Dirt Dobbers

[Thad]

ok now that i know what dirt dobblers are, what the heck is artillary fungus. are those them little black dots ive been picking off with my finer nail?

Yep........

 

[taselton2]

Isn't it funny how some "daubers" (thanks Dustin) come off so easy and other are like rock. Age and different soils contribute to that I would think. I think it helps to have two different sets of eyes looking for them on brick homes. Sometimes they blend in very well with darker mortars and are hard to see.
This is our dauber bucket, and Murphy with our main brush for getting in all those tight corners, etc...

 

[Dan Stapleton]

I'm all for low-pessure most of the time. Sorry, but buckets and little handbrushes were replaced by pressure washers imo. With 5-8 gpm and 800-1200 psi those brushes and OVERWORKING are obsolete. In the right hands there is NO damage. I understand that softwahing is catching on. However, once the truth is known A low-pressure wash will be known as the most effective, labor reducing means to clean a structure.

It's obvious, once you've cleaned awhile, that sometimes you need a little pressure (It's OK, what we clean can withstand it) or a brush. The choice for me is obvious.

 

[taselton2]

I'm all for low-pessure most of the time. Sorry, but buckets and little handbrushes were replaced by pressure washers imo. With 5-8 gpm and 800-1200 psi those brushes and OVERWORKING are obsolete. In the right hands there is NO damage. I understand that softwahing is catching on. However, once the truth is known A low-pressure wash will be known as the most effective, labor reducing means to clean a structure.

It's obvious, once you've cleaned awhile, that sometimes you need a little pressure (It's OK, what we clean can withstand it) or a brush. The choice for me is obvious.

A little pressure can certainly take care of most daubers, so can our system, the ones we hand clean are in sensitive places mainly.

Our system runs low pressure electric pumps, chem hose, and garden hose nozzles to clean with so it is actually MUCH easier on body, labor wise. Efficiency wise, electric motors run off extension cords from the house, so there is no gas to buy or loud motors to listen to.

You are absolutely right about low pressure in the right hands doesn't cause damage. I have cleaned for 14 yrs, sometimes you need a little pressure and sometimes you don't. We chose to do it this way and our customers prefer it. I'm sure you do a great job and look out for your customers just like we do, we just do it differently.

 

[Thad]

Efficiency wise, electric motors run off extension cords from the house, so there is no gas to buy or loud motors to listen to.

Have you ever had trouble because of flipping a breaker in the house?
That's my only concern with AC instead of DC.

We chose to do it this way and our customers prefer it. I'm sure you do a great job and look out for your customers just like we do, we just do it differently.

With premium pricing and a lot less competition, if I'm looking at it right.

I sell my house washes as 'low pressure' and people respond favorably to that. Maybe the other guys they got quotes from use soap tips and garden hose pressure but if they didn't call attention to that fact and 'feature/ benefit' it then I'm probably gonna get 'em.

I can definitely see the selling point in going all electric (true Softwash) and pricing accordingly.

 

[Apple Roof Cleaning]

Electric pumps are one way to do it, but so are gas powered pumps too.
We do a LOT of homes w/o power, I would hate to beg the neighbors to plug in ?
One could run a generator

I agree with Tim, repeated soaking of mud dawber nests makes em easier to remove, but sometimes they MUST be brushed.

Cool Deck around a pool is a PITA w/o a pressure washer IMHO.
How ya gonna get the DIRT out ?

There IS a place for a pressure washer, like for dways, cool deck, and walks.

Maybe a BIG High GPM water pump can remove dirt from Cool Deck ?

 

[Apple Roof Cleaning]

Have you ever had trouble because of flipping a breaker in the house?
That's my only concern with AC instead of DC.




With premium pricing and a lot less competition, if I'm looking at it right.

I sell my house washes as 'low pressure' and people respond favorably to that. Maybe the other guys they got quotes from use soap tips and garden hose pressure but if they didn't call attention to that fact and 'feature/ benefit' it then I'm probably gonna get 'em.

I can definitely see the selling point in going all electric (true Softwash) and pricing accordingly.

It is really funny here in Tampa, we have 25 guys all advertising in the SAME place.
Once ONE of them changes his ad, they ALL change theirs, THINKING the other guy is "stealing all the business", ROTFLMAO

Softwashing was once a "buzz word" here in Tampa, a LONG time ago.
Now, the NEW "buzz word" is Soft Spray, LOL

 

[taselton2]

Have you ever had trouble because of flipping a breaker in the house?
That's my only concern with AC instead of DC.




With premium pricing and a lot less competition, if I'm looking at it right.

I sell my house washes as 'low pressure' and people respond favorably to that. Maybe the other guys they got quotes from use soap tips and garden hose pressure but if they didn't call attention to that fact and 'feature/ benefit' it then I'm probably gonna get 'em.

I can definitely see the selling point in going all electric (true Softwash) and pricing accordingly.

We do trip gfis from time to time, but it is rare. We tape very well, we trip sometimes when something comes on and the amperage is to much for both so it trips. We cleaned 88 brick homes for our retirement community account last year and fired up the generator one time because the gfi was tripped before we got there and nobody was home, reset plug was in garage.

We do this day in and day out, the system is very efficient. We go two weeks with out using the generator. Sometimes we use it for old houses with out a front plug, but we use up to a 150' of 10ga without any problems.

 

[taselton2]

Electric pumps are one way to do it, but so are gas powered pumps too.
We do a LOT of homes w/o power, I would hate to beg the neighbors to plug in ?
One could run a generator

I agree with Tim, repeated soaking of mud dawber nests makes em easier to remove, but sometimes they MUST be brushed.

Cool Deck around a pool is a PITA w/o a pressure washer IMHO.
How ya gonna get the DIRT out ?

There IS a place for a pressure washer, like for dways, cool deck, and walks.

Maybe a BIG High GPM water pump can remove dirt from Cool Deck ?

There is definitely a place for pressure washers, I run a 8gpm and a 36" maxima for large concrete jobs. We run a small generator, it is the middle Honda on the tail board. No big deal 5.5 Honda, runs for hours on a tank, though I like running without burning fuel and listening to the truck radio better.

 

[DustinC]

It's sureal washing a house in silence.

 

[taselton2]

It is nice, lately I have been running the 10gpm 5.5 Honda in conjunction with the softwash. We have a system worked out that is going very well, but it isn't very quiet anymore. I apply while my partner wets down plants, when I round the corner he starts rinsing (10gpm @ 150), when I am finished applying, I rinse back toward him.

 

[Christopher]

Sounds like a real good system. Great teamwork.

 

[Dan Stapleton]

A little pressure can certainly take care of most daubers, so can our system, the ones we hand clean are in sensitive places mainly.

Our system runs low pressure electric pumps, chem hose, and garden hose nozzles to clean with so it is actually MUCH easier on body, labor wise. Efficiency wise, electric motors run off extension cords from the house, so there is no gas to buy or loud motors to listen to.

You are absolutely right about low pressure in the right hands doesn't cause damage. I have cleaned for 14 yrs, sometimes you need a little pressure and sometimes you don't. We chose to do it this way and our customers prefer it. I'm sure you do a great job and look out for your customers just like we do, we just do it differently.

You got class< Tim. I thought you may be offended. I really never thought of the ease on the body. The sticking point for me is those occasional stubborn areas and not having a pressure wand in hand. Plus I'd have to buy all new equipment LOL. You obviously took advantage of the appeal to customers, Congrats and killer rig.

 

[Carolina Prowash]

ok now that i know what dirt dobblers are, what the heck is artillary fungus. are those them little black dots ive been picking off with my finer nail?

Good chance - although if the dots are coming off and not leaving a little brown stain, you're picking bug poop!

Celeste

 

[mario]

lol, no there were little brown stains left, after i picked them off

 

[taselton2]

You got class< Tim. I thought you may be offended. I really never thought of the ease on the body. The sticking point for me is those occasional stubborn areas and not having a pressure wand in hand. Plus I'd have to buy all new equipment LOL. You obviously took advantage of the appeal to customers, Congrats and killer rig.

Thanks for the reply, I totally understand what you mean. I used pws to clean houses for over 10yrs so I know exactly how you feel.

 

[Apple Roof Cleaning]

Thanks for the reply, I totally understand what you mean. I used pws to clean houses for over 10yrs so I know exactly how you feel.

I BET if these Power Washers ever had a big high GPM hose fighting a 3 hour fire, they would not soon forget it.

Tell us some stories Tim about fire fighting, and battling THAT hose ?

 

[taselton2]

We fight standard house fires with 1.75" attack lines @ 150'-200' lengths, these lines flow up to 150 gpm @ pressures around 100 to 150psi. 150 psi will make a 225lb man dig in. Our engines and ladder trucks are rated to flow 1500 gpms, roof rinsing made easy. Fighting fire is like nothing else.

 

[Russ Spence]

you can say that again , that would wash the roof slap off the house ! hahahahaha

 

[taselton2]

I have done some damage. I enjoy overhauling interiors with that kind of flow, we strip all the drywall off the studs and roof trusses with it to make sure it's completely out. I work right off of I-10, if anyone is passing by with kids in tow, call me and we will give them the grand tour if I'm at the station.