I don’t have any 101 material all too advanced hahahaha
You were probably so tired after washing, you thought you were soft washing trucks, but in reality you were in your back yard soft washing your dogs with your fancy K9 super SWer
…you don’t say.
I don’t mean to jump on the dogpile here but a 30 second search and an hour of reading would’ve given you a boat load of information about oxidation and why it can’t be removed via soft washing. Trust me, if there was a spray on rinse off method for it some jackwagon would’ve already patented it and retired in the Bahamas on his 100’ yacht.
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Thanks fellas for the replies. I’m just an old painter who has a truckload of experience power washing the old school way, this soft wash is spanking new to me.
I will say this, the SH mixed with dawn certainly did loosen the chalk up, it just didn’t eliminate it. As a painter, I’m not inclined to turn and tuck tail just because a home is chalking. It is obviously a key part of our toolbox to prime and paint oxidized surfaces after we clean them. I look forward to learning the soft wash systems from you folks. Thank you!!
Don’t use Dawn as your surfactant it’ll only make things worse. Use a proper surfactant like elemonator from pressuretek.com or snotmenade from shop.pressurewasherky.us both very affordable
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How do you currently prep for paint? We soft wash first then hit it with a degreaser and Trisodium mix product I came up with. Surface is left clean, chalk free, and etched so its ready for paint adhesion. In cases with high TDS (yes we test the h20) we final rinse with pure water. The rinsing and scrubbing with a brush process is where most fail to do a thorough job. Get some good products, buy some expensive carbon fiber extremely ridged poles (Gardiner is good). Then ditch the painting gig for 1 and if you hate the scrubbing just don’t do paint prep or restoration work but no matter what stop painting.
Is your other business selling headlights and trailer lights to people who have moisture in the ones they currently have? If not it should be.
Nah man. You just gotta be smart enough to not put water in those certain areas for any length of time. Like you wouldn’t put a garden hose down the breather intake,or take your 8gpm soft wash and sit at a window or door jamb all day. Ya gotta be smarter than the average bear @GreyGhostPrivateer . Were 2800 psi on trailers and around 2500 on trucks, except if we have to degrease a fifth wheel or do under carriage debris,then its turbo nozzle or under carriage machine at 3000 or 3500 psi. Thanks for your concern though, and your not so knowledgeable info on truck washing.
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LOL you’re really trying to call out one of the most knowledgeable truck washers on this forum?
You’re a fool @GreyGhostPrivateer. Nice try at a troll attempt but if you want to be snarky around here you’re going to need to do a lot better than that. That was about as weak as I’ve heard in my life. 
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I’m just waiting impatiently for him to go after the true truck washing guru @dperez. Then its game on world war 3. I’m way nicer than @dperez, He shows no mercy. …I like fan mail
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LOL I just find it hilarious that @GreyGhostPrivateer comes on here with an hour of read time and starts running his mouth to someone who has washed more steel and chrome in the last year than he probably ever will in his lifetime. I hope he does go after @dperez so that I can make a big batch of popcorn and watch him get picked apart.
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Just this morning I ran into 3 trucks with a window down. You better believe I wash around them instead of leaving money on the table.
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Look at you, lil fire starter lol burn🔥 burn yeah yeah
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I am glad you know the proper way as many do not. I have washed trucks, trailers, Rv’s, super cars, yachts, trenchers, heavy equipment and farm equipment. The last few trucks were all undercarriage washes before returning a few leased trucks as they really get ya if they come back full of oil. My family owns 75 trucks and 150 some odd trailers and then leases more. I know what its like to wash them and be on the customer side of things. I do not enjoy the truck washing even though I could name my price I now will only wash one if its going to a show or parade and they beg me to do so. I believe the contractor who does wash them is on here. Business is not nice nor easy don’t let a little comment get you all bent out of shape.
All in good fun man. But I had to respond to you remark right? Wouldn’t be American of me,or in my nature to ignore a negative dumb comment directed to me personally. I’m bent from birth @GreyGhostPrivateer. Not by anything you’ve said or will say in the future bubby. All good…And @pressureguy does a great job. You’re lucky to have him. Give him a raise.
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Lol I totally get it, can’t say I wouldn’t do the same thing. I’m not here much as I help run a washing page elsewhere. I only found out about this place when some guy who I didn’t know called me and said people were going nuts here about a chemical formula I had so figured I should check it out. On a side note have any of you Guru’s used active diamond from NERTA or been successful trying to import any to sample?
I think @GeorgeNicholson did a test on it. But I’ve personally haven’t used any. Outta Belgium if I recall.
I’ve used the NERTA Active Diamond. Still have a small amount on my trailer. Someone in KC is the only importer / distributor in the US (so he said). I gave him a heads up on two potential jobs down there from the same companies I am using up here in Omaha. For that he sent me 5L of NERTA as a sign of appreciation. His name is David Ryff, he is on a couple of fleet washing and pressure washing groups on facebook.
He uses it as a second step. He has 2 machines operating at all times. The first machine sprays his acid and rinses after the second step. The second machine foams on the NERTA before it is rinsed with the first machine.
I wanted to find a viable option of 1-stepping a truck in between 2-stepping to help save time. So I foamed the NERTA on and let it dwell to the point of almost drying (3 minutes or so as it was hot that evening) and then rinsed. It is a viable option but to make it profitable and time effective, I would have to buy a foaming downstream injector and a different lance. I didn’t want to put $600 in this set up at this time. I may buy more of the NERTA though come spring time as I really don’t see it working that great as a 1-step during the winter.
Yes its Belgium I wanted to get some and see if its as good as it appears. If so my chemist was going to reverse engineer it and see if we could tip toe around some import laws and make something similar. Would be for personal use mainly on toy haulers and race trailers but before I go through all the trouble I would love some input from anyone who’s here in the states.
