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  1. Posted · Edited by RalphQ · Report reply

    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?   

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    We veered from using that because I don't want to get into buffer tanks. I don't want to be stuck in a low psi situation.

    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. 

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    Also, ted told me the more the GPM the faster the clean. So that 2500psi 5.5gpm would be fast, but if I used it with the 18" hammerhead would I have enough psi? Or are the surface cleaners based on GPM not PSI? OFCOURSE this is assuming that I use the detergent mentioned by other members.

     

     

    2500 psi is perfect for residential concrete. That machine would do anything you need it to. 

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    So Let's say I end up getting a 200 ft chemical hose that's mounted from my truck. When i'm done spraying the stripper, what would I do with everything that's left in the hose?

    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.    

  20. Posted · Edited by RalphQ · Report reply

    Actually I started using LA's Simply Awesome this year and have had fantastic results. I put 1/2 gallon in 2 or 2-1/2 gallons of water and apply with a soft brush. I always first spray my downstream wash mix and then my tech falls in behind me brushing the gutters. So far this year it has not let me down. It had been very effective. I finally got around to taking some b/a pics today. I've got to start doing more of these pictures.

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    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  

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