Hey James that's cool!! Vf101 used to be the Jolly rogers when they were an f-14 squadron. (skull and crossbones logo) In fact they were VF-33's sister squadron on the USS America. That's the squadron I was in as an AO. I was on the America back when the pump room blew up on our cruise..lol Man it's amazing how the past comes back to haunt you..

If there's anything I can do to help you out just let me know!

Henry Bockman
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Sounds good henry, thanks for the help. VF-101 is the grim reapers though, they are the training sqaudron here at oceana. They will be shut down though by the end of this year. Its all going to the super hornet now, I am working on F-18F Superhornet now, at least until Jun 2006 and I retire. Just busting my butt working on weekends and during the week when I can trying to build my business for when I retire. Take care and nice talking.

James D. Martin
J & M Pressure Washing
Virginia Beach VA
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We use bleach sometimes in wood restoration to kill mold and mildew but that is all. I leaves the wood with this bleached out look, not as vibrant. Bleach also doesn't clean up dirt it just kills stuff so we mix it with soap to kill two birds with one stone. The acid is our main resource when restoring a weather beaten deck.

Do you pretreat at low pressure with the bleach/cleaning solutions or are you putting on at pressure and blasting at the same time?

Wood work doesn't require any "high" pressure. Even for the toughest paint removal, you should never use more than 1000 psi and always keep the wand 8-10 inches from the surface! Too much pressure or too close with the wand will damage the wood fibers irreparably.

Celeste

Carolina ProWash

Bad choice of words. I know you don't use high pressure on wood. I was just asking if you pretreat, let the chemical sit for a few minutes, then rinse off. Also, is there someone out there that I could shadow for a day to see how things are done. Especially cleaning and treating a deck. I've never cleaned a deck this way.

Pete

I figured as much Deck 1-2-3 nutshell version: Wet deck, apply chems, let dwell, rinse. Apply brightner, rinse, rinse, rinse. Let dry 2ish days, detail, apply stain, collect check

Celeste

PS, I think NC may be a little far for you to travel to hang out with us - what area of TX are you in?

Carolina ProWash

Dallas/Ft Worth area. I work for the airlines (guess which one) so i can fly for free, even in the cockpit if I want to. We fly into Raleigh, Greensborough, Charlotte....so it's no biggy. I've already told my wife, and business partner, that I need to go around and see a couple of things done first hand. I want to spend a little time with someone who could never be any direct competition so they would feel ok about passing on tips and tricks.

And , of course, the beer is on me

Pete

COOL!!!!!! We're conveniently located right smack between Greensboro & Raleigh so if you flap in this direction, just let us know where to come get ya If you throw darts, bring them as well - they go great with beer!

Celeste

Carolina ProWash

Your on, I'll let ya know when. Thanks for all the help so far.

Knowing my luck the Feds would jack me up for carrying darts.

Pete