I’m in bed on my phone and don’t have the square footage in front of me, I’ll review my info on my computer tomorrow and post it. The area is quite dirty. I would go so far as to guess it hasn’t been professionally washed in 10+ years if ever. While I’m sure it would be technically possible to do the job with cold water only, what I’ve read on this forum and elsewhere indicates to me that I’d be much better off with a hot unit.
Wow, Lichen city. Looks like some of the roofs I do.
It’ll help some, but it’s really only necessary with grease type stains, gum, etc. I wouldn’t be using on the asphalt and that looks like what most the lot is.
Hmm, ok. Are there any chemicals you’d recommend specifically for asphalt? There’s a decent amount of moss and lichen on the asphalt too, we get that kind of stuff everywhere here in Oregon.
He wants it done right? So that means your price isn’t to high. $1500 a day for commercial work is our goal… Now with renting that will hurt your profit a little. After all expenses what are you looking at? $800-900? That’s a good days work right there! Good Luck.
Spray it with a normal roof mix… let dwell and then pressure. Should come out great, thing with concrete/asphalt is that you will always see imperfections no matter what… but its not what you think, it what the customer thinks!
Well I actually haven’t heard back on my quote just yet. I have to go to my “day job” for the morning in a little bit here, but if I still haven’t heard anything by lunch I’m going to follow up with him.
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If you do get the job, schedule it for a saturday, ( most rental companies where I am are closed on sunday so if you rent on saturday then you get a day for free) just in case the job takes longer then you think.
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Smart
My plan exactly. Good to know others agree it’s a good one 
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Keep it up!
Slightly off topic but it might help the op. Do you use a surface cleaner on asphalt? I usually tell my customers that the most I can do with thier asphalt is rinse it off and that they’re better off hiring a street sweeper. From what I understand degreaser is no good for asphalt because Its oil based and high pressure isnt ideal because asphault is so soft.
Edit: just realized this thread is very old.
May be in the minority here but if you’re buying a piece of equipment to return it after it has made you money seems a bit sketchy to me. Call it an entry fee or whatever but keep it. They are trying to run a business just as you are.
Got me too @Racer
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Hope it goes well! I just had my first day in Oregon as well. You are in the right place for all pressure washing support!
Hey, I was just in Corvallis today! Well actually Monroe but I drove through Corvallis on the way home. Last week I had a server install on the North side of Corvallis! Small world. The thing I am noticing is houses don’t seem to get very dirty here in Western Oregon. Concrete does though.
our local (small) rental company has a security camera out front. If you rent anything that needs returned on a Sunday you have to put it out front and call the office and leave a voicemail that its returned. I rent heavy equipment from them from time to time when we get a big snow storm…
