[clarkson]

  hi guys

  PW is a reletavily new bolt on to me, did a bit last year just in used cold water plus pressure.

  i have bought some sodiom hypochloride 14% how do you all use it. do you dilute it, how do you apply it with the chemical uptake pipe and fan lance or just pore it on and deck scrub it in. do yuo whirlaway as well or just rinse with lance.

also pricing, i here all sorts of prices from 1 pound a slab brigade, to 5 pounds a meter plus sanding on blocks.

one sounds to cheap to me, the other sounds to much. i was thinking 3 a meter plus 50 p sanding.

did a job last year talk 3 of us all day for 400 and i still had to go back and sand it up. should have been more.

how many meters a day can you all do as a rule of thumb (8 hour day)

cheers foy your help.

john

  

[jaespray]

hi john             professional pressure washing    should not be just a bolt on
i just googled sodiom hypochloride     it says no such thing exists
all chemicals are dangerous   even the ones in my kitchen say keep out of reach of "children"
so please make shure of what you have got   the label on the container or data sheet should inform you on how to use it
 there are far to many variables on every job to give a ballpark price
and what on earth were there 3 of you for      you would not of done it any quicker if there had been 33 or 133 of you there        hope this has been of help
regards john

[clarkson]

 sodium hypochlorite
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 hi
 sorry i misspelt its hypochlorite. many use it for pressure washing.  i am also a highly experienced cleaning contractor with 25 years in all aspects of contract cleaning. i have a lot of experience with dangerous chemicals and have a number of certificates in handling such, as well as COSH training. i have health and safety consultants on retainer.

I have COSH data sheets in place and risk assessments and method statements for all work we carry out. This why i am enquiring from people who use it what there practices are for this particular chemical in this particular application.

iam sorry but i dont agree with you, i think pressure washing is a natural bolt on to other external cleaning like window cleaning or upvc cleaning. yes it has some dangerous elements but approached correctly it is no different to any other specialist cleaning service. with the odd exception nearly all the contractors i have spoken to do pw as an add on to window cleaning or similar.

i had three people on the job because i was there to help set up and monitor and the lad who will do most of the work and we had one of the youngters with us to help with loading and moving garden furniture.

the price was wrong thats all so was after some positive input about pricing.

john

[jaespray]

hi john  sodium hypochlorite "it"   we will call it "it" so i dont get finger ach
firstly i suggest you as the boss i pressume     you find out if you add water to "it"  or "it" to water first      do it some where quiet and OUTSIDE    use "it" with out full ppe at your own RISK  then with a running tap next to you    place the smallest of drips on your arm
with all the training in the world   i would not let a worker of mine use "it"
as far as you or your guys moving customers things go   to time consuming if more than 4/5  you run the risk of dammageing them    and the customer wanting them put back in the right PLACE
politely ask the customer to move things prior to your arrival
and as for a average price there are to many variables to give one
regards john

[greencleaning]

4 inches of surface cleaner for each gallon per minute of water coming out of your pressure washer is the golden rule for surface cleaners. If your looking at a 4gpm machine and your talking about running a 36 inch surface cleaner you will be out cleaned and much faster by a guy with a cheaper surface cleaner thats half the size and the same pressure washer .

[clarkson]

hi

 thanks green clean. thats what i needed to know. you mentioned borax what does this acheive as an additive.

 cheers

 john