Recent content by flip houser

Hey Sunny, thanks for the vote of confidence. That is an excellent point about how a well thought out business plan would give an indication about equipment needs and the kind of life cycle I would need out of it. I haven't done a business plan for this. I want to invest in a good power...

Hey M. Williamson, thanks. I don't know how I got that mixed up, I didn't really check my grammar on it but I thought it was right. I was looking at a couple of old threads and I didn't understand how they were getting the pressure they were saying they were getting but now I see I was...

Hey Ken, First off: thanks. You always have an answer when I've got a question. I've learned a lot from your posts. I really appreciate it. The two things I want to avoid are 1) making a purchase that doesn't meet my needs (which always "expand" immediately when one learns something...

Hey, As I'm looking at powerwashers for sale they all have gpm and psi listed. But as I understand it, the real number is the GPM, PSI is a function of of hose length and nozzle tip size and angle, and I guess hose width and anything else between the pump and the surface being cleaned...

Hey Daff, thanks for the insight. I don't think I'll be building my own rig. I'm real close to buying my first one though. It's taken me months but I think I finally can read a nozzle chart, and I'm like ready to ask my last question before buying something. Just in time for winter storage...

Thanks, that is good to know! Part of my consideration towards diesel is that I'm also going to be looking into "biodiesel", actually brewing it myself or with some others. I know there is some concern with using biodiesel in certain engines, mostly older engines but also engines that have...

Hey, Does anyone have any opinions on diesel engines on a cold water pressure washer? It seems common to use diesel to heat the water for hot water rigs, but I've seen a few diesel powered cold water machines for sale and want to know if I should consider them or rule them out. I've been...

You wash the lambswool ones right? I thow out roller covers when I use oil paints/stains, but I wash my brushes. I could see moving fast without the splatter from a roller with that kind of a pad.

This is what actually brought to this forum in the first place, and NJWashingGuy mentioned it in another thread so I'm just going to go ahead and through this out there. I searched and didn't really find my answer yet so here goes. Is powerwashing or steam cleaning basement mold an insane...

Is there paint on the brick now, or grease like it were in a kitchen or something? I would think what it is dirty with matters. I would be freaked out by the water too, but you could drop a blue tarp tape it to molding at the bottom (I'm hoping there is molding or something and make a little...

I don't know if that is true-- though I'm sure they know. I'm here basically scoping out what machine to get and how to use it and all the preliminary stuff. A big delay in my purchasing a machine is that the machines I see talked about here are not the ones I see in Lowes or Home Depot or...

Oil is like the best thing for wood, but it seems to me that dealers are going away from it. At least you can still get oil based primers for painting so putting latex paint over it isn't bad, but I hope they don't stop making oil based stains. Not to hijack the thread but, are you guys...

Hi, I'm Lou and I'm really just trying to find out if and how a pressure washer will help me out-- and all that goes along with that. I stumbled into "flipping houses", mainly because I can paint and do basic landscaping so I looked for places that needed not much more than that. I know in...