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Any suggestion what to use to remove runoff stains from copper onto stucco? Oxalic acid? CLR? Anyone do this before? I have a house wash job, and I'd like to make some sort of impact on these stains............ Thanks.

Can anyone point me to a distributor that has a 24' Extend-A-Wand brand extension wand in stock? I need one ASAP. Thanks. Mike Hughes mike@evclear.com

There seems to be a misunderstanding of the rules regarding vendors posting in the contractor sections. Let's restate this, make it real clear, so we don't have another uprising such as the one today. Firstly, go to this thread...

It was just announced that NASCAR Winston Cup, sponsored for the last 33 years by R.J. Reynolds Winston cigarettes will now (as of Feb 2004) be sponored by Nextel. It will then be called "Nextel Cup" racing. I couldn't be happier with their choice of a new title sponsor...

I'm looking to price a cold water 3000psi@ 5 to 6 gpms. Skid mount, Electric start, gas engine. Belt driven with a flow actuated unloader. Anyone have suggestions?

The mirrors on my box truck need to be replaced, both driver and passenger sides. Where would be the best source for them? They have two mirrors per side, one above the other........you know the type.

Would you prefer a generator, or a power inverter running off a seperate battery in the back of the truck? If you had a battery in the back of the truck, how would you recharge it? Any way to hook it up to the truck's alternator, etc? My garage has electricity, I could...

I want the walls and ceiling to be painted white. What kind of paint should be used for this application? I'm thinking something rubberized perhaps? I'd like it to be water resistant and durable. Currently, the back of the truck has a wooden floor and partially painted walls...

I don't have an airless sprayer, so I believe Rhino coating is not an option for me. I don't want to pay one of their dealers to do it, either. Has anyone tried the "Herculiner" product? How is it's durability versus Rhino?

I hired two new employees this week. While I was sealing a deck with one of them, we were talking and he tells me he went to school for small engine repair and used to work in a shop, etc............... Now I have someone on staff that can fix just about anything with the power...

I'm having some problems with emails to my normal address mike@evclear.com If you need to get me, email me at evclear@comcast.net until I get this resolved.

I have an employee that has a friend in a business that can potentially direct alot of business my way. To give incentive to that end, I am considering paying my employee a small percentage of the jobs I get from his friend. Right now I'm debating what % to give him. I...

I have to remove some stains from a painted concrete pool deck. The stains are mostly where the pool cover has been laying for months. The pool is only a few years old, but the concrete was redone last spring when I was there to seal his cedar deck. It is patterned concrete, painted on...

Since its on my mind, I'd like to discuss back ups. What is your preferred method.............what hardware do you use (floppy, zip, jazz, tape drive, CD burner, 2nd hard drive, etc) and what software do you use, if any, to make the task easier? Anyone try one of those web based...

And now I'm screwed. Satuday morning, something happened to my operating system. I'm not sure what, as I have not opened any attachments or installed anything. Anyway, I can't access a single thing on my new ( 3 month old ) laptop. Currently, I'm using my son's computer ( my...

How feasible is it to run your power washer out of your trucks main gas tank? Maybe even take it a step further and mount a diesel tank under the truck for the burners also......... I want to not have to get up into the back of the truck at the gas station.........I want them to be as idiot...

Do you uncoil ALL of your pressure hose before running your unit?

I am posting this ad for the person below: email: little@cove.net Pictures at: http://www.cornerpost.com/frame2/clean.html (same pic as below) CENTRAL PA. PRESSURE WASHING BUSINESS HAS FOR SALE: 1984 GMC 16FT BOX TRUCK W/ 3,500psi GENERAL PUMP, 5 gpm. HOT WATER WASHER & WATER...

What is your start time of choice for residential work, such as house washing or deck cleaning??

I created a special forum (under safety and other info section) for the roundtable discussions. I wanted to keep those posts in their own place. We can still talk about the roundtables here, such as Ron's poll below, but eventually it will get moved to the roundtable forum. When its...