Hot water equipment?

I may have a concrete pad lined up, at an old ice cream stand. A fair amount of gum, so from what I read hot water is mandatory.

What I can’t seem to nail down is what peripherals are hot water ‘capable’ such as hoses and surface cleaners like my Ultra Clean.

It may not happen, a local tow-behind unit with buffer tank is $265/day so probably not worth it.

There’s a place near me with hot water skids for $150 per day. They’re 5.5 and have a built in 10 gallon buffer. It hooks up straight to the spigot. I guess that depends on your city’s average water output. Throw it in the pickup and roll. If that’s not an option try to line up more then one job that requires hot water on the same day for it to make sense. All of your peripherals are fine. If you use hot water daily I would go with 2wire hose for safety reasons but your single wire will be fine. I haven’t seen any hose that isn’t rated for hot water but check your hose specs to be safe. If it’s something you want to pursue budget first for the addition of hot water then pursue. Unless it’s a parking lot I wouldn’t rent for one store front.(unless it’s multiple jobs in the same day)

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When I was working at a full time job I rented. sometimes after paying rent I didn’t clear but a couple hundred dollars but I was building accounts. once I saw that I had enough accounts to get started I bought.

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Just buy one it will pay for itself one way or the other.

Call around all your local equipment rental places and find the best deal. I’ve done a Tim Hortons (very high traffic coffee shop/drive thru) twice in the past few months and used cold water both times with good results. A good amount of gum both times. I use a 40 degree nozzle to pop the gum while rinsing. Do I wish I had hot water instead? Damn right I do. But with the right chem you can still do a good job.

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Can’t, I have an enclosed trailer.

A lot of enclosed hot water rigs out there.

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Yes you can pipeit out the top and put a food truck vent cap on it

Or just blow it out the back

That’s not us, it’s a spy photo lol

I guess if I was doing regular commercial it would be a good idea, most of my jobs are residential at this point. It would be nice though to use hot for sidewalks as they always stripe on me.:smirk:

I do both sides up and down then down the center strip that is left over with the side of my surface cleaner. Each side of your surface cleaner gets more cleaning time thats why the the stripes are cleaner. On my way back after hitting the middle strip i do a side to side motion while walking backwards no strips.

You shouldn’t have to worry much about it anyways if your post treating.

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Yeah I post treat, although I get ‘looks’ from customers as I’m hosing down the driveway with house wash…regardless what I tell them.

Burner out the roof, exhaust through the floor

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Let me clarify…I have a tiny enclosed trailer with highly flammable cheap plywood walls.

:laughing:

On a side note I may work up the nerve in a few days and post interior pictures so you guys can make fun of/help me rearrange my setup.

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This is exactly what I do. The side to side seems to really take away any risk of stripes but I go ahead and post treat just because I don’t want it to dry and have to come back and unroll my hose and stuff again.

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You could always put it on a slide out. May be time to upgrade trailer. That’s always fun. Or you could put burner on wheels run a jumper out of trailer then put it back in trailer when you are done. Would not be that hard to set up