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Home owner wants me to clean 2400 Sq/ft of his Cedar home. He stained it back in 86 with CWF Cedar Tone UV and plans on doing the same after I clean it. The wood is pretty dark with some obvious black mold areas but does'nt look too bad. He mainly wants the dirt off and has no interest...

cedar home I'm pretty sure it is just blackened with no previous stain. I assume I work from bottom up, right? Any other precautions? Thanks for the help. Zing

I know this has been asked often but I have never done one and I have to go give an estimate. What is the proper procedure as well as helpful do's and dont's? Zing

Have a stadium that wants the interior concrete cleaned. Around a 10 K seater. The bottom floor is not a problem to figure its the circular area with all the seating. How can I calculate the estimate for this? Zing ------------------

I heard from another washer that he had success by applying straight (or I'm not sure of the proper ratio of water) Oxalic Acid after washing and leaving it on without rinsing. He would let that dry then stain. Anyone else ever use this technique? Zing ------------------

I'm looking for Oxalic Acid and have called everywhere in my town. NOBODY sells it! I have found a place that sells Citric by the 50 lb bag for $125.00. Is this just as good as Oxalic? Where can I buy Oxalic acid? Zing ------------------

This is my second year in the biz and have only been using Wolman F&P to seal. Some customers want more color (I assume a stain) on their wood. I don't want to give the customer too many choices though. I do not currently want to purchase my products via mail but want to find a good product...

I must admit that I am new to the wood restoration part of my business. Having ONLY been in business for 2 years I have mainly focused on Fleet Washing and Residential/Commercial cleaning (house washing and flat work). I used Wolman deck strip on this deck and it took most of the previous...

Tried to strip a deck today and most of the stain came off but there are areas it wouldn't budge. I even tried to strip it twice without diluting the stripper and still no luck. Is it true that Sodium Hydroxide will take this off and if so how do I mix it and apply it? Where do I get it...

I would use it with the pressure regulated down to 800-1000 PSI. I could of sworn I heard people do this! ------------------

Have a customer that wants a deck done. It's a simple rectangle, ground level with a 500 Sq/ft base. I have a surface cleaner and have heard contractors use these at times on decks. Compare and contrast a wand cleaning and a surface cleaner cleaning. Thanks Zing ------------------

I want to learn how to repair my pump (packings, etc.) How can I learn how to do this? Books, Video? I have a General TS2021 ------------------

I want to learn how to repair my pump (packings, etc.) How can I learn how to do this? Books, Video? I have a General TS2021 ------------------

Was washing with the burner on and let go of the trigger which lets the unloader recirculate back into my 65 gallon tank. Within minutes the relief valve blew letting out lots of steam. I shut the machine off and held the trigger to let out all the steam (and lots of it). I assumed my burner was...

Found out that it is for sure aluminum. I also noticed streaks in the aluminum and remembered the owner told me he had a kid was them once. That must explain the streaks from the degreaser. I couldn't even brush them out. How can I get these streaks out? I'm not sure of the name of this...

This is my 2nd year in the business and I must admit that I am uneducated when it comes to chemicals other than degreasers. I got a weekly truck account that has (2) Aluminum looking trailers. The degreaser did nothing to clean it. Should I use Aluminum Brightner for this and how should I...

I work out of a van and only have a 60 gallon tank. I was wondering if it would be possible to have a 500 gallon tank on a trailer? (machine would remain in van) Can the pump suck the water this distance? It would probably have to travel 15 ft and would be lower since it would be on a trailer. I...

Have to give and estimate tomorrow on removing Algae from boat underbody. Any precautions or steps for this? I've never done this before. Zing ------------------

The burner was inactive when this problem occurred. A few weeks ago I had to dissconnect my plastic filter because it cracked due to freeze. Since then I have been washing without. Turns out a little piece of plastic was stuck in the valve. ALWAYS USE A FILTER! Thanks everybody for the input...

No. Machine does not pump. I'm not taking about a little dark brown water it was more like a gallon or two. After that was out nothing came out. I'm baffled! ------------------