I know it’s easy to forget but always try and get stainless if you can. It doesn’t take long to corrode carbon steel. The zinc plating helps though.
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Good call. I was looking on PWP when you posted the link.
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that was the first place i went, none for sale, the second was southside, their site was down, went to another two PW sites that didn’t have them. I saw that amazon had one and so did Landa.
I’m guessing this needs a QCs added to it?
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$150 shipping that is crazy. I’ll use the hydroxides and acids i own. I can get alot of them for $150 with no shipping off of amazon.
Thats their downside when ordering, but a 6 gallon pail of HCS 400 will yield you 55 gallons of the hottest degreaser money can buy. I try to order a pallet of assorted chems at a time for the free shipping but your pushing 5k, They don’t sell to the public harry homeowners or alike nor do they have prices on the interwebs for good reason. But I totally get why y’all dont go my route, We us a lot.
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Thanks, I appreciate the assistance. I know a lot of others has been here, but I have dumped so much time and money into this and I’m not really making any loot, so I have to watch my expenditures closely. If it aint a steal it aint a deal for me. I’m fortunate that I have another income from my retirement, and paid for everything in cash, but I also drained savings which makes me nervous. Not broke, but don’t wanna be either.
I would love to try it out, but I think I will have to wait until I start making steady income.
Oh I getcha. Like Grunt said you can buy sodium hydroxide and mix it with purple power, La Awesome, which is better imo and mean green etc and form your own elixers, Just cost more in the long run and is not as good but it will get it done sir.
Talked to him again today, still happy. discussed doing his new tank when it comes in after I gave him the invoice (I went back twice to check on my work to make sure nothing was wrong before I gave the invoice). He said he will give me a call when it comes in about 2 weeks.
My question about the recommended tubo
I looked at Pressure tek, since I have a roughly 8gpm machine I should order the #8 of this
https://pressuretek.com/pa-ur32-turbo-nozzle-5100-psi/
or should I get a #10 in the suttner. My reasoning is that I don’t want to buy a paint stripping turbo, then a brick and retaining wall turbo too. Maybe I am still being cheap. Looking to the pros for answers, I didn’t read up on this stuff too much (or maybe enough) and I am not looking to waste loot right now (or ever to be honest). My understanding is that this is a rotating zero degree nozzle. I get that I could stand further away from an object to reduce the pressure but jokingly standing 10’ away isn’t good.
Padawan sprayer seeks guidance.
I got the blue ones for my 5.5gpm. red one is an over kill in my opinion even for you but to each there own . @Infinity runs the red one I believe, Both are Awesome turbos ! Way better than the suttners, those PA one’s can start in any position.
And yes sir you want the #8…
You don’t need a wet paint stripper because your particular job doesn’t want all the paint removed, Just the loose stuff. That pa blue/red turbo will serve you well. Up to you but i also buy the $8 filter that doesn’t come with it. But I’d recommend it.
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We use #10 w/filters running 2700 psi with 255’ of hose, 8gpm units.
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I told him after I looked at the tank, before I took the gig, that he would be better off sandblasting or vapor blasting that tank. Told him that I could knock the loose off and clean it up, he said that is what he wanted. I was tempted to get that wet blasting unit just to try it out, but common sense took over before i did.
Funny, I had ordered an inline filter for my surface cleaner and was reading on here not to put one on. Was thinking there is more wasted money, now I got a use for it!
Thanks again, hope business is brisk for you. PA finally is opening up completely in my area, so hopefully the work starts coming in.
THe #10 suttner sir? no punishing marks on retaining blocks, brick, or cement? I have used a zero degree nozzle (not turbo) to take masonry off bricks before so I am very leary to use too much pressure. The softer bricks got etched, the harder fire brick ones weren’t fased by the zero degree. I did hundreds of them. All the bricks came from an old school house they were tearing down from the early 1900’s. Makes me a nervous nelly with zero degree now.
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Ole Coop is telling you to get the #10 to Calm it down, If you get the #8 , which matches your gpm t
will put you at your max ,around 3300 psi ish at the gun. I run the 5.5 because my machines are 5.5 gpm @3500 psi. I want all the psi I can get on my nasty jobs. Those turbos are like a red tip on crack, My help calls um pissed off bumblebees, If you haven’t ran one your in for a treat, A chain saw head shield would come in very handy, We’re to stupid to wear it though. 
Envirospec has a good industrial one, you use it with #4 sand. it’s a mess but works awesome. we charge $300/500 per hr per machine to do that kind of work. but its definitely prepped for paint after the job is done.
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THe industrial one is the one you use? I watched their video, the professional version seems a little slow to me, but maybe it was just the way they shot it. I don’t know. It seemed to go as fast as myliitle sandblasting cabinet.
Thanks for the heads up on the face shield, I own one but hardly use it. Only when running the lathe and once in a long while the bench grinder.
I’m getting ready to use my turbo for only the 4th time in 7 years, digging fence post holes per @SchertzServicesLLC About the only thing they’re good for imho.
I’ll be digging 30 some holes for a fence for the nursery with mine in the coming weeks!!
Now how in the heck did you remember something like that? I didn’t even remember that’s what I had. I’ve used it maybe a total of three times 
Edit:
I’m too lazy to look in the truck, but not too lazy to look up the ptek invoice. This is the one I bought:
UR25 PA BLUE ROTATING NOZZLE 3650PSI 7.0
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