Power Washing and Roof Cleaning Forum

I doubt a soft wash is going to get much of the oxidized paint off of there. Maybe if you used something like the f9 gutter greened product, but I've never tried to spray it on such a large project.

you are going to need to PW this to get rid of flaking/fouled paint.
I would get a 45 SP lift, for quickness.

Depending on how much "flaking" you have during rinse I'm seeing 4-7 day of work here.

The key word you said (to me at least) are 'Paint Prep'...some GC and painters are very meticulous about have ZERO chalking form old oxidized pain before repainting. Its a harder beast to tame.

I never paint prep. I always recommend they hire the person thats going to paint to do there own prep work. To many night mares from people like Ray said.

Find a painter and sub it to him and then get the building set up on once a year maintenance cleaning.

-- Edited by Doug Rucker on Monday 28th of April 2014 07:16:31 PM

Nick:

IMHO, Painters can be a mixed blessing to work for/with. When the economy is good ( and they are busy) they can send you a lot of work. When money gets tight, they typically want to keep all the stuff for themselves and farm out only the crap.

Its almost like we have the opposite goal in mind of painters ( kind of like roofers). I know that softwashing can avoid a costly paint job, most painters want to see paint blasted away to give them a reason to repaint.

Just cover yourself, and maybe even do a test area to show them the results to expect.

I don't know what the base chem in F9 is. Its very good at cleaning gutters and will remove the top layer of chalky paint. Bob at Pressuretek www.pressuretek.com sells it and is usually available by phone/emial if you want to ask him.

i'd love to be laying in bed and recuperating....sadly not really afforded that luxury. Feeling a little better each day though, thanks for asking! I've got this nasty condition called "ulcerative colitis" that rears its ugly head about ever 2 years. Best way to describe, my body decides my colon is an enemy and tries to get rid of it. In short, nobody wants to hold a ladder for me, if you get my drift.

I'm still in what I consider the "growth phase" of Spray Wash, don't feel comfortable yet to kick back. want to keep growing and pounding until we reach 750K/year, in sales... then i'll let up a little.

Tonight I went out and assisted my hood cleaning manager on a new account, but I honestly find myself behind a hose very little anymore. Too much other stuff to do! Its such a wonderful blessing to have! When i began this business, I honestly was just trying to stave off a bankruptcy and foreclosure. Well, God answered my prayers and blessed me with business, I just don't think its quite time yet to take my foot off the gas. At this point my wife was able to leave her job an come to work with me, and we have 8 other employees of varying time/dedication/positions. Here in our spring, we are running three full time trucks, two washing, one with hood cleaning and service contracts. Vert happy to be where we are right now.