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I just bought a water fed pole system from this guy. He told me all i had to do was hook up a tank and cleaning would be a snap. I went to the place to get the di tank and theres 3 tanks I gotta get that weigh 100 lbs a piece. This wasn't what i signed up for. I called him and he told me the only tank I need, the one he used, was the carbon tank. Anyone know about the water fed pole systems and if what he's telling me is true? Blackjack jacksonville fl

My panic attacks are subsiding. Thanks for the info. Blackjack

Thank you all for the replies. Micah, sounds like you only have one tank that you use. I was told by the guy who sold the system to me that all I would nee is one tank on a handcart. When I got to the water place (siemans) they told me I need three: a carbon tank, a cation tank and a anion tank. A hundred bucks a piece and a hundred lbs each. Do you know if the is one tank that will do the job and also last a little while? thx blackjack

Bought some sureklean from a local place here.Read and followed instructions. Product did nothing. Anyone? Blackjack21

Anyone ever heard of Adsil? I have a guy trying to get me to use his sealer that he claims will resist mold,algae for 10 years. He used to work for Adsil (www.adsil.com) and claims the stuff was developed for the tiles on the space shuttle. He claims to have sealed the bathrooms at the football stadium here in Jax and a litany of other big clients. If you thought other stuff was expensive, put your seatbelt on. This Sh!@# costs $160 for ONE gallon. I wouldn't have thought anyone would buy it. I let him tag along w me a couple of days and he sold 3 jobs, one of them a $10,000 roof/paver job. Now i'm backing him off in fear that he will sell more jobs and this stuff will be another hoax. Anyone ever heard of SMT technologies or Adsil? This stuff has got to be bs right? blackjack21

No email yet bro. Gotta go do Walmart. I'll check tommorrow. Thx again. My email is: ktkovar@hotmail.com Blackjack

Cody, I agree. Algae grows on anything pretty much. His claim is that the sealer fills the pours. He says that any algae that grows, say on a tile roof, will be washed off with rain. I will be in Boca towards Christmas. I'd love to hook up and check out your operatrion. I am definately interested in learning more about coatings. Thanks for the reply. Give me a call. Blackjack 904-994-0045

Patrick I am interested in extra income if this stuff does what he says it will. I had a couple of $1500 roof cleaning jobs that I let him tag along on and they turned into $15,000 jobs (literally). He sealed the roof, pavers, pool decks. He offers a ten year warrantee on the roof. Anyway, once it's on there it aint comin off unless it's sandblasted (supposedly). He mixes two products together, they get real hot, then he adds a third and applies it with a paint sprayer or bug sprayer. The flashpoint is 46.9 F. The Hazard Technical Name is: Methoxysilane/methanol. I believe there is two different products; one of them is more shiny giving it that wet look. I think the same stuff thats applied to ac units is also applied to concrete. It's the $200 a gallon stuff. Also, they don't sell to the general public. You have to be a licensed applicater. I really appreciate your input on this. I posted a few things on a few sites a few times regarding sealers and got minimal input. I'd like to check out your site too. Blackjack

HMSGA, This guy seals tile roofs, concrete, tile floors, pavers, ac units and all kinds a stuff.

Anyone????

I am falling out of my chair. THAT....was some good comedy. Especially the part about the idiot moving on to his next "hair brained adventure. So true, so true, so true. Blackjack21

Beth/Rod Do you always sand furniture like that before you seal it? What would you charge (here in US) for a job like the one Roger did. I put out a flyer that had some before and after teak pics on it and I've been getting spuratic wood cleaning jobs. I mostly do houses and roofs though. I tell people the teak in the pics is wet and that they'll need to stain afterwords if they want to keep it looking that deep wood color. I usually refer them to readyseal. Any advice on how to clean (i use bleach), wether to sand, how much to charge (i know demographics is always an issue) etc...

Celeste,James Thanks for the replies. Can you elaborate please. Can anyone out there tell me anything about the validity of sealers? I have talked to everyone including 2 chemists and a biologist. No one can give me a straight answer. I had a guy from reliance tell me that 2 years, maybe 2 and 1/2 is what you can expect from any sealer. If thats the case then whats the point. Might as well just clean it. One chemist that I talked to told me that it's possible that the technology has advanced to that point. It's "possible".

Did a housewash on Saturday and noticed streaks on the house when i was done. I rerinsed it and it looked ok wet. Got a call from the customer today saying his house was badly streaked on a couple sides...what the !@#$!. Was my mix to strong?It's chlorine and water 50/50. Anybody have a remedy to fix this??? HELP Blackjack

Thanks all for the replies. Anyone think of a solution, I really don't want to paint this house, it's awfully big. Black

Dilution 50/50. Application-downstreaming. Siding-stucco painted a yellowish brown color, not dirty at all. There was no soap in the mix and the house was rinsed thouroughly. I'll work on some pics tommorrow. Do you guys think I can just reclean this, I'm a little stressed. Update you tommorrow. Thanks as always. Blackjack

Did some windows yesterday and a couple of them were some sort of plexiglass or something. Washed with the usual vinegar, soap and water mix. When I was done I wiped the plexi windows w a paper towel and it left a permanent smudge mark. It looked like it was scratching the plexi or something. The glass windows were fine. All windows have tint on them.Please help thanks. Blackjack

Thanks for the clarification. I was getting confused for a minute. Awhile back I had a steel eagle hose reel that got completely crushed when I used it w the hose partialy wrapped. I've unreeled em all the way ever since. Maybe I can stop wasting time doing that now. Thanks, Blackjack

Dan, Enviroscam? Are you referring to Envirospec? I have seen a lot of negative comments about this co. I've never shopped there and now I'm hesitant; why the bad rap? Blackjack

What did you use to clean them? What kind of chems etc?Blackjack

Ken, I've seen many of your posts and I can say that I definately put stock in anything you say. Now check this out. I have a neighborhood here where 150 residents got notices about their roofs. Some of the people definately do not need the whole roof cleaned. I mean some of them literally have just a few dark spots on there roof; the association is making them get it done. I feel guilty persuading them to clean the roof. There is a feeding frenzy of lowballers cruising the neighborhood like vultures every day. I bet some of the guys who are charging $200 to "clean the whole roof" are actually just spot cleaning. It's ironic that this is going on now after this post went up. I have a few people who want to work out group deals but they all want partial cleaning. I'll stop blathering. What would you do? How would you seperate yourself from the vultures? Blackjack

My friend (sitting in front of me at the moment), who I affectionately call "know it all Nix" claims that pressure treated wood never goes bad and doesn't need to be treated (sealed/stained). I don't know but I think he's wrong ; at least I know I don't know all the answers. Can some wood guys chime in here pleeeeease. Also, do you guys mostly stain rather than seal? Blackjack

I recently cleaned a house that had two small brick areas in the front of the house w effloressence. I diluted muriatic acid 10 to 1 and applied to a test spot. I rinsed after a minute and five minutes later when it dried the test bricks had a grey appearance. Can I fix this? Would the effloressence have been treated with a weaker solution? how can I tell if bricks have been sealed? I've already found a lot of useful info in the search section here and on the Aldon chems website. Any additional info from you brick guys would be greatly appreciated....as always. Blackjack

Since i've been in biz I've been approached by several "salesmen" selling miracle sealers. The latest guy thats been calling has stuff for concrete, stuff for siding etc. etc. etc. Are these guys snake oil salesmen or are there sealers that actually work? I'm guessing if I seal a driveway it will still need to be cleaned in a year or so anyway! Blackjack

thanks guys. i'll get back to you on the name of the sealer . blackjack