steffysmom

Just wanted to see what everyone would recommend as a clear sealer for a pressure treated deck. All of the decks that we have completed this year have either been ready seal or WTW. The customer wanted Thompsons Water seal and we would prefer to use something a little better. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Just curious for those of you who own a pressure washing business, do you pay yourself an hourly rate for the jobs that you complete on a weekly basis (like a regualr weekly pay check) or do you take a "draw" from the profits on a monthly basis ?? If you are paying yourselves an hourly rate, how did you determine what that rate would be ?

We have been doing decks for quite some time--Just wanted to let you know that the only way that we clean the deck surfaces is with a surface cleaner--too bad we can't use it on the ballusters ! We have had excellent results. No streak marks from the wand. With the surface cleaner, you just need to keep it moving--don't stand in one place with the surface cleaner running--could leave rings on the deck. We tilt the surface cleaner back when we are starting until it gets going at full speed and then when it is running at full speed, we start cleaning.

Has anyone had to draw up a contract for a HOA to cover 6 years ?? Working on a contract to complete 20-6 unit condos, all of the patios, sidewalks, stripping and sealing of all of the decks as well as cleaning and staining privacy fences. The contract will be drawn up to indicate that 7 complete condo units will be done each year for 3 years and at the completion of the 3rd year, we will start the rotation again. If anyone can e-mail me what you use for a contract, it would be greatly appreciated.

showed up at the customers property yesterday morning and I am happy to say that the large spill was gone, however, there were a few droplets that I didn't see the evening before--treated them with HD-80 yesterday, neutralized it and we are good to go. Finished staining the ballusters for the customer yesterday and they are extremely happy and so am I. I appreciate everyone's responses--great to have such good resources as you guys and gals !

on trex decking :( I was staining the ballusters of a deck yesterday and placed my paint pan on the edge of the deck--wind came along and spilled about 4 ounces of dark brown ready seal on the grey trex decking--blotted as much up as soon as possible, doused the area with mineral spirits, cleaned that up and sprayed area with HD-80 and let it dwell about 30 minutes to get the area saturated. It was dark last night when I left the customers so I have no idea what I'm going back to this morning. Any other ideas to clean the trex deck if I'm faced with a mess this morning ? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

stripped the deck and already applied the neutralizer so it is ready to go !

Purchased a moisture meter--hasn't arrived yet--have a homeowner who is anxious to have deck stained. Cleaned the deck about 10 days ago, haven't had any rain since. I know that Ready Seal recommends that the moisture content is 12 % or less--do you think that the wood is dry enough to stain yet since is has been a while since I cleaned it and no rain recently. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hi Everybody--I am preparing to stain 4 decks with either the Ready Seal or the Wood Tux Wet--Question is: Ready Seal works best when applied at a moisture level of less than 12 %. My problem is that I don't own a moisture meter yet--any recommendations on the best unit to purchase for this type of work and where to purchase ? Any help would be greatly appreciated !

Please send one to us too !! srunkle@suscom.net

can you post a picture of the surface that you are trying to clean ?

Hi Everybody--Several questions: Do you include gutter cleaning (washing exterior of gutters)in the price of washing a house? If you price it separate, what do you price the gutters at per ft ? What do you use to clean the gutters (I've heard gutter zap is a great product) ?? Greatly aprreciate everyone's help.

The product originates from Dominion Restoration Products.

The main reason that we posted this message was because we wanted to make sure that DR-60 works well on concrete. We don't mind spending the $99 for 5 gallons to clean concrete since we want to make our customers properties "stand out" however, it is $58 to ship the product from Texas to PA--gets pretty costly per sq. ft. when you start adding in the shipping costs. We found the company that the product was made for in Richmond Virginia--I'm sure that it would be a lot less to ship from VA to PA--going to call them tomorrow to see what the shipping costs will be. Appreciate everyone's input.

Hi Everybody---getting ready to clean some very heavily soiled drive-thru's--I've been hearing some great things about the DR-60. Would appreciate any input that any of you guys have. If you currently use something else, I would appreciate hearing about the concrete cleaning chemicals that you use. Jeff