Jarrod
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I used to give this to every potential customer with every bid. I also had it in one of my advertisements. It was in a mag. that I advertised in. There were 4 $99.00 idiots in there with me. It got a lot of laughes from callers.
How to tell the difference between a professional contractor and a typical.doc
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Ken & Celeste, good points. Prequalification is huge. There's a few different ways to do this:
Form of advertising, demegaphics, & asking questions over the phone.
In the heat of deck season, I don't have the time to waste on lowball lovers. I would rather spend a few short minutes on the phone qualifying them than driving all the way to their home for nothing.
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Is the B-more water based? If so, strip it all off and put an oil base on the deck. Honestly, after 2 years, you should really strip all of them and put a good sealer on them. If R.S. is the best you use, then use that. I have never used R.S. I have heard both good and not so good about it.
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No problem
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If you run over a 150 ft of hose you need a smaller oriface on your injector. I use a downststream injector with 300 ft of hose everyday and it works fine. If I need stronger chemical (rarely) I just fire up the John Blue Pump, on smaller jobs I'll put chem in a pump up sprayer. I have tried an x-jet and to me anything is better than carrying around extra hose and buckets of chem. my .02 worth I also use a stainless steel injector which makes all the difference in the world.Hey Mel, what injector do you use for 300 ft. of hose?
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Can you use 350-500ft & downstream? And what do you need to do thatTo my knowledge, no.
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Jarrod, about time, man. X-Jetting is so 2004. hahaYeah, no doubt. Now if I could only find a place for it on my horse & buggy rig.LOL
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Can it suck the soup thru 250 ft of hose. Everything is left in the trucks.Brian Wendling
Rolling Suds
Good question. Up to 200 ft. of hose. I tried it and it worked.
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Yea but whats the strongest rate it can shoot the chemical up. The 7-1's don't work for me which is the reason I like the X-jet so much.If your mix is strong enough, downstreaming is more than sufficient. I have always downstreamed all of my deck chems for years.
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Nice diggs Hugh!
Jeff, nice space. At the rate you're growing, you'll need a bigger one soon.
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I use an office too. The front is an office and the back is a big garage. I can fit my 15 foot straight truck and 3 one ton vans in the garage. I also have all of my chems in there.
1 - 55 gal. drum of truck wash soap
1 - 150 gal drum of deck stripper
1 - 80 gal drum of deck brightener
1,000,000 - miscellaneious thingies.
The garage is heated. After 3 years of kerosine heaters, this was a big plus.
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No more doing your own crappy lables that don't last more than 1 hour! These 5 gallon jugs look pretty handy. When permanantly & properly labled, they will help with safety and organization. I'm thinking about ordering some.
B4 I do, does anyone know of a better site to order from?
BTW, they have several different ways to label the jugs.
H002: 5 gallon Clear HDPE water storage comes with M085 and vent lid
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I ordered a 1/4 inch barb from E-spec north along with my other stuff. I tried it out yesterday. All I can say is "Holy crap! This thing really works!" (I really said that.)
Yes, it shoots further than an X-Jet. Looks like I'll be Down Streaming houses this year.
I'll still use my X-Jets on those Behr decks.
If you haven't tried this yet, you have to. It's worth a couple of bucks, trust me. Bennifits are:
1 - Shoots further/higher
2 - 1 bucket of housewash per house! (Instead of 2 or 3)
3 - No more tangled hoses
4 Only move the bucket of H.W. once or twice. (Unless you can leave it in the truck.)
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I'd say 10 to 15 feet. You can vary the width and length of the "cone." BTW, the cool thing is, the tip you put in the middle also sprays. So there is no "empty spot."
Just twist 1 way for low pressure, and twist the other way for high pressure. No handle bar, switching nozzles, or being stuck with a 15 degree nozzle with a push/pull.
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That's good but i hope you don't answer yourself HUH ??? ;) :DLOL. Yeah, I know what you mean.
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I agree with Jarrod - I was downstreaming onto a house this deck&house cleaner from MiTim, and the residual was washing down onto this small really greyed and algaed dark deck. This is an alkaline cleaner of some sort - then I low pressure washed the wood - and it looked beautiful! The only difference with this kind of cleaner is you have to neutralize it, right? Where as I wouldn't neutralize when I use a bleach/tsp solution or a percarb.Exactly.
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Shower Type Nozzle Holder # 2412-444
This thing rocks! I got 2 the other day. Great for downstreaming with any nozzle.
Just thought I'd share.
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Good question. If the deck is really grey, (P.T. wood) I will d.s. the stripper on it. This loosens the grey fibres just enough to wash them off quick & easy.
If it is a cedar deck and just a little gray or very grey, I will pre wet it and then d.s. the stripper on it, then wash.
Of course, I follow with a brightener.
Why have "cleaners" if the stripper works just as well, or better?
A number of times, I would think that there wasn't any stain on a deck. (Old Pennofin gets really dark & moldy.) After I sprayed the stripper on and started washing, I saw the old stain coming off.
Try it, it really works great.
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This is really a great place to go. I consider you all friends of mine. Yes, even you crazy libs! LOL!
I have learned more here than any class or convention I have ever attended.
Thank you all for the posts.
Also, thanks for putting up with my sarcastic sense of "humor."
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On a deck, I measure all flooring, benches and steps (each step counts as 2 b/c of the kick board)
If you charge accordingly, you will make $.
We don't "clean" decks. We use stripper on all decks. Much easier & faster.
Please, nobody jump up my a$$. It really works. And NO! It does NOT fuzz up the wood! Don't knock it til' you try it. And if it didn't work for you, you did it wrong!
(WOW!) That was pretty direct Jarrod. Yeah, it was, but, I just didn't want this thread to derail with questions about my methods. Well, I guess I see your point. Thank you for understanding. You're welcome!
ps> Don't mind me, I'm just talking amongst myself!
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Well, I took the van for a test drive today. Runs great.
The payload is 1670 lbs.
I'll probably buy it tomorrow. There were 3 other guys looking at it today. When I got there, one of them was taking it for a test drive. I'll post pics when (if) I get it.
BTW, I offered him $3200.00 OTD. It was priced at $3500.00. What do you all think?
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This what u looking for?This what u looking for 2001 Chevrolet Astro: Specs & Safety
Towing/Payload Capacity: Passenger versions of the Astro have payload capacities that range from 1667 lbs. with AWD to 1764 lbs. with 2WD. Trailering capacity tops out at 5500 lbs. on 2WD models with a maximum tongue weight of 750 lbs.
Thank you Shane. The van I'm looking at is the cargo version. I looked everywhere for this info yesterday. I just could not find it. Is the payload on the cargo version the same as the passenger version?
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Does anyone know what the load capacity of a 2001 GM Astro van? I found one in cherry condition today. I want to buy it for resi work. It will be a stain/wash van. I will be installing this as well as other things in it.
Thank you in advance.
BTW - remember, this is NOT towing capacity. It is LOAD capacity.
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That price is too cheap. You should at least charge .75 per sq. ft. I would downstream stripper on it, wash it at 800 psi. then downstream a brightener on it, then, see ya. Using stripper will cut your wash time in half while improving the final result immensely.
Good luck, PM's are all really cheap.