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I have noticed that your business has been a loyal fan of these products. Since the customer prefers a natural look to their red cedar shake, which product would you recommend and (based upon your experience with the products) what can I tell my customer is the protective life expectancy...

I have a customer for whom I cleaned and sealed a large deck. Last fall he had his house resided with cedar shake. Recently I received an email asking if I would consider staining/sealing this for him. It's a pretty big job and would like to do this for him. Here is where I could use some...

Thank you for the suggestion 5 Star Johnny. By any chance have you used the product and have any tales to tell? Every technique for doing such as I described has it's problem areas and although it's easy to prepare for the worst, it would be very advantageous to hear about the challenges...

Hello All, I've been stripping, cleaning and sealing decks for a bit but now I've been asked to consider taking on a job I haven't done before. The only reason I'm considering this is that it is a long time friend of mine and if I can save him a few bucks by doing it for him I will. He has...

Recently I cleaned a cedar deck that is approximately 10 years old. The last time it was cleaned and stained was perhaps 4-5 years ago. Along the side of the deck are 2x14's that have dark bleeding lines running down from the surface planks that are screwed into them. I have already stripped all...

Just wanted to thank you folks for the quick response and complete answer to my question.

Thank you Celeste and John. Can you tell me what you use as a pump to drive the water from the tank to your washer. I'm looking for a recommendation on this one.

I was wondering if anyone out there offers to bring their own water supply? If so, what do you use for the water storage as well as what pump do you use to drive the water supply to the pressure washer? I live in an area where everyone has well water and there are a good number of homes whose...

Thanks Larry and Mark. I don't know much about the pumps but after some reading I believe you are pointing me in the right direction. Mark, what does an unloader go for? The Cat Pump I have is model 2SFX30GZI. Again, thanks a bunch for the very swift response, Paul

Hi folks, I have a 3.5gpm Cat Pump on my pressure washer. Usually, to ease startup, I hold the trigger on the wand open to allow water to flow easily so there is little back pressure on the engine. This weekend, I did the same, however whenever I released the trigger the engine would shut...

I looked around and didn't find the solution to this one. I cleaned a shed with pine siding. After several days of drying the siding looks great with one exception. The nails in the siding are bleeding black leaving 24" bleed lines. I suspect if I were to clean this again I'd encounter the...

I must agree that I am inexperienced with the cleaning process and chemicals and certainly have done my best to exercise the advice of those contributors to this board. As for the results I saw with EFC-38, they were the product of multiple applications, allowing each to dwell no less than 15...

Okay, I thought I'd offer an experience I had cleaning my pine shed . This shed is 3-4 years old and had no sealer applied. Because this is my own, I was able to try a few things in different areas to determine the results. First, I applied EFC-38 on the front of the shed using the...

The buildup was significant and found that after a good scrub and second treatment the surface cleanup up nicely. Without that semi-stiff brush this mold and mildrew was going nowhere. The bleaching is a good idea and one I'll need to try. In New England we see a good amount of this and...

Hello, I have a 16x12 shed with a pine lap board exterior. The shed has no finish on it and has been weathered for 3-4 years. I used EFC-38 at 8oz per gallon and it didn't seem to cut through the mold that has built up. Actually, that green portions of the wood didn't seem to be affected at...