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I advertised in the local papers while waiting for the yellow pages to come out. I recieved only a few calls over two weeks. I changed the add to read Power Washing Blah, Blah, Blah Call now for our April Specials Blah, blah, blah, I have recieved a ton more calls and have landed...

I have quoted a few residential jobs and landed them all. Will be doing my first one tomorrow. I did however just get a call for a business building which includes 4 business, daycare, resturaunt, realty office, hari salon. The building is 150 x 60. All one story, 9 ft of siding except 1 60...

Went back to the same house today I had trouble with on saturday. Yellow painted, tons of black and brown mold everywhere. I don't have an x-jet or m-jet yet so I used a small 2 gall pump up spayer. Filled it with 2 parts 12% and 1 part soap and 1 part water. Sprayed and let it dwell 10 minutes...

I did my first practice job today for an uncle in preperation for my scheduled jobs next week. He has a large colonial, painted yellow, mildew, mold, and black gutters. The scary thing is, he cleaned it last year. I got started by cleaning is asphalt driveway and cement steps with some hot...

Got my first two jobs today. I advertised in a local small paper and recieved 5 calls so far and have quoted out 2 so far and got the job. The other 3 I will be quoted tonight and tomorrow. My rig is all set up and working great. Did the fire trucks today at work and they came out nice, a...

Hey again, I was playing around with my machine the other day using 50 feet of house and washed my truck and front of my house. The downstream injector worked great. I then put my hose reel on with 200 feet of house and I can barley draw any soap. Is it because of the 200 feet our house. I...

I am looking at my unloader and have determined what line is the return to the pump. I however want this line to go to my holding tank instead so I don't burn out the pump. I have seen fire trucks pumps burn out with a little as 150 psi while circulating water and it dosn't take much. From...

Hello, I am going to finish plumbing my set up today. I have to hook up my water softner and this is how I was plan on doing it. Where my low pressure hose comes on to the trailer it would go into a T that splits to the softner and a line to by pass the softner each with a ball valve and a...

I finally got my machine today. Very happy with it. I do however need to modify a few things. First I need to divert my unloader to the tank instead of the pump, second I need to think of an easy way to put antifreeze in it. This is what I am thinking of. The machine as a 3 gallon tank...

Hello, Got all my stuff coming in to set up. Got insurance, Got my license. Just ordered my b. Cards, truck magnets, tee - shirts. Advertised today in the local papers to start getting my name out there. Now I just need to set up my flyers to send out and get my invoice and estimate...

hello again, I just spent about 2 hours reading the archived posts using the search feature. My quest over the next few days is to establish what I will need for cleaners for my intended purpose. However, many of the posts are older so I am worried to be looking for or buying cleaners that...

Hey, I am putting together a list of target customers in which I would hope to gain a routine account with. I am considering the common ones such as drive-thrus, banks, restaurants, car dealerships, etc. However, I was thinking about also contacting the Day Cares in my area for routine...

Hey, I am trying to figure out everything else I need while waiting for my equipment to come on so I can build my set up. My goal for the next day is to compile what I will need for nozzle tips. I did the search thing but there are so many differnet point of views it is tough to decide...

Hello again, Does anyone have any training DVD's for sale or know where I can obtain such info to help me learn the basics of the trade. I know much will be learned thru experience but it would be nice to have a starting point. Thanks, Mike. P.S. If you can't post the info here becuase of...

hello, I just wanted to thank everyone for all your help in assisting in chosing the right machine. I am very happy with the specs I am getting and the price. I was hoping for a 8gpm machine but had to settle for 6 gpm. I ended up with a Mi T M 24 HP honda, 2600 watt generator, 3500 psi...

what is an unloader and what does it do? thanks

Hello, In the past week or so of trying to get prices for making my own rig versus having someone build one for me I have noticed on constant thing. Everyone throws in a line item of "spare parts to keep you going" for about $150.00. My question is this. I know I should probably have some...

Me again. I appreciate everyone's help so far, you have all answered so many questions for me and have made this much easier. My next question is for surface cleaning. I hope to have a 5.5 gpm upto a 8 gpm unit and am not sure as to the amount of surfaces I will be cleaning. I hope to do...

Hello again, I came to the conclusion that I will be building my own rig. My big question is how to mount a tank. I will buying a 500 gallon tank locally to save on shipping. I am assuming I need a drain set up and a fill set up. Does anyone know where I can find the parts for this and...

Hello, thanks to all of you who have been answering my equipment questions. I am starting my own business shortly and have looked at new and used equipment. I have looked at so many options I am starting to confuse myself. Here is. This is what I expect I will need. Please comment...