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Pat · Guest

I like this little rig.

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Hi Pat. I've seen those exact systems at Tractor Supply here.

Small tank, low flow pumps. Long term, I suspect you'd be more satisfied (and more productive) with a larger pump.

(Seems like the pump in that video was cycling ?)

-- Edited by Roof Cleaning Northern Virginia (571) 250 9650 on Wednesday 2nd of February 2011 08:51:55 PM

Pat · Guest

Thanks for the informative link Ted!

I was hearing the pump cycling too, and must admit I was and am curious as to why.

Also wondering how that thing would stand up to the SH going through it with any regularity. Not that I've ever used any yet, but from what I've read here it's sounds like some seriously corrosive chit blankstare

aaron61 · Guest

Wow guys that's 1 of my videos.That is a little set up from Tractor Supply that I normally use for wallpaper removal and thought I'd try it on a roof.

This is what we are using now

-- Edited by aaron61 on Wednesday 2nd of February 2011 09:07:44 PM

Pat · Guest

Wow Arron! Thanks for showing up.

How did the little thing work on roofs? Did it hurt or damage it any?

It looked like it did an ok job on the roof in the video. It's so small it's almost cute LOL.

aaron61 · Guest

I was really surprised! It worked great. I had modified the hose,added about 30 ft to it.It was a pain because I had to move it around 4 times.

Used it last week to remove a bunch of wallpaper from a foyer.

RCIA Founder

A word of experience, keep that marine battery away from the bleach, or it can go BOOM. For real! I once did a roof up in Land O Lakes with a broke down nissan pick up stuck in the driveway. Bleach got on the hood, found it;s way to the batttery, and blew a dent in the hood. You were getting a bit of run off, inevitable on a tile roof. We use a smaller nozzle for tile roofs, but we run air diapraghm pumps, and this is not a problem, Delevan's cycle if nozzle size too small.

Pat · Guest

aaron61 wrote:

I was really surprised! It worked great. I had modified the hose,added about 30 ft to it.It was a pain because I had to move it around 4 times.

Used it last week to remove a bunch of wallpaper from a foyer.

Yeah after looking at it I was thinking the hose would have to be kept short with such a small pump.

So Aaron, do you think it would still work ok with a 100 feet of hose? It might make a good emergency unit in pinch!

aaron61 · Guest

Thanks...I'm still a newbie & like I said on another post,I was really kinda shy about posting on here with you pro's.
Please feel free to tell me where I'm going wrong. One thing I will tell you is I have every intention of doing these roofs the best I know how

Guest

Dang Pat you heard from the owner of that pump outfit (Aaron) AND from Chris Tucker himself both within an hour of this post? Buy a lottery ticket tonight

aaron61 · Guest

Pat wrote:

aaron61 wrote:

I was really surprised! It worked great. I had modified the hose,added about 30 ft to it.It was a pain because I had to move it around 4 times.

Used it last week to remove a bunch of wallpaper from a foyer.

Yeah after looking at it I was thinking the hose would have to be kept short with such a small pump.
So Aaron, do you think it would still work ok with a 100 feet of hose? It might make a good emergency unit in pinch!

I really kinda liked it's super low flow,2 gls per minute, which really saved on juice.
When I first used the bigger 1 I was freakin out on how fast I was goin through my mix

SP Cleaning · Feb 2, 2011

Pat wrote:

aaron61 wrote:

I was really surprised! It worked great. I had modified the hose,added about 30 ft to it.It was a pain because I had to move it around 4 times.

Used it last week to remove a bunch of wallpaper from a foyer.

Yeah after looking at it I was thinking the hose would have to be kept short with such a small pump.
So Aaron, do you think it would still work ok with a 100 feet of hose? It might make a good emergency unit in pinch!

Pat I have a 26 gal unit with 100ft of 3/8 hose on a hose reel.

I use it for spraying herbicides not roof mix but it works great.

no problems in 2 years.

If I get a chance to tak a pic tomorrow I will post.

Chris

Pat · Guest

Roof Cleaning Northern Virginia (571) 250 9650 wrote:

Dang Pat you heard from the owner of that pump outfit (Aaron) AND from Chris Tucker himself both within an hour of this post? Buy a lottery ticket tonight

I know! And am glad Chris chimed in. I had no idea that the love could explode.. But then that's why I'm here and still reading so much.

There's just so much to take in on this site.

Pat · Guest

SP Cleaning wrote:

Pat wrote:

aaron61 wrote:

I was really surprised! It worked great. I had modified the hose,added about 30 ft to it.It was a pain because I had to move it around 4 times.

Used it last week to remove a bunch of wallpaper from a foyer.

Yeah after looking at it I was thinking the hose would have to be kept short with such a small pump.
So Aaron, do you think it would still work ok with a 100 feet of hose? It might make a good emergency unit in pinch!

Pat I have a 26 gal unit with 100ft of 3/8 hose on a hose reel.
I use it for spraying herbicides not roof mix but it works great.
no problems in 2 years.
If I get a chance to tak a pic tomorrow I will post.

Chris

Thanks Chris! I wonder if the pump failed on one of these small units if it could just be replaced with a delevan from pressure tech? With some possible modifying of course.

Roof Cleaning Missouri 417-230-8103 · Guest

Pat wrote:

SP Cleaning wrote:

Pat wrote:

aaron61 wrote:

I was really surprised! It worked great. I had modified the hose,added about 30 ft to it.It was a pain because I had to move it around 4 times.

Used it last week to remove a bunch of wallpaper from a foyer.

Yeah after looking at it I was thinking the hose would have to be kept short with such a small pump.
So Aaron, do you think it would still work ok with a 100 feet of hose? It might make a good emergency unit in pinch!

Pat I have a 26 gal unit with 100ft of 3/8 hose on a hose reel.
I use it for spraying herbicides not roof mix but it works great.
no problems in 2 years.
If I get a chance to tak a pic tomorrow I will post.

Chris

Thanks Chris! I wonder if the pump failed on one of these small units if it could just be replaced with a delevan from pressure tech? With some possible modifying of course.

I really thought it was kewl, didnt think you were gettting good coverage with it though, Could be same reason Chris said it was cycling, to small of nozzel.. My fatboy cycles if i go to small.
but I like the concept. would be great for those small jobs

Dave

Reliable Roof Cleaning Jacksonville FL · Guest

Aaron

How much surfactant are you using in your mix? Viewing your video doing the tile roof it looks like you need to use more ammonyx.

Charles

Feb 5, 2011

Pat wrote:
Roof Cleaning Northern Virginia (571) 250 9650 wrote:
Dang Pat you heard from the owner of that pump outfit (Aaron) AND from Chris Tucker himself both within an hour of this post? Buy a lottery ticket tonight

I know! And am glad Chris chimed in. I had no idea that the love could explode.. But then that's why I'm here and still reading so much.

There's just so much to take in on this site.

Chris also has a link on his website to a guy who mixed bleach and acid together in a pump sprayer and blew himself up and put a hole in the customers roof!!

He had to be airlifted in a chopper to the hospital for chemical burns and roof shrapnel !!!!!

Same thing with a battery and bleach. Batteries contain sulfuric acid which of course is a bad combination when mixed with bleach.

SP Cleaning · Feb 8, 2011

Pat wrote:

SP Cleaning wrote:

Pat wrote:

aaron61 wrote:

I was really surprised! It worked great. I had modified the hose,added about 30 ft to it.It was a pain because I had to move it around 4 times.

Used it last week to remove a bunch of wallpaper from a foyer.

Yeah after looking at it I was thinking the hose would have to be kept short with such a small pump.
So Aaron, do you think it would still work ok with a 100 feet of hose? It might make a good emergency unit in pinch!

Pat I have a 26 gal unit with 100ft of 3/8 hose on a hose reel.
I use it for spraying herbicides not roof mix but it works great.
no problems in 2 years.
If I get a chance to tak a pic tomorrow I will post.

Chris

Thanks Chris! I wonder if the pump failed on one of these small units if it could just be replaced with a delevan from pressure tech? With some possible modifying of course.

Here are some pics of the unit I use for Herbacide.
This one is 16 Gal. not 26 gal

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if your trying to stay small and are just doing a few a month i think your doing a great job!!!!

Roof Cleaning Bradenton FL 941-822-2454 · Guest

Aaron,
Very nice videos, a lot of info within a few min of tape. We need more videos like this.
Kim R

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