Recent content by powerwashing4u

I plan to wash some concrete with oil stains with Sodium Hydroxide (caustic soda beads) and TSP (Tri-sodium phosphate) mixed with 12% bleach. Oh, and of course heat! The thing that I want some feed back is what dwell time would you suggest??? PS. It has some rust stains that I will hit with...

I missed the Michigan roundtable and am very bummed out about that. Where is information posted about these types of gatherings? I would like to meet some of the people who post on these message boards.

I have a customer who had Muriatic acid sprayed on his white vinyl siding and it left mustard colored stains on the siding. I tried a degreaser, 12.5% SH and NaOH on a couple of small spots. The intensity of the stains was less but the stains remained. Any suggestions??? The Acid came from a...

I must be missing something, could someone please explain to me how downstreaming when washing a house is faster than running an X-jet? If I understand correctly, you walk back and forth between your trailer and the house turning off the soap injector and turning it back on again so you can...

I am bidding on a commercial project that is much larger than anything I have done before in wood. The project is washings 155,000 square feet of unstained cedar that is mostly verticals and overhead; mostly ground to 12 feet high. I have done decks but those pale in comparision, regarding...

I have the opportunity to wash and stain a large wood house. I want to wash it but not stain it. I am thinking of partnering with a painter. Obviously, I need to worry about him becoming a competitor but let's assume that we work out a deal. Should I get a % for landing the job or just take...

I have a house wash coming up where the customer would like the latex paint drips on his garage floor inside of the garage removed. I could do it with a 5 deg tip and heat but do not want to leave marks. Any soaps/chems that would work for this problem?

I have a customer with an extremely course block building that had a type of creeping vine grow up the side. The vine has been cut off but the "grippers" are still holding tight. He hired a summer washer to clean the building with predictable results. Now he has come back to me asking me to...

I am bidding on a stucco building wash. I was planning to use the bleach, TSP, and water mixture for my soap. The building has some light black mold on it in 10% of the area. Any advice for washing stucco buildings or regarding a better choice for a soap?

I have landed a job to clean the garage floors of a service garage. It has the usual stains (oil, brake fluid, grease, brake dust, etc.). I am a fleet washer looking to help out my customer. Looking for advice regarding soaps and techniques.