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    Hey all,

    I just got a call from one of my realtor clients to do a driveway and house. I went and took a look at it today. It's brick. The only brick I've done is algae removal. This house looks pretty bad. When you look at it from the street, you get a grimy feeling.

    I took some pics to post here 'cause I have no idea what this black stuff is or what chem to use to get it off. I was hoping someone here may have seen this before.

    Please help, this is a big house in an old neighborhood where home values have gone through the roof and there are a lot of dirty houses around...

    Thanks again,

    Here they are...

    The whole house is like this. Black stuff on the brick everywhere. Any ideas?

    Front of house...

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    0025 tip will give you the maximum height and will still work with a 4 gpm machine. To make life easier on you get a smaller orifice 0 degree tip to rinse with. If you use a 6 ft wand you should be able to hit 50 feet.

    Where can I get a #25 or a #40 0 degree tip? The largest I could find were #10 tips.

    I have a 4GPM machine also and just bought both a downstreamer and an M-jet. I'll be using both to see which one I like best.

    Thanks...

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    While we're on the subject, does anyone have any thoughts or tips on getting commercial, retail jobs (store fronts, restaurant fronts, etc...)? I see dirty concrete everywhere in my town. Either no one is here offering the service or the retail stores don't want to pay for it.

    Any one tried to tackle this area in their part of the country? Marketing strategies would be greatly appreciated...

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    De-magnetize America! Crack down on the businesses hiring these illegals and stop all forms of government freebies and healthcare. Illegals want to come here because there are opportunities here that they do not have in their own country. These opportunities need to be denied to everyone but those who play by the rules.

    There is no way we could afford to deport 13-20 million people in any reasonable length of time. If we made it impossible for them to find a job, go to school, get medical care, etc..., they would just go home and try it the right way.

    In Mexico, illegal immigration is a felony. Illegal aliens can be imprisoned for up to 10 years and/or deported. Businesses hiring illegals are subject to huge fines or even shut down. We could learn a lesson from the very government that advocates and even teaches people how to circumvent our own laws.

    my $.02

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    The Adobe programs are pretty expensive, $1200 directly from http://www.Adobe.com but it's cheaper elsewhere, and you can try them out free.

    There are cheaper programs out there. Just search google for publishing programs or page layout programs.

    One company out there has some very good products. All free. http://www.freeserifsoftware.com/ They are all somewhat limited, of course, but they are free and you can upgrade to a more feature packed version for just a little money. Look at PagePlus for design layout (compareable to Adobe InDesign), PhotoPlus for photo editing (compareable to Adobe Photoshop), and DrawPlus for vector drawing (compareable to Adobe Illustrator).

    PagePlus has templates available to help you get started with postcards but you can only save your work in the native PagePlus file format. Most print shops want a .PDF, .JPEG, or .TIFF file to work with. To get this capability out of PagePlus, you have to upgrade. I think you can upgrade to ver. 9 for $9.99 and it has the export to .PDF capability.

    There are a ton of other programs out there to do what you need to do and all of them have learning curves. My suggestion is to find a program that does what you need it to do and stick with it. With each job, you will learn more of the ins and outs of the program and you will become better and better. It takes a lot of time and energy to switch programs and go through the learning process all over again.

    Hope this helps...

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    Good. Glad it worked this time. Yes, I used Adobe Illustrator to create my logo and then used Adobe InDesign to put it all together. I then exported it as a .PDF file and sent it to them. They got back to me very quickly with a proof and, after I accepted it, they started printing! Easy as pie. I really like them and they made it very easy. I will definitely be using them for all of my printing needs.

    Good luck!

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    First click here

    You'll see the options for the lists they offer on the left and a "Data Request" area on the right. Fill in your name, phone & email.

    In the "Geographic Area" you can enter zip codes, a city, metro area, radius around an address etc. This is the area that your list will come from. I entered the 3 zip codes nearest to my house.

    In the "Demographic Requirements" box, enter in the parameters for the search from the options on the left. For example, in this box I entered the following:

    Estimated Income - $60,000 +

    Home Value - $200,000 +

    Housing Type - homeowner

    Year home built - 2000 or earlier

    Click the "Submit" button and they will get back to you within 24 hours with the number of records that match your search parameters. In my example, they found 1700 or so addresses for households with $60K+ income, who own a house valued at $200K+ that was built prior to 2000.

    They will send you an email with all of your info and you can decide whether you want to buy their list or refine or expand your search.

    Hope this helps. Let me know if you have any more questions...

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    I used printdirectforless They offer 1000 postcards full color, glossy, front AND back for $125. I bought a mailing list of 3000 addresses from them for $90, and they addressed and posted the cards for an extra $115 plus postage ($0.17 each).

    Please, If think you may use them for your printing or mailing lists, click on the banner below to get to their site

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    If you place an order, you'll get 20% off & I get a referral credit to my account with them. Disregard the Friday deadline. It's an ongoing promotion. :lgbounces

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    Thanks for the link. I am using something like it now. But I have found out that it's too slow to get the addresses individually. I recently ordered up 1000 postcards to be printed from an online print shop. Part of the services that they offer is a mailing list.

    I can order a list of addresses based on pretty much any criteria that I chose (home value, household income, rent or own, age of house, pets or no pets, etc...). The addresses that I pick out cost $30 per thousand.

    I ran a search in my city (Murfreesboro, TN) for incomes over $75,000, home values over $150,000, own the home and the home is over 6 years old. They came up with 1700 addresses in my city. The next order, I'll target Nashville.

    Joel

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    Hello all,

    I have a lady here that I have done a lot of work for and is a great customer. She stains her deck herself every couple of years because she actually enjoys it. She will be going back over it with the same color, semi-transparent stain.

    It's time again and she wants me to clean the mold and mildew off so she can stain it. I'm wondering what to use. I need to get the green and black stuff off without stripping the stain.

    Suggestions?

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    Jeff,

    You're right it is very thin, and expensive. I got about 275 sq. ft. out of the first gallon that I used on a patio as a demo for the HOA. I used a 2 ga. pump-up for that and I still overapplied a little. I think if I can get a fan tip I can get a little better coverage and go a little quicker.

    My favorite choice right now is a Dobbins 15 gal. 12 volt sprayer. I'm not sure of the GPM but I think it's 1.8. Harbor Freight has them for $99 & I'm going to check them out in the next couple of days. That would mean I would have to spend about $100 on 200' of hose and a battery (unless I can hook it up to my PW battery without draining it).

    Any good places to buy a tip and some hose?

    Thanks,

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