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Wood Restoration Photo Contest

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Extreme Solutions, Inc. is holding a wood restoration photo contest for our customers. Whether you use our products every day or have only tried them once, you are welcome to participate. The contest is being hosted right here on TheGrimeScene.com!

To enter, simply post any wood restoration picture showing the use (or results) of any product in the Extreme Solutions, Inc. wood restoration suite found at www.esproducts.net Include a brief description of what your photo shows. Once posted you are in the game!

Each photo will be assigned points based on a predetermined scale. Each photo will earn up to 80 points. The reaction your photo brings from viewers plays a big part in it's ranking. Photos will also earn points for creativity, composition, image quality and product representation among other things.

Each Photo will also be assigned to a category. After the entry deadline, the top 3 photos from each category will be posted in a Grime Scene Poll for final judging by your fellow contractors who use this site. You don't have to use our products to vote or share your opinion so even if you are not entered in the contest let us know which is your favorite photo!

The categories include

Best Deck Picture

Best Wood Home Picture

Best Series

The winner of each category will receive a $500.00 credit in our online store at http://www.esproducts.net/

In addition three photos will be selected from the entire field for a wildcard category. This can include one of the pictures from the other categories or any other wood restoration picture that is submitted. The top 3 wildcard photos will also be posted on The Grime Scene for final judging by your fellow contractors who use this site.

The winner of the wildcard category will receive a full years supply of restoration chemicals including HD-80, EFC-38 and Citralic Brightener/Neutralizer. That is over a $1,000.00 value!

If you have any other questions about the Extreme solutions, Inc. Photo Contest, feel free to post them below, or call 1-866-536-7393 for official rules and regulations. If you have trouble posting or prefer to remain anonymous you can e-mail the picture to imrcc1@aol.com and I will post it for you. The deadline for entry is December 20, 2006.

Best of Luck!

Russell Cissell

http://www.esproducts.net/

imrcc1@aol.com

1-866-536-7393

The fine print

ESI is collecting pictures for educational and marketing purposes. The goal of this contest is to add to the ESI image archive and all entries will be considered for that purpose. If your entry is selected for use either in ESI's educational or promotional programs you will be asked to issue a release for such use. All participants in the ESI Photo Contest reserve the right to deny permission to reproduce their image for such purposes. Permission is not required to participate in this contest.

ESI will select and post the three finalist in each category by January 1, 2007. The final contractor vote will be open from January, 1 2007 through March 1, 2007. Each $500.00 first prize credit can be applied to any product in our online store. The credit can also be used toward shipping. The credit will be issues immediately following the end of the voting period on March 1, 2007.

The Grand Prize winner of the Wildcard category will receive free restoration chemicals for the entire 2007 season. This includes HD-80, EFC-38 and Citralic Brightener/Neutralizer. This product is for the winners use only and is not to be sold or otherwise assigned to a third party. Product will be delivered monthly on demand based on scedualed/antisipated work.

You may enter as often as you like and may have multiple photos in the final judging. Photos do not have to be recent. As long as they show the use/results of any ESI wood restoration product they qualify. If you would like to enter a photograph that is not in a digital format you may do so by mailing the photo to: Photo Contest Care of Extreme Solutions, Inc. 955 LeFaivre Street Portage Des Sioux, MO 63373. We will scan and post the photo on your behalf. If you would like your original photo returned, please include a self addresses return envelope.

You may enter the contest anonymously if you choose, however in order to be selected for the final three you must grant permission for your name to be announced if you are chosen as the winner of any category including the Wildcard category.

Point System

Complexity of job - 10 Points

Product Representation - 10 Points

Image Quality - 10 Points

Overall Composure - 10 Points

Creativity of Shot - 10 Points

Description - 10 Points

Viewer Reaction - 20 Points

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Found another old favorite from June 2004. Last wood I stained with Wolman's F&P. PT deck, stairs, cedar doors, enclosure, and upper shake fascia stripped with HD-80, brightened with straight citric acid. F&P Natural was the stain.

Goes to show that even consumer grade stains can look good immediately after application. Tom Vogel of ACR started distributing Ready Seal stains right after this job and never looked back.

Golden oldies, gotta start taking pics again.

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We finished this one up Sunday. Three 8hr days me and one employee. Some wood ends up looking terrific...but this project came out super sweet!

HD80 to strip existing Behr solid from original top deck and bottom deck. EFC38 to clean new part of deck (stairs down from top, lower decking, all the lattice, wrap around steps). Finished with WTW warm honey gold.

Gotta love this business.

/neil

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Neil and Paul,

You guys are knocking out some tight decks!! WTW experts, why does Paul's Ipe work have a nice satin sheen to it.....but some decks you guys post are totally flat/matte?? Just multiple coats? I like the sheen. Nice work, everybody. That is a great job Neil, and another great deck. Nice to see someone fork out the extra money for the "nice" lattice:) Looks so much better, and doesn't disentegrate upon pressure.

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Thanks a bunch, Jon. We've been fortunate to have some great projects lined up...and good paying clients to go with it.

Not sure why Paul's Ipe looks sheenie. Me don't like sheenie. I think Paul posted his after washing and wet ipe, not finished. Ipe up here in the mountains finishes matte with WTW. Maybe that's a metro Atlanta thing!

Paul?

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Sweeeeet stuff, Beth! Don't you just love those nice ground levels with no RAILING. I'm about due for one...or overdue, one ;)

Y'all better look out...we're finishing up one tomorrow that should have some nice 'glamour shots'.

/neil

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What is it with this railing fetish I have lately?!? I liked this shot, more for the railing design. I'll be adding on decking and whole new rail system to my house next spring so that's probably it. Trying to figure on a design I like, and can afford. I like the 5/4 sammiched between the 2x4 and the 2x6 cap.

More pics of this fun project coming maybe this weekend.

Have a great weekend everyone.

Cheers,

/neil

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It's been since the 11th since a contest photo was posted, so I figured I'd throw a few in the mix. A few high gravity beers tonight and I'm feeling pretty good about this past week's work. Couldn't do these big projects without help. I have a GREAT team! (of 3:) ).

This was a fun one. Cypress railing finished beautifully with WoodTux. This was 3Ksf of wood. Our biggest sf job to date. The majority of time was spent on the lower decking, ground level steps, side porch, the 6x6 and 10x10 supports. The highest 6by was a good 20'. 5 days total. Slept in till 8:30 this morning....wooooohoooo!

From our good friend JL in MB....Life is GOOOOOOD!

cheers,

/neil

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