[Rob_Mac]

So close now.............................

Rob

[chris scott]

I know.... i cant sleep at night due to the excitement!

[Rob_Mac]

Item number:171048789859

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FARROW-PATENTED-COATING-REMOVAL-SYSTEM-/171048789859?pt=UK_Air_Tools_and_Compressors&hash=item27d34d6763

Oh happy day

Let's go and earn some cash!!!!!

Rob

[B Bailey]

Best of luck with it mate.

[Kenny83]

Have you bought it mate?

[Rob_Mac]

Lee

I have got the biggest smile on my face. I know it is showing for sale but it has been agreed that it is mine - just got to get the wheelbarrow out for the cash

Rob

[Rob_Mac]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8ADAYBefXE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twPLOL81-Ak
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twPLOL81-Ak
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbIRKy9xJQY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nuHA8vsn3s

I cannot wait to get this to our unit

Rob

[chris scott]

Best of luck with that , you will need it! Have you ever done any blasting? That smile will soon disappear when you have been wearing that suit for an hour or two in this weather. You will be wetter than a prostitutes crutch.

[Rob_Mac]

I think you fail to understand the principle (I am not surprised by your misunderstanding, it seems to be a trait of yours)

You can wear the suit, if you want but I can assure you, because I know, that it is not required.

When you don't know it is often better to say nothing at all, otherwise you make yourself look...............................

This will be the only reply you, personal to you, will get!

Rob

[chris scott]

I think you fail to understand the principle (I am not surprised by your misunderstanding, it seems to be a trait of yours)

You can wear the suit, if you want but I can assure you, because I know, that it is not required.

When you don't know it is often better to say nothing at all, otherwise you make yourself look...............................

This will be the only reply you, personal to you, will get!

Rob

I agree it is better to say nothing than be proved a fool..the suit/overalls will be an optional extra......but you will need to wear the airfed mask,rip of lenses, and gloves minimum.
I do understand the principle of blasting with glass and water...virtually dust free.But anything powered at 185 cubic feet per minute will require some minimum form PPE ...due to it's nature.
You of all people should realise that the HSE would take a dim view if you turned up for work in you flip flops,thong and your "sand" blaster on the back of your tacho less horse box or four wheel drive (that you now need because you gross out at over 3500kgs).
Ps it's good to have you back ...i missed you xxx

[chris scott]

Phone me if you get it ..i might have some work for it/you.

[Kenny83]

Nice one Rob, looks great. I remember you mentioned you were looking at another business a while ago on another post, did you look into dry ice blasting at all mate? how does this compare with that? Or are they for different applications? I bought a van off a guy who did dry ice blasting once and he does chewing gum removal with it

[Rob_Mac]

I am transferring the full amount at some point, early next week and it is being taken off Ebay.

I looked at dry ice and can see that it is very similar, virtually no mess, once the water on this set up gets to boiling, the exhaust runs underneath the water tank (that is what heats it) it will make light work of any surface.

I watched it go a couple of inches into concrete, very quickly, there is different media but the volcanic grit is something else and the residue is nominal, virtually no crap to clear up. When I went to see it an old grinding unit was cleaned back to metal in seconds, the water seems to damp it down. I ain't saying that there isn't any splash-back because there is but not anywhere near what you would get from standard sand blasting.

I think dry ice has even less to clear up but the media has to be used within either a day or two max.

I am getting a lot of people saying we have work for that, keep us informed.

Got a stairwell on a school to do, imminently, once I get it I will decide whether it is going on a flatbed or not.

Rob

[Kenny83]

What's the thing in the other picture rob? Looks like a large industrial vacuum but seems to have the delivery hose attached for blasting
Should earn you loads that set up, you can strip classic cars etc. Ive just been looking at the videos, impressive

[Rob_Mac]

Lee

It is a vacuum - didn't pay much attention to it the other night but when it gets to my unit I will be connecting everything up and having a play.

Looking forward to advertising, wood furniture stripping, cars, internal works, all the usual, we have a large marina (canal barges) in Stoke, white line removal, blasting off old render and paint jobs, renewing stone buildings, the local reclaim yard has told me to let them know when I get it because they want some work doing and I already have two jobs booked in that it will be used on.

The pressure washing is great, it has certainly delivered and continues to do so, priced up a store over by Nottingham yesterday, lads in York & London today but I have been flirting with this for some time and I think it will make a lot of money and really rounds the business off.

It isn't the usual add on because it is expensive, there are plenty of people doing it but marketed right it could be a phenomenal investment.

The machine has only done 6 hours work in 2.5 years, dry stored and maintained.

Rob

[Simon@Pristine Pathways]

Nice one Rob,
If that will remove resiblock of block paving ive got a couple off jobs for you.
Good luck
Simon

[Rob_Mac]

Simon

It almost certainly will. There isn't much it wont shift. I need to look at the pricing structure. I have been told it will use four full bags of media per day, plus cherry for the compressor, then getting it from A to B and labour.

It will almost certainly be a premium price but with the results seen on Ebay then there is no need to expect anything less than complete removal on all surfaces.

I should be picking it up this week and having a mess with it, some practise pieces and then go from there. It will have it's own website but still be traded through the M-CLEAN UK LTD books.

I can get it about locally but the distance work needs to be worked out - I am not going back on tacho.

Are there no strippers for Resiblock??

Rob

[Roger Oakley]

Nice bit of kit there Rob, re the transport you want to be looking at a car transporter/breakdown based vehicle bit lower to the ground.

Heritage sites is what you want to be aiming for with that.

Re the Resiblock remover, Chemicals Ltd do the stuff you need, AS10 I think it is, someone will correct me if it is the wrong product name, but that's the place to get it from.

[chris scott]

AS10 will work but don't get caught washing down the drains...you will get the jail.
Enviromose waterbased is the better choice for Resiblock ...easier to work with and completely bio-degradable although the coating you are removing will need special care for disposal of.
Resiblock and other pu,s can be removed at around £20 per sqm.  
Absolutely no need for any form  blasting.If the coating is harder than the substrate you WILL damage the substrate.
Most architects dealing with English heritage,Natural England etc will  be specific  the TORC system is used...Brian Crowe has that well sown up!  
Industrial blasting is were that machine will excel due to fact it can be operated in confined spaces/areas due to it's reduced nuisance factor dust etc .Although noise will always pose problems with neighbours etc.
It used to be that it could be registered as plant...but this needs to be varified with VOSA. The machine needs to be mounted on a chassis cab(5tonner), registered as plant. It will be MOT exempt ,cheap tax and you could/can run it on Vimto.
Bed time reading here  http://www.rha.uk.net/services/recovery/news/content/12311/hgv_mot_testing_exemptions

[Rob_Mac]

The two systems are virtually identical - the only difference on the Torc system is that it spins from the nozzle. Your wrong again!

Rob