Dan Stapleton

The potential "harm" is not to the vinyl but the condensation that can form behind it.

But what you may not know, Mr. Smith are the "side effects mentioned above".Better? I wash houses with cold water and they are CLEAN. Hot water on houses is risky(esp. vinyl) and unneccesary.

I did the same thing but let it soak for two weeks. Now I wash houses from my recliner.

Speck chaser mentioned taking liquid minerals (health food store) to replace electrolytes. I'm going to look into that. Fresh fruit and gatorade are good but after today I know I need SOMETHING!

In my opinion hot water is only needed for grease and oil. If you have or get large concrete jobs hot water would speed up the process. For residential you run the risk of burning grass with the hose and condensation behind vinyl siding. For housewashes, good chemicals and cold water is enough to do a good job. Overhead is lower too. Don, Seems to me that going from 2 gpm to 4.8 gpm alone will cut your time by at least a third.

How do we handle it? We Suffer! I made my mind up today to start earlier and not to worry about my machine disturbing neighbors. I started a big shingle roof at 9 this morning and OH MY GOD. I'm seriously considering offering roof cleaning only in the winter. I think that answers your last question. I consider myself pretty tough but at soon to be 43 it's getting harder to perform in the heat. Thanks for the post. Makes me feel better!

I feel like I work in a broiler oven.

Babies? 100 degree plus is at least uncomfortable and can be dangerous. This is a place where we can vent and relate then you make a post like this. What a ****.

I weighed myself last night and when I got home today. Lost 4 pounds in 4 and a 1/2 hours. Wake me up in October!

Sodium or potassium hydroxide and hot water.

Yes. This board has been instrumental in my professionalism, knowledge and growth. I enjoy the Grime Scene very much and would probably cherish and pamper the shirt!

I avg. about 10-12 miles one way, but do travel 65 miles to a few upscale communities near Daytona. If the money and job were right I'd go further.

I used pressure tek's f13 today and posted about it in "look whats new". If you get some your search will be over.

Lays down chem fast on concrete at around 40% chem. The spray is more like 20-25 ft. With an m5 open. Wet down surroundings.

Ken,Dultmeier or check out J.Racenstein Co. They have some nice water-fed brushes.

In case you missed the thread, I wanted to share something that I clipped from Preferred Pressure.(Thanks!) Wal-Mart carries a 7 gallon water container that has a cap with a threaded hole in the center for the reversible spigot that comes with it. Fit that baby on both sides with some nylon barbs (90 degree elbow on top) and you have a large, convenient, spill proof x-jet container.It's blue and in the camping/sports section. 7 or 8 bucks! Dan Stapleton All Clean Pro Wash Tavares, Fl. 352-343-2811

Thats pretty funny.

When are they going to figure it all out and not come here anymore?

Soap up rinse down. Learn as you go. Read the Grime Scene.

Easy pull, easy hold guns. Suttner 2605. With a common black and orange plastic clip you can still fit your hand around the gun.

This is all true. I started downstreaming before the x-jet and it has its uses. I HAVE to break out the m5 maybe once in 15 jobs (in the mildew capital).When downstreaming try soaping and rinsing Twice on stucco. works a lot of the time. For more foam and agitation wave your wand back and forth while soaping. Very good points, Ken.

Do a search on gutter cleaning. There were a few threads just recently, that answered your questions.

I've got some I'm waiting to try. Its been out for awhile. Under different names. For a housewash ingredient and for gutters. It's potassium hydroxide. cleans differently then butyl and supposedly better. I have'nt had any bad gutters lately. I'm pretty sure people on this forum have used it as f-13 or the previous name. Maybe they will chime in.

IMHO if you can't come up with something original you should'nt get the extra work that it brings,

General cleaning and rinsing for me is at about 1000-1400 depending.Thats at the tip. Usually a few hundred at the surface. You have from 0 to1000-1400 usable pressure depending on distance to the surface. Walk along a side from 10-20 ft. out pre-wetting,minimal pressure will hit the windows and plants. I stop drawing chem at around 900-1000. With my set-up I tend to have more pressure with tips then standard nozzle charts say I should so I judge accordingly.