RalphQ

Hi. I have been on pressure washing forums for over 20 years. I started out on the old delco board when it was just a very long thread. There was so much activity and so many people posting all the time. I really loved to interact on the forums and learn and bounce things off of fellow contractors. In the past few years the forums have really started to wain and less and less people are posting. I know the answer. Everyone is on facebook. Their are tons of groups and a lot of the people that used to post on the forums, are now regulars on the facebook groups, myself included. I for one am not really that thrilled with this development. If you are somebody that came up using the forums, facebook can be a nasty place sometimes. I have decided to start posting on forums again and try to get off of facebook. Maybe other people will get sick of the BS and follow suit. Also Beth. Since I was last here I changed the name of my company. Can you tell me how to change that in my profile?

I had a driveway with hydraulic fluid on it last week. Dragon Juice got the job done.

yep seals, valves cracked piston. Or if you are lucky some debris is clogging a filter.

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A lot more.

Almost time to wear long pants! 67 here this morning, going to clean a pool enclosure.

Use the smallest orifice you can find. I use a 2-3 gpm injector on my 5.5 gpm machine and can draw soap with 350 feet. If you have to, you can put the injector midway in between hoses, with a bucket.

Yeah when t hits 54 degrees it really aggravates me, not sure if I should wear shorts or not. Oh sometimes it gets around freezing for a few minutes around 4 am. BRRR. Good thing I' m usually in bed then....Sorry, having lived in the northeast my whole life, I just have to rub it in. I feel your pain, then I did something about it!

Yes you need a buffer tank, 2500 psi is enough power to do any residential cleaning. The only thing I ever use pressure on is concrete, and anything over 2500 starts to remove the cream coat. All other applications are 1000 psi (rinsing nozzle) or less. Most of the time I use my soaping nozzle to rinse which is a couple of hundred psi. Also working without insurance is not a good idea, when It seems you are hell bent on using high pressure.

$1300 could definitely get you a craigslist special( at least 4 gpm and 2500-3500 psi) and a hammerhead surface cleaner(northern tool), hoses and whatever else you would need. Cleaning a driveway with a wand is like mowing a lawn with a weed whacker.

You say you have been cleaning houses for 12 years, just curious as to why you are using a 4 gpm machine?

You can get a 16 foot ladder that is three sections and is 6 feet long at Home Depot if that will help you.

"run dry" Wasn't wearing my glasses.

If you are using a 12 volt pump, most of them can run dy. Just spray back into the tank for 10-15 seconds, then drop intake hose into a bucket of water. when you get to the air gap, you are done cleaning out the hose. This is how I clear out my oxalic acid, I use for hard water stains on driveways.

You don't downstream stripper. It wouldn't be near strong enough and you definitely don't want sodium hydroxide (in strengths required to strip a deck) flying all over the place. You can however downstream the brightener/neutralizer. Usually stripper is applied with a pump up or 12 volt pump.

Yes, but it is really power rinsing.

If your tanks are truck mounted you are definitely going to need 200 feet of hose. Make sure you inspect the hose often. Last thing you want is stripper spraying all over someones house, and not finding out until the damage has been done.

Sodium Percarbonate is good for cleaning decks and fences. To clean a roof without destroying the integrity of the shingles you need SH and a surfactant, with NO PRESSURE. Sodium Percarbonate is way to weak for roofs. You are just spinning your wheels trying to get the job done.

Yeah the fruit tree rats or whatever they are.They are also called roof rats and are about a foot long.

Yeah. If it works, that's all that counts. I don't see the argument that if it isn't expensive and doesn't come from a pressure washing supply company, then it isn't professional. That doesn't make any sense to me. Look at Chris from Apple Roof Cleaning. He is using Gain dish detergent as his surfactant in his roof cleaning mix. Is he not a professional because he won't use freshwash or something that cost twenty times more? He did his homework, and found something that works just as good as the "expensive" stuff and is available anywhere, cutting costs all around. Now that's professional. IMHO

I live in the land of snowbirds. They don't even think of their gutters until they get here in Oct-Nov. Then anything goes! trees,rats,roaches(BIG ONES). Yay, October is right around the corner! Although the trees don't bother me....usually when you pull them out it takes about 5 linear feet of debris with it.