Sounds like you leave everything there too. But hey what ever you do is what you do - I have given up preaching and trying to convert people. Did you watch my City of Norcross GA video YouTube - USA Rose Inc using a Clean & Recovery Incline Vac.

    If you can do that as fast as that and move on to the next job then good on you - really I mean that.

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    And then to finish him off. I know, not as touching as the Home Run video but CLOSE!

    Tony

    Excellent pictures - great you had a nice camera with you too - I all too often see something and have to tell and not show what I saw...

    Rob

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    It looks like they want too much for any person to be able to deliver. Doing every Wally World in an entire state? Sounds like hocus pocus to me. I'd bet the local Mngr has the descression to hire it done or have Jim Bob the produce kid grab a sprayer off the shelf and go at it. They just from a corporate possition need to have it look like there "offering" the "local" companys the "oportunity" for the PR all the while knowing "Jim Bob" is going to do it. Otherwise have their cake and eat it too.

    I saw and spoke to Jim Bob at the Roswell GA Walmart Mansell street store recently - water running into the storm water drain, never heard of clean and recovery, does a couple of stores. Had a hot water rig and a hand wand. Tell me again why I invested in all my equipment and I did not even quote on the contract.

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    Please help. I did search for similar topics but came up without a good answer.

    I cleaned a high school kitchen last week as a donation with my Clean and Recovery rig. They gave me a letter acknowledging that I made a donated and thanked me. Do I need to just attach paperwork to show the value of the donation and claim it as a detuction or do they need to specify the value on the letter they gave me?

    Rob

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    I wonder if there is a noose around his neck in the pic with him standing on the saw horse?

    I wonder if there is going to be a after the saw horse was kicked out from underneath him.

    I have never asked anyone to stand on a saw horse for a picture. I usually ask people to smile...maybe he did not want to walk on the masterpiece trekking dirt on it and all.

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    Paul, I just wanted to say thanks a ton for the free gifts. I look forward to trying out the Limonene. Those pressure guages came just in time. I'm trying to figure out an issue with my surface cleaner and the pressure guage I have is stuck on 1400 PSI.

    Thanks again and I will definately be calling you soon when I plan to put together my next rig. 30hp and 8.5GPM!! I can't wait...!

    Still waiting on my free gift - I hope I get it soon. Paul do you have my correct address.

    Rob

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    Tonight I'm sleeping with Beth. In Florida last week I slept with Celeste and maybe one day I'l sleep with Scot Karvonen and some have accused me of being in bed with the PWNA....so what they hey am I talking about??

    Tonight I'm laying in Bed with my new TGS shirt on, In Florida I slept one night in an NC roundtable shirt on(This one fit real good because it was real lose around my money belly which is where I keep my money in my intestines and if I ever buy Scotts Mafia designed shirt( I really like that one) and take it to bed to sleep in...Well Scotts so much bigger then me I'll have to offer him a beer:lgbugeyes

    So who are you in bed with... :sonic:

    John

    If Celeste sent me a t shirt from the NC RT then I guess she would have been it. Oh well I dream on. Maybe you are wearing my t shirt. What size be it?

    Rob

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    Scott

    I reclaim because its faster - if I can do the same job in 1/2 the time I just increased my profit. We are all here for profit and at 1 cent per square foot there is not a whole lot of profit. If the PM will pay 8 cents per sqft I am trying for 10c per sqft. If you can justifty to him why 10 cents is the number you can get it or at least have the budget changed for next go round.

    There was a question about equipment freezing protection between jobs - and tanks freezing - my equipment (pumps, heater box, unloader and hi pressure hose) has an antifreeze system. I vacuum dry my garden hose and my fresh tank is heated. I try keep my black water tank empty (200 deg hot water that has been reclaimed) and this tank shares a dividing wall with my heated fresh water water tank. You are in Sylvester GA I will gladly meet you anytime somewhere and give you a demo and show you my Clean and Recovery rig.

    Rob

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    Yup I heard stories like that when the water is getting reclaimed because there is just about no water left on the surface because its getting vacuumed up it dries within minutes..I'll know more about this next winter:)

    With this technology now working so well I wonder if the guys and gals up North will still be taking 3 odd months off every winter just because of the ice on the ground. In 4 years that means they spent a year waiting for warm weather - I know traditionally that time was for vacation, marketing/planning and RT's....but the bills still have to be paid!

    I did a demo at the STL. RT this weekend with my Clean and Recovery rig - it went well and the Comfort Inn got a free cleaning out of it. All in all it was a great RT and I really learnt a lot - thanks Don.

    Rob

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    Just another cold day here. This picture was taken today of my truck and trailer. Last week when the ice storm hit here there was alot more ice around this truck.

    Tomorrow I'm supposed to powerwash some commercial flatwork before this store opens or after it closes and the way things are looking its still going to be to cold. Hopefully the'll let me do the store Tuesday or Wed nite where its supposed to be a little warmer..

    John

    That looks cold - I did a job in Atlanta last week end when we packed up at 11 AM (when the resturant opened) it warmed up to 24 degrees. When using a wand the hot water froze within seconds. I was worried that they might not be able to open but when I used my floor cleaning tool with hot water and my Clean and Recovery rig the ice was gone and it was bone dry - no ice could form as there was no water on the ground. Now the only thing from keeping me from working will be me getting too cold and getting out of bed on those cold days of course....

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