something other than the hood cleaning school

kmjt1021

kmjt1021

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Ok, Until I here from Rusty I am moving on from the hood cleaning school subject.

Just wondering, what is your prefered method for hanging the plastic at the back of the hood against the wall?

I asked this question at the end of my last post in the hood cleaning school post, but thought it might get lost in there, so I started a new thread
 
We use cardboard shims(used boxes) so that the plastic will hold under the steel seam line. Some companies use wooden slats and clamps.

Would like to hear other ideas.

David
 
We also use the cardboard from used boxes. From time to time I will have to use duct tape if unable to sqeeze cardboard in. I don't liek useing duct tape on the back but if I have to I ahve to.
 
pretty much as I thought, kind of the what ever it takes method.

Even though I do it also, I always think if I were the customer I may not like someone disturbing the sealant that is usually in that seam. I have been told by a health inspector that breaking that seal creates a void that cannot be readily cleaned, therefore creating a health hazard. I had to go back the next day and reseal it, now at that location I pull out the quipment and let the water hit the floor. That is the only place I have ever had that problem though.
Just wondering if maybe someone had come up with another way.
I have been thinking about some kind of rubber, maybe like you would find on a squeegee, attached to a pole that could be clamped to the edges of the hood to run along the back in a way that it would press the rubber against the wall creating a seal and provide a place to clamp the plastic. Thinking about it is all I have done though.
I guess it would have to be expandable to match the differing lengths of hoods, and you would need to somehow support it in the middle at a couple of places to keep enough pressure on it to make a seal. Maybe I've been thinking to much.
 
holdin' up the plastic

First thing Bryan, Dont hold your breath waiting for a reply. LOL

While Im on the subject.
How many of you have been to a school or to some type of training? I went to a school in Vermont. Anyone remember the name of it? Black Magic Powerwashing? I even bought some equipment from them. Nievlie(sp) overpriced and under powered. But it got me off on the right foot and running full speed ahead. But besides all that, this business is continual learning and continual education. I dont know who said it " If you are not going forward you are going backwards". Thus my point continual education. I dont claim to know it all or even a fraction of it. But Iam an expert but Im still teachable. Which brings me to another quote. "I you always do what you have always done, you will always get what you have always got". Im just full of these little pearls tonight.

Oh..... Plastic!!!

Cut up cardboard shims, just throw them away at the end.
Lathe strips or survey stakes. Rolled up in plastic and them cliped.
Clear packing tape, I love this stuff, cheeper than duct tape and sticks better. Use it in the big dispenser w/ handle.


Michael T / Centex Pressure Washing Service:D :D :D :D :D :D :D
 
we've used cardboard, rags, duct tape, hvac tape
I like the idea of clear packing tape but we use rags most of the time
 
Just a thought.

This just popped into my mind as I was reading the replys. What if you were to get long magnetic strips to hold up the back. They would have to be powerful. Would not work in all cases but should work on most. I wonder has anyone tried something like this? Would it work? If it did I think that would make it easy to hang plastic in the back. Like I said just popped in to my head but had a long night last night so I could be way out in left field this morning:D
 
We carry 12 plus magnets to be used galvanized hood. Magnets will not hold to stainless-sorry.

I like the clear tape idea-I will give it a try.
 
We move a lot of equipment out from under canopies. We clean the back wall and floor while we are there. Customers like it and yes we charge more!

We use 3" duct tape and 6" spring clamps (4 ml plastic in these areas, 2 ml in others), when we cannot move the equipment out.

Dave Olson
 
Man, some great ideas being shared. I usally cant stand reading this vampire hood stuff. i call you guys vampires because you never seen the light of day... I never like doing hoods..
 
Ok it's time for someone to come up with a specialty tool for this, or maybe it's not worth the time, I'll think about it.
 
Well Bryan, you still owe me $1250.00 so you cannot read this till I get my money.
I use clear plastic tape, 2 inches wide. But I only use 3M brand, the cheap stuff doesn't stick very well, and gets wrinkled coming off the dispenser. 3m tape is available from most office supply houses, in a six pack.
Keep those dollars coming in, then I can afford to go to Tennessee and learn how to clean hoods.
Douglas Hicks
General Fire Equipment Co of Eastern Oregon, Inc
 
Douglas, Does the tape hold up over the course of whole job, I have never tried to use tape simply thinking it would fall off half through the job. Ok I may owe you for this one, we'll see.
 
OK, Bryan, but your credit is seriously strained right now. Tape usually works on the hood ends, seldom on the back wall because of the length of the tape. I clean the sheet metal first, put down a stripe or 2 of tape, clamp my plastic at the front of the hood then clamp or jam scrapers at the back wall/ grease tray. After both ends are secured, tape the plastic to the first layer of tape. This seems to help keep the tape from comeing loose. Of course, do not spray the degreaser where it will run down to the tape. Do not PW the tape either. I have not found a tape that will withstand degreaser, hot water or the pressure of the water. Packing tape seems to be much better than duct tape. Apply the tape w/ a tape dispenser. When you are done tapeing and before putting the dispensor away, pull about 2 or 3 inches of tape and fold the sticky side to itself. This is a trick I learned at 2:00 AM in the back of wrecked cars. Tape is not the best solution, but sometimes is the only option.

Douglas Hicks
General Fire Equipment Co of Eastern Oregon, Inc
 
This is a trick I learned at 2:00 AM in the back of wrecked cars

Okay Douglas, this one I gotta hear
"This is a trick I learned at 2:00 AM in the back of wrecked cars"
Just add the charges to Bryan's bill. (I think he's good for it!)

Grant
 
Now wait a minute, your billing practices are a little shaky here.

The first two ideas in another thread were not new to me so I don't owe for them, and the question I asked to start this thread was about holding the plastic at the back of the hood at the wall, which you stated would not work. The way I see it I don't owe anything.

I hope you don't charge you customers this way.



PS. if you still insist on payment I would like to inquire about your return policy. LOL have a nice day
 
Hey Guys,
We use 2" clamps and 1" flex scrapers. We fold the plastic over toward the outside of the hood and push it in between the wall and hood. This is the best method we've found and works in most cases.
Harley
Clean Vent, Inc.
 
I spent 25 years in the fire service. First as a volunteer Fire Fighter in Nyssa, Or. Then I moved to Baker City and joined the Fire Department as a volunteer, then as a full-time fighter/EMT. At 165# I was the smallest guy on the ambulance, so I got to get in back seat and lean over the seat to work on the patients. Seems like most of our MVAs (motor vehicle accidents) were when it was dark. The Chief was too cheap to buy good flashlites or good batteries, so we usually did without. Ever try to peel back adhesive tape in the dark? so we would fold back the tape on itself so we had a tab to grab hold of. I still do the same, & it still works. In 1989 the people in the metro areas of Oregon passed Measure 5, a property tax limitation law. June 30, 1990 was my last day a full-time fire fighter. I continued as a volunteer for the City of Baker for a couple of years. Then I realized I was not haveing fun responding to fires. The fun was gone & soon I was gone. I also put in a year as Assitant Chief/Training Officer for the Baker Valley Rural Fire District, until my business grew to where I did not have time to devote to the RFPD. And that is the story of the tape at 2:00AM. Not as exciting as some of the stuff we came across.

Douglas Hicks
General Fire Equipment Co of Eastern Oregon, Inc
 
Interesting thread for sure
Douglas Hicks said:
I spent 25 years in the fire service. First as a volunteer Fire Fighter in Nyssa, Or. Then I moved to Baker City and joined the Fire Department as a volunteer, then as a full-time fighter/EMT. At 165# I was the smallest guy on the ambulance, so I got to get in back seat and lean over the seat to work on the patients. Seems like most of our MVAs (motor vehicle accidents) were when it was dark. The Chief was too cheap to buy good flashlites or good batteries, so we usually did without. Ever try to peel back adhesive tape in the dark? so we would fold back the tape on itself so we had a tab to grab hold of. I still do the same, & it still works. In 1989 the people in the metro areas of Oregon passed Measure 5, a property tax limitation law. June 30, 1990 was my last day a full-time fire fighter. I continued as a volunteer for the City of Baker for a couple of years. Then I realized I was not haveing fun responding to fires. The fun was gone & soon I was gone. I also put in a year as Assitant Chief/Training Officer for the Baker Valley Rural Fire District, until my business grew to where I did not have time to devote to the RFPD. And that is the story of the tape at 2:00AM. Not as exciting as some of the stuff we came across.

Douglas Hicks
General Fire Equipment Co of Eastern Oregon, Inc
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