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DownEastPowerWash

DownEastPowerWash

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Tennis courts at local high school need to be resurfaced and I have been asked to clean them. Problem is I've never estimated tennis courts before. The area is about 22,000 sq. feet and has some mold and just surface dirt. There is water on site. Was planning on applying a soap and bleach mix to the surface and then spin it with the Whisper Wash Lil' Big Guy surface cleaner. Thanks in advance
 
Adam,
Our company does quite a few tennis courts in a season. You should apply a heavy house soap to a section of the court. We use an x-Jet to get more chems on the surface.
Then just use your flat washer at maybe 3/4 throttle and wash normal. You need to know how long this will take you considering drainage, water supply, and access to courts. We have to charge $700 per court. If they are double courts a bit cheaper.
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James that look great. Just curious what gpm is that and what size tips are you using? Why the 3/4 throttle? That one of the best tennis court cleaning I have seen.
 
Can't help you with the setup of James, but the lower pressure is to not strip the grip off the courts.

The last stripper, I mean pressure washer, that cleaned this used way too high of pressure. I was there to clean it as safe as possible, so it could be used one more season before getting restored. Hopefully I'll get a call back for the next time around over the other guy.


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johnnyb said:
Can't help you with the setup of James, but the lower pressure is to not strip the grip off the courts.

The last stripper, I mean pressure washer, that cleaned this used way too high of pressure. I was there to clean it as safe as possible, so it could be used one more season before getting restored. Hopefully I'll get a call back for the next time around over the other guy.
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Agreed on the pressure side of things they can do some damage. Although I am pretty sure if I remember my notes without looking at them that they are planning on restoring them this fall anyway. This place is 4 courts all tied together inside a chain link fence. Spinning it would take too long but the rinse after I think will take some time since it is all flat with only drainage being off into the rocks outside the fence. My soap would be Emulsifier + and 12% bleach and I was thinking of x-jetting it too.
 
innovativewash said:
Adam,
Our company does quite a few tennis courts in a season. You should apply a heavy house soap to a section of the court. We use an x-Jet to get more chems on the surface.
Then just use your flat washer at maybe 3/4 throttle and wash normal. You need to know how long this will take you considering drainage, water supply, and access to courts. We have to charge $700 per court. If they are double courts a bit cheaper.
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Photos look good and that is what I imagine the ones there will look like when I am done as they have about the same amount of dirt on them as that, maybe a little more. How long does it take you per court to spin? And then to rinse off all debris? Thanks!
 
About 2 hours per court with two guys 8 gpm machines. 24" surface cleaners.
 
Roof mix is a bit heavy for tennis courts. You may damage the surface.
NO HOT WATER!!!! Forgot to mention this
 
Here's a test I did last week. The Athletic Director was pretty impressed. I used my house wash soap and bleach mix and then spun it with a surface cleaner at about 120 deg. I priced it out at about $0.10 a square foot given the area covered during the test.

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innovativewash said:
Adam,Our company does quite a few tennis courts in a season. You should apply a heavy house soap to a section of the court. We use an x-Jet to get more chems on the surface.Then just use your flat washer at maybe 3/4 throttle and wash normal. You need to know how long this will take you considering drainage, water supply, and access to courts. We have to charge $700 per court. If they are double courts a bit cheaper. View attachment 29763View attachment 29764
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Thanks James!I know it has been a while since I asked this question but they wanted to wait until the winter was over so they wouldn't have to do it twice. Priced out the 4 adjoined courts at $2,000 for job and gave them a $500 discount/donation and they are going to hang my banner on the fence at the court. Only thing about doing it this spring is they have not turned on the water yet at the field. Each court is taking just over 500 gallons of water which is more of a pain that I was thinking. The next three courts I am going to run my reclaimer and see if it helps reduce time and water usage with rinsing. I used a mix of EBC and SH because the majority of the staining appeared to be from mold.<script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
That was a good picture.
 
BrooksPW said:
You can see where he stopped and started.. SAD. Don't do that! do more research and do test spots before you go all in
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We have performed years of testing and we work with a tennis court company. If you use the correct tips to bring the pressure down it works wonders. As you can see.
 
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