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Hello this is regarding my mothers house. She doesnt have an actual basement. This room is 14x14 underground and is next to back porch, The sump went and water filled in. I got all water out and new sump working in crock. There is alot of orange hard water sediment on cement floor and very damp. The room has no heat. Someone has to get room dry for insurance company before cleanup can happen. Does anyone on here run into flood damage cleanup like this? How did you go about drying the room so you could start pressure wash clean up reseal and paint? Any idea how muchit would cost for drying a non heated once flooded 14x14 room? If i do the work i was thinking of running torpedo heater fan and dehumidifyer after floor is sqeegied but i have no clue what to charge the ins company for the work in drying room? Any suggestions? Location is rural N E Ohio. Anyone ever did this type work done before have an idea what a company would charge to come out and dry up room so i can get the ok from ins company to clean and seal? I think i will at least sqeege the floor and get wet sediment off so whom ever dries this either being meequipment to dry can be brought in without causing more of a mess and or elec hazard. Any guidance and or help in this matter is greatly appreciated by my mother and I. Thank You

what can be used for removing soot on outside of brick chimney? would you use a degreaser on the soot? Is there a product out there that is made especially for chimney soot cleaning Thanks

Thank you all for your help. Talked to owner today and told him how much it would cost to sand down bad spots and prime bare wood to prep for a solid of cabots and then he gives me the sad song and dance about how for that much money he could have new deck built which i know is B/S and then he remembers what was put on it Olympic acrylic/ latex solid stain color copper henna. So now im just gonna hit some bad spots with sanding, and reapply that same nasty acrylic latex that was on there before in same ugly reddish color. I prefer cabots but this works for me as it will deff match up with whats on there.

Hey i never had to do sanding as bad as on this deck. and im not sure what to charge for sanding the heavier areas. can you guys share what you charge for sanding so i dont low ball myself on what to charge to sand... thanks other question is all i have are a couple of old orbital sanders should i get something else to sand with? any help greatly appreciated

Thanks for all the replies. I might try one more app of hd-80 boosting it with something and see if i can get the rest off the main deck. the rails are a done deal that stuff what ever it is is adhered way to well on them so for rail and spindle its gonna have to be some acrylic solid going over those. If i can get rest off main deck then try go with solid oil on. im gonna get a sample or two of cabots and see how it will cover over pigmented areas if not then sand more prime bare boards and solid acrlic over all of it... really dont have to much of choice here...

made the HD-80 at 8 oz per gallon. was told product was olympic but owner not sure. Left HD-80 on for a little over an hour dwell time each time 3 times keeping it wet while dwelling. I meant 8 oz per gallon miss typed and put 6 which was incorrect

are you saying sand to smooth out stain that didn' t come out, and reapply with solid? Sand with orbital? belt sander? can floor sander be used on decks? i know i used one for house flooring before? How do you guys charge for sanding when a job turns out like this by the hour or set price for entire job? Reason i ask is ive never had any really major sanding projects till now? Thanks

Well been working on this deck and i tested with hot batch of hd-80 and seem to strip good in the cpl places i tried. I have applied hd-80 hot batches 3 batches with dwell times of 1 hour apiece and i cant seem to get all stain off flatwork. The spindles are another story i cant hardly get any to budge??? I kept areas wet once applied through whole process. Alot of the stain is embeded in the wood grain? What are my options now for this deck? The stain must have been oil based as my test spots showed where stain was emulsifying within 15 min or so in the areas i tested the areas tesed were where the stain looked like it was on pretty well... what can i do now?

Where can i get Boost or Hangtime additive for HD80 at???? Thanks

What can you do to keep sticks twigs and other debree off of concrete drive etc that you are sealing while you seal it? any suggestions on how some of you do this? what do you do if something falls on part you just sealed? any suggestions or input greatly appreciated

What are the major pros and cons between semi transparent vs solid stains? which do you prefer to use and why?

Was wondering if you guys could tell me what you tend to charge to clean wash cement drives, walkways, patios what chemicals do you use to clean with. What about blacktop drives do you use same pricing guidlines or diff rate what about chems? whats the worst thing to try and get out or off of cement? Figure ill run into alot of rust or discoloration from leaves, read where oxalic will work for rust what else is it good for? Im sure some of you guys get jobs to clean drives walks patio etc and then the owner wants it sealed. what sealers do you redommend for cement work and what do you charge on average to seal a drive walkway or patio? Thanks any information will be greatly appreciated

Well forgot camera as i was running late. Deck is 3 teer 35x35 a 14x 10 and a 12x10 ugly red solid olympic stain. Have no idea why some people pick some god awfull colors to stain with.... done test spot with mild batch of hd80 mix and stripped it with no problems, hit it with citric brightner after to neutralize...taking estimate back out tomorrow and dropping it off.

Well forgot camera as i was running late. Deck is 3 teer 35x35 a 14x 10 and a 12x10 ugly red solid olympic stain. Have no idea why some people pick some god awfull colors to stain with.... done test spot with mild batch of hd80 mix and stripped it with no problems. taking estimate back out tomorrow and dropping it off.

Hello Have to look at deck this afternoon owner says he put thompsons on few years back and had some guy last year put olympic on. said that he didnt know if the old thompsons was stripped off or if olympic was put right on over top. Says the rail and spindles are holding up but that was failing bad on deck itself. I bought some HD80 but havent tried yet have any of you used this product on decks that had multiple layers of stain and sealer on and how well does it work? My other question is what types of sealer do you all recommend using instead of crappy thompsons? As for the stain i like using cabots have had good results with their stain which is far more better than olympic. Ill take pics if i can remember to take camera with.