Comfortable and long lasting clothing gear

muck boots x2. As for rain suits, I've always bought decent suits from marine stores, like Boaters World. I had a guy tell me to buy snow boarding pants, because they are water proof, a bit heavier than the cheap rain suits, and are comfortable.
 
I assume your talking for roofs.
Get the lawn guys pants. You either need better boots or switch to sneakers.
 
FoxSweeping said:
What do you wear and where do you buy it from? The white boots from HD give me corns on each of my foot fingers, the yellow rain suit tears down in a couple of days..
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I wear Treds boots from White Cap... http://www.whitecap.com/search?text=boot&x=9&y=5

I use the "overboot" style. That way you can wear comfortable shoes (I even wear my Crocs sometimes in the boots). I think I paid about $50 for them.

Snowboard pants is a good idea, at least in the winter. They will keep you much warmer too.
 
MHasterok said:
I wear Treds boots from White Cap... http://www.whitecap.com/search?text=boot&x=9&y=5

I use the "overboot" style. That way you can wear comfortable shoes (I even wear my Crocs sometimes in the boots). I think I paid about $50 for them.

Snowboard pants is a good idea, at least in the winter. They will keep you much warmer too.
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My Treds are a little loose so I can slide my boots in easier. I wouldn't wear them on roofs.
 
For Roof Cleaning I use my Asics Gel tennis shoes so they are comfortable and have a good grip.

I tried looking at Tractor Supply for the Muck boots but they did not have the eee or eeee widths in size 11 so I am still using the cheap rubber boots from the sporting goods store, they are usually $15.00 each and I get a few months out of them but I would not use those up on the roof for Roof Cleaning, not really good support or flexible enough, already tried them and they are not good for Roof Cleaning.
 
Christopher said:
For Roof Cleaning I use my Asics Gel tennis shoes so they are comfortable and have a good grip.

I tried looking at Tractor Supply for the Muck boots but they did not have the eee or eeee widths in size 11 so I am still using the cheap rubber boots from the sporting goods store, they are usually $15.00 each and I get a few months out of them but I would not use those up on the roof for Roof Cleaning, not really good support or flexible enough, already tried them and they are not good for Roof Cleaning.
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Chris, 11eeee is not a shoe.....thats a swim fin. :jester:
 
Tony Shelton said:
Chris, 11eeee is not a shoe.....thats a swim fin. :jester:
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Hahahahahahaha that is a good one. hahahahaha

I have always had a hard time finding shoes and boots.

Some places will special order them, just not all places unfortunately.

When I was young, I could always swim very fast, maybe that is why? hahahahahahaha
 
Best rain gear hands down is made by CARHARTT they are the best I have ever used. I have tried the heavy duty fishing ones by GRUNDEN but Carhartts beat the heck out them.
We use them mostly washing fleets and heavy equipment so they get used hard. Always buy them bigger than you need so you have plentey of movement.
 
I have a loggers rain suit that I use. Very comfortable, durable, and long lasting. I forget where I got it. I bought it about 6 years ago, and it is still like new.
 
Scott Stone said:
I have a loggers rain suit that I use. Very comfortable, durable, and long lasting. I forget where I got it. I bought it about 6 years ago, and it is still like new.
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This is a 3 days old rain suit. We've been pressure washing 150000 concrete wall, so I use a tight-strap to lock the gun on, and turn it off/on with the ball valve. I hold the gun on my stomach to give my arms a lil rest.
Ski pants is a good idea.

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Typically I will not use rain gear unless I start getting rained on like doing flatwork or finishing up on a job, soaping in the rain is mostly a waste of chemicals and time as the rain will wash it off before it does it's job.

A lot of times if you use a longer wand you are further away from the surface so you are not getting wet. You can put a plug/coupler onto wands and add those to the gun/wand you are using.

Example: Fleet Washing I have a gun with an 8' aluminum wand, I barely get any overspray or soap on me.

Rinsing buildings or concrete I use the dual-lance with a 2.5', 3' or 4' wand with that so I am further from the surface and can "sweep" wider paths for rinsing so it saves time and effort of making multiple trips.

Try some of these ideas, you will find that you really don't get that wet and rarely if ever get soaked.

Try washing in shorts and use those water socks (shoes with holes in the bottom and top for swimming or at water parks) with socks so you feet will get wet but the water will drain out, they do work good, just keep some extra socks in the trailer for when you are done.
 
I'm glad to read that the guy wearing Crocs is at least covering them up so no one knows he is wearing them.
 
bought some boots at Tractor supply for$35 and put inserts from foot action for $20 and can run a marathon in them. plus they are steel toe but you cant feel it. and they are light.
 
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