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Wow ! Lately I've been losing ATLEAST one day a week driving around looking at jobs, placing bids, and maybe landing half of those jobs (maybe) Do you guys think it would be better just to get all the details you could over the phone and give them a price right on the spot ?? I know the...

Hey do you guys get most of your work through advertising (phone book, news paper, etc. etc) Or meeting people and making connections ? Just trying to find out where to spend my bucks, and time for the comming season. ... - Thanks again, JW

Hey guys ... I'm fairly new to the pressure washing business. I started running my unit toward the end of September and was running an add in the news paper with an average of 4 - 5 calls a week.. Well All of a sudden come January 1st the calls stopped ! ... I have not had one call in almost 4...

This will be my first "Fleet washing" job and I need a little help with giving him a number (bid) I really want to get the job, but I don't want to be to low.. have to make it worth the 15 mile drive and all ... Any advice would be great.. real numbers would be even better .... The job is...

If I were making a rig with a 350 - 400 Gal water tank .. do you think my trailer should have electric brakes on it ? (I drive a V8 Chevy Silverado) I would like to have them, but there is a huge price jump for the same trailers with brakes ... What do you guys think ?

Hey guys, I'm saving some of the money I'm making to A) Build my own rig ? or B) Buy one pre-made to my specifications ? I was thinking I could buy the individual pieces slowly then put it all together ? Which way you guys think I would save the most money ?

Does anyone here have any experiance with pavement striping ? I'm washing the "outback steakhouse" here in town and the guy asked me if I could repaint the parking lot stripes ... Any advice ? Any experiance ? How much money is in it ?

The 27" surface cleaner I just received has 15027 tips on it already .. Would you guys think this is a good tip for concrete as a whole ? Or is there a better a tip I should use ???

Does anyone here pay the 30/month to have a featured listing on yahoo local ? meaning when someone searches for pressure washing in their city your company is in the top 3 listings ? the others are free ... just wondering if it generates any business ...... ? thanks ..

I just had a call from a lady who wants me to give her a price on washing and painting her home .. She said the maintenance guys said she had "masonite siding" and they think that pressure washing it will press water inside of the wood and posibly get in the house .. I've never heard of that...

Ok, so you have a parking lot or even a driveway, the clients don't want to pay to have the whole thing closely swept (and you don't want to do it either) all they want is for the oily areas to be removed, and the rest of the concrete rinsed off. So how to you remove those areas without making...

My dearest pressure washer friends ... I'm looking for testimonies about being in the phone book. I'm considering getting in both of our phone books here in Baton Rouge, but I don't want to sign the contract untill I know it's worth it ... Please, throw a bone to a newbie.. I just...

I know I didn't just have 50,000 ads go out on the back of the "Missing Child Report" only to get 4 calls ... Live and learn I guess... Can anyone help me with the best ways to make the phone ring. I don't mind spending money, but I'd like to get a return ...

Hey guys, I tried the oxalic acid .. (8 oz to 1 gallon ) ratio .. it took off the red clay but didn't budge the rust stains .. Anyway, I was wondering, after you mix the oxalic with water in your pump sprayer or whatever you use, and it's sitting in the sun, and all of that ... How long...

Good morning, I did a cutomers house yesterday and I was able to clean everything off of his driveway except for some "red clay" stains, and a few area's that I can only dexcribe as "rust" stains that built up on his slate finish area. I tried my normal clorox / detergent / high pressure / 200...

Well Well, it seems as though there's always a new hurdle to jump, always a little bit more money to spend, and always a new law to abide by (or break) so anyway... I bought my insurance to do commercial accounts, a 1 mil. policy.. So I was all excited about going to restauraunts and gas...

Hey.. I'm about to pay around $900.00 to have 50,000 adds go out in bulk mail. But they won't go out till mid October .. I hear this and that about "the season" here on the forum .. Do you think I'd still get a good bit of business from it ? And what is this so called season, From when to...

Hello again, upon researching what I wanted my insurance to cover one thing stood out. "Restaurant Hood and Duct Cleaning - with completed certification" IKECA provides a certification for this for like 1500.00 just to take the test.. Is it worth it ? I do plan on doing this type of work...

Well, I haven’t had much luck with anyone replying to my questions on here.. But I'll give it a shot anyway .. I'm new to the business, (and we also paint) but I was wondering if a license is required in this business and or insurance for commercial jobs ? I'm planning on getting some...

Hey There ... Kinda new to the power washing business, just wondering what proportion of bleach / water you guys use for washing Concrete and Homes ... Also do you dilute it more when washing wood ?