Jonathan Chiplock

If you cant remove it when doing your test spot just walk away... its not worth all the headaches.

I use both backpack sprayers and shurflo... both have their advantages.

Not sure what to tell you if it ate that finish away. You need to be very careful with overspray and prewet and rinse everything that isnt supposed to be stripped. Good luck!

Sounds good but how do you go about getting your boiling water, do you just ask the customer if you can boil a pot of water?? I educate the customer about the fungus and say I will attempt to remove but no guarantees.

Coming from a firefighter perspective, find a 6 foot wooden ladder and nail a board to it that is enough to cover the rails the length of the ladder. Once ontop of the roof, lay the ladder down and use that to stand on, it will dispurse your weight and shouldnt slide out from under you, maybe tie a rope around it and the top of the roof. Then as you work, just slide the ladder around. Good Luck! Jon

First off, Rodney... good luck on your strip, behr can be nasty. I ran into a guy who applied behr three years in a row to his deck without cleaning it inbetween. I ended up using hd80 full strenght with boost and it still took two strips to take it off. Take your time and be patient. Oh, DONT PUT BEHR BACK ON!! I know they make oil and i think latex, not sure what you are dealing with but if the sample didnt touch it then its probably not oil. Keep us posted on how it comes out. Second, what are the osbourne brushes? I have not seen these before. Jon

I also use a wagner sprayer... great investment that isnt much $$. I like to apply my stains by hand on the verticals with pads but I spray lattice and other areas that are too time comsuming to do by hand. Always turns out good.

Stay away from all zep products... pay for the good stuff and you will get much better results.

Its a pretty huge task to paint an aluminum sided house. Does the homeowner know what is in store for him. Typically they are sprayed, how does he plan to apply the paint?? Sometimes I think it is easier to pay someone to do stuff like this.

You never want to let any chemical dry on the windows, this goes for tsp also.

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How are you applying the chems?? Just straight tsp and water or anything else mixed in. I suggest putting in a surfactant such as cascade or dawn. Wear protective clothing and eyewear. Jon

Ive used it and it came back in less than a year... went to Emul Plus, 12%, Cascade 1.5 years ago and it still isnt back, at least not enough to need cleaning again. There is better things out there than tsp.

I have only used tsp once and it was on white painted cedar siding, it was cleaned prior to repainting. it is some pretty wicked stuff and never decided to use it on anything else. Do you use it on all of your house washes?

It depends on what kind, there is wood that is just dipped in treatment which only lasts a few years and then the stuff that is pressure treated goes clear through the wood, lasts a very long time. Although it is coated, stain or sealant still has to be applied to the wood each time it is cleaned and it should be cleaned and stained soon after it is built.