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    I have only used the hd.80 to strip the stains of the decks,stairs,and ballusters. but because of the watery solution it dosnt hang on the verticles to good.I use it mostly because it was the first i used and it works well for me. I did try it on latex and it did nothing. I did a house last week and all I needed was s/percar.

    this tub of hd 80 will be my last. I will be buying s/hydroxide in bulk from now on. $9 per pound for hd. 80 delivered, vs $2 pound straight s/hyd. delivered.

    I would be open to try something else but man ordering everything over the net is a pain. I would love one store to order everything i want.

    stripeeze from the store worked on the latex. but thats like $45 a gallon.

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    for $850.00 a year i would be a fool not to have it. heres the things i can not do. boats, trains, planes, kitchen exhaust and nothing over 50 feet.

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    Ready seal won't leave lap marks, and in theory it should blend well, but I'd be careful doing it at two different times. I've never tried that myself. I would shoot for doing all of the floor at once, and coming back to do the rails or something else.

    Is this an issue of not being able to do it all due to traffic in and out? If that's the case, I'd do it on an off day, or in the evening and charge appropriately for doing something outside of your normal work schedule. I'd avoid trying to do part of a floor, then come back and do the other part. Even if you can leave a few boards unstained from one end to the other, coming back a few days later may make a big difference in appearance. You'd have to box all of your stain, which you should do anyway, then make sure it's mixed well so you don't have any color variation, but you could have inclement weather between the first and last part, which could make some boards come out darker than the others.

    There are just too many variables that could make you look bad, you really need to do it all at the same time.

    It is an older couple and they only have one exit in their park model trailer, the exit just happens to be at the deck. would 5 or 6 hours of dry time be sufficient for them to GINGERLY walk on the deck? no usage just in and out a couple of times. or would it be better to do it at night while they are in for the night and light traffic for the next 48 hours?

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    good morning,

    i have a deck strip/restain a week from today. the problem is that there is only one way in and out of the park model trailer and its the entrance with the deck. I will have to do 95% staining on one day and then come back and do the last 5% (the walk way to the door). what about lap marks? will they blend in? the customer will use any stain. But has cabots clear solution cedar on it now and has had good luck with it. From what i read ready seal says no lap marks.

    any help about how to avoid the lap marks would be appreciated.

    thanks

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    6 to 8 oz. of percarb per gallon of water. Mixes best in warm water. Why would you use a percarb cleaner prior to stripping?

    thanks you saved me 12 bucks, you are correct,it is not needed so no precarb before stripping, I feel though that maybe i should give it a quick cleaning with a brush (ten minutes) so i get the stripper to work on the stain and not dirt, whats your thoughts on that?

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    I found a supplier for sodium percarbonate, soapgoods.com has 85% percarb and 13% carb.at about $2 per pound (50 lbs) that seems strong enough to tackle nasty deck jobs prior to stripping.

    question is would 1 pound of this to five gallons of water be about correct?

    thanks

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    Good afternoon,

    I am sorry about the angle of the pictures but i hope you will be able to make something out from them. I got a call on monday from a gentleman that maintains these condo units.. he asked me to price the five uniits for a siding wash. the largest building has seven units (pic 1) and the smallest has four (pic 2 shows half the building). they are relativley clean except for some mold on the sides. being a newbie i figured that largest one will take me five hours so i will price that one at $400.00 ($80 per hour) and the smaller one will take less so i will price those at $300.00 per for a total of $1600.00. this of course sounds good to me because even if it takes me twice as long i will still make money but i just dont want to be a idiot. do these numbers even sound close?

    thanks for your time

    Steven

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