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    Portable carts

    I am a lowley cold water guy who works out of a trailer without a tank or mounted unit. I want to make my cart my rig. It should include a swivel mounted hose reel with 100ft hose, 3 gallon chem tank, and a place to store my wands (12",24", 36"). I wanted to get your opinions on this...
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    Dirt on Vinyl

    I got a farm house to wash at the end of a dirt driveway several miles long. The siding is at least 5ys old and never washed. Needless to say it is pretty dirty. I used a combo of bleach, sodium metasilicate based house wash, and some car wax. I upstreamed with cold water. Results were...
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    Vinyl Siding/roof

    I have several vinyl houses and condo buildings to wash coming up in the next couple of weeks. Here in SC we have a yellow pollen that permeates the air for several weeks and leaves everything with a yellow coating when it is finsihes, so I will not start the jobs until after the pollen is...
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    Red Brick Wall

    I Got a job for a red brick wall. 6ft high 200ft long. Its got twenty years worth of green (mildew I assume) that has now turned black. Any chemical/ or other suggestion. I havent done any brick work yet.
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    Guidance

    Can I hook up a hot box to my cold water unit? How does it work. I was under the impression that the cold water cooled the machine and hot water would not cool properly. My machine is a honda 13hp 3500/4gal/min Also, what is a downstreamer...I keep hearning about that. (i have a pretty good...
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    Hot Vs Cold

    My unit is cold and 4gal minute. I cant logically understand why hot cleans so much better than cold. The pressure coming out of the wand is no different and that is what equals cleaning power. I would love to see side by side the cleaning of a 4gal hot next to cold and compare the difference...
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    Gutters

    One of condo assoc. I clean and provide services for needs gutters cleaned. It is 3 stories high and there are 4 buildings. How are you guys cleaning gutters and what chemicals are you currently using ... also how do you bid this?
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    Turbo Nozzles and Water booms

    I have been contemplating purchasing a water boom and a turbo nozzle. I saw that Northern Hydraulics sells both. They have a dual turbo nozzle..has anybody tried that? It pricey 149.99, but I was wondering if anybody has one and if it is worth it. Also, I have been doing more and more flat...
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    Advice

    I have been in pressure washing for about 6months and have enjoyed cleaning houses and restoring decks. I live in a resort town with a multitude of restaraunts and new ones opening daily. i would like to get involved with kitchen exhuast cleaning, but I am leary. Presently I own a 13 horse...
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