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    Mike Hughes - Gutter Source??

    Hi Mike, what happened to the Gutter Source? I haven't been able to pull the website up and others haven't been able to either.
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    How is everyone eles doing so far?

    No gutter jobs here yet. I've given some quotes and they said they will call after the leaves fall. I can't wait until they fall... I have a gutter cleaning flyer marketing plan that I'm eager to try out. All I'm waiting for is for the trees to look a little bare.
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    110V converted to 12Volt....... YOur thoughts!

    What is the amperage draw of your burner and what is the amp rating of the inverter?
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    All righty nice to see this forum.

    I'm hoping to get through this winter with gutter cleaning. I think there is a good market for it in my area. When it's too cold to power wash, I'm going to clean gutters. When it's too bad to clean gutters, I'm going to sell on eBay. :-)
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    All righty nice to see this forum.

    Mike, I've been thinking of bidding on some condo's. They are really bad with black stains. What do you usually charge per sq ft on the roofs? I'm in a new area and still getting use to what to charge here so I'm just looking for a ballpark. There is one other guy in town that I know of that...
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    Copper Oxidation Stains

    I have a potential client that has a lot of copper staining on their concrete from a copper awning. Has anyone found anything that worked well? If I get the job, I'm thinking of trying oxalic acid or CLR. Anyone found something better?
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    Anyone Have After Pics Of A Gas Station?

    I found a way to get the diesel stain out quick. Now, this stain has been there for years... it was deep and it may seep up but for tonight, there isn't even a shadow. What I did is I cleaned it like the rest of the concrete. I used a strong potassium hydroxide base with a little foamer...
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    Backup Chemical? Help needed...

    Well I got done with this job. I did the second half of the station. It turned out great! I did about 3000 sq feet of concrete in 2 and a half hours. I found some tricks that really made it go faster. The main thing that I think helped was I put a foaming agent in with my potassium...
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    Backup Chemical? Help needed...

    I don't understand why I can wash gas stations and not fleets but that is what the man with the power said. He said I could wash all the oily gas stations I want but I can't hit a fleet vehicle with a reclaim system. As for what the other guy is getting for roofs... That is where I want to...
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    Backup Chemical? Help needed...

    Ron, my wife will be approved for insurance as soon as the SSN is resolved.
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    Backup Chemical? Help needed...

    Larry, I moved here because we were not making it in MO. I litteraly sold the farm. We had a sheep farm, I sold them, and we moved. I am from this area originally although, it has changed quite a bit. As for book work, I did some book work and the most glaring thing that pops out is...
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    Anyone Have After Pics Of A Gas Station?

    Do gas and diesel stains come out of concrete? The stains on the concrete I did tonight got lighter in color but still remained. I used a potassium hydroxide base degreaser and hot water. Would aluminum brightner or citric acid help? Also, there were some tire marks that still had a shadow.
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    Anyone Have After Pics Of A Gas Station?

    I just did my first gas station job tonight, washing the concrete. I was wonding if anyone has any after (before's too if you have em) pics of a gas station so that I could compare results. Thanks
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    Backup Chemical? Help needed...

    Just got home from the job. I got half the job done tonight, 3,000 sq feet. I wanted to finish it but I ran out of kerosene. I didn't have the money for a kerosene tank and I was hoping I could do the whole job 1 tank. The owner paid me for the work I did tonight and he seemed pleased with...
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    How do you use your Turbo Nozzle?

    I cleaned a gas station tonight and the turbo nozzle did the best job on gum. My machine was set at 305 degrees. The surface cleaner cleaned the gum... that's it. A spray tip got the gum up but took longer. With the turbo nozzle, I just had to hit the gum for a second and it was gone.
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    How do you use your Turbo Nozzle?

    I've actually used a turbo on wood lattace before. I ran it off my cat machine. It's high volume but low pressure. It seemed to do a better and faster job then a spray tip. It did no damage to the wood.
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    Backup Chemical? Help needed...

    It's not the power washing biz that I'm worring about these last couple days though... It's my wife. On top of all this, we are going through a battle to get her insurance. She is 30 weeks pregnant and needs to see a doctor but we don't have the money for her to see one and she hasn't been...
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    Backup Chemical? Help needed...

    I have come to the realization that I have been using this thread sort of like a journal... have been ranting a lot and the like. I would like to thank everyone that has been helping and suggesting ideas. Maybe even this will help someone else in the future.
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    Backup Chemical? Help needed...

    Well, good and bad news. It's been a wierd and not all that fun day. I found out this morning that the other partner in the gas station did not want to pay the money to have the concrete cleaned. This made me dissapointed and the other partner a lil upset and dissapointed as well. I found...
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    How do you use your Turbo Nozzle?

    If you voted OTHER, please explain what you use it on and how...
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