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I have avoided doing woodwork since I started this business early this year. I have had a couple people ask me recently about it so I figured I would give it a shot but obviously wanted to practice first. Here are some pictures of an area that I did. I still need to let it dry, sand, then stain.

I used 240 degree water, 2500 psi, turbo nozzle with 12.5 SH.

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For all you woodies out there....hopefully you did not have an aneurysm. I didn't actually use hot water, turbo nozzle, high pressure or 12.5.

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Oh holy smokes. When I read that I about spit out my coffee! No need to sand that, it doesn't look too badly furred from what I can see. Just needs some good stain. Don't ever use anything more than a 25 degree nozzle at about 10" away. Keep the pressure low and let the chems and flow do the cleaning and you won't have issues.

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For all you woodies out there....hopefully you did not have an aneurysm. I didn't actually use hot water, turbo nozzle, high pressure or 12.5.

There is nothing wrong with using 2 parts 12.5 mixed with 3 parts water and soap. You can rinse real good and brightened if you want.It might make that PT pine fence look better.

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Sorry Seymour, I meant using 12.5 1:1 with water.

Actually used 12.5 size 40 degree tip which with my machine shoots at about 800 psi, oxyclean, and Benjamin Moore's Brighten. On another thread I asked about Brighten and got what I was looking for. In the future I will go with a better brightener/neutralizer.

I had actually thought about not following up with my original post for a bit but I was afraid I would get all sorts of hate mail calling me hack, idiot, or suggestions on how to pull my head out of a certain dark spot.

Glad you guys got a laugh

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Yup, have to admit, you got me. I was about to stamp out a reply on the keyboard with a hammer until I read the second post, lol. You can use the bleach, percarb, and then a better brightener. The only issue with the Ben Moore stuff is you'll pay through the nose for it compared to just buying some oxalic.

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I have been trying to find a local source for oxalic or citralic and I cannot find any. Do you buy local or go through a distributor not near you?

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I have been trying to find a local source for oxalic or citralic and I cannot find any. Do you buy local or go through a distributor not near you?

Do you have a distributor for 12%?

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Fence looks good....

Now get it sealed. :-)

Beth

Yes ma'am but it will be awhile. According to the weather people, it does not look like we have a rain free period anytime soon.

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Do you have a distributor for 12%?

Only the local pool stores which sell 1 gallon bottles. I have not been able to find any larger containers, or somewhere I can have a chemical tank filled.

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Only the local pool stores which sell 1 gallon bottles. I have not been able to find any larger containers, or somewhere I can have a chemical tank filled.

Ah ok I have the luxury of living in Houston where we have chemical plants like crazy.

Is David in mufreesboro real far from Knoxville?

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About 3 to 3.5 hours away. I will probably order materials from him if I get into wood. Some time ago I posted asking for labor for learning and apparently he replied soon after but I never saw any alerts telling me someone replied. I am having the same trouble on ***. The only reason I know anything about him is he liked my facebook page and I looked at his website.

There is a local pressure washing distributor here in Knoxville, but they do not have any wood cleaning chemicals.

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About 3 to 3.5 hours away. I will probably order materials from him if I get into wood. Some time ago I posted asking for labor for learning and apparently he replied soon after but I never saw any alerts telling me someone replied. I am having the same trouble on ***. The only reason I know anything about him is he liked my facebook page and I looked at his website.

There is a local pressure washing distributor here in Knoxville, but they do not have any wood cleaning chemicals.

David is a good guy and will steer you in the right direction... :cool:

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