# Random questions **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [October 20, 2025, 12:32pm UTC](https://pressurewashingresource.com/community/t/random-questions/40554 "2025-10-20T12:32:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HydroHarv](https://pressurewashingresource.com/community/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/90db22/32.png) [@HydroHarv](https://pressurewashingresource.com/community/u/HydroHarv)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 12:32pm UTC](https://pressurewashingresource.com/community/t/random-questions/40554/1 "2025-10-20T12:32:33Z")
I figured asking advice all in one post would be easier than making individual post on each one. The hi/lo trombone valves seem to only be able to be put on a lance end. Can I not put a quick connect end on so I can change different length lances? I have some tight spots to get in and some not.! oxalic done absolutely nothing on wood deck for me. SH always works. Except turns the wood white. Didn’t want to high pressure the wood. Any other way to let chems do the work and not have to spend so much time with high pressure on every square inch and picket on a deck fence? What’s y’all’s best for oil/diesel stains on concrete? I’m using hot water, caustic beads, and some dawn. I’ve tried all types of degreasers. Just want to see what works best. I have a pressure pro burner and when it’s running for a little bit there’s a little smoke coming from around the base of the stainless where it goes to the base of the frame, and some smoke coming out of the inlet pipe surround inside where the insulation material is.. is that normal? ---
**Author:** ![Dirtyboy](https://pressurewashingresource.com/community/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/919ad9/32.png) [@Dirtyboy](https://pressurewashingresource.com/community/u/Dirtyboy)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 1:20pm UTC](https://pressurewashingresource.com/community/t/random-questions/40554/2 "2025-10-20T13:20:16Z")
> [@HydroHarv](#): > > oxalic done absolutely nothing on wood deck for me. SH always works. wow. Are you a facebook group guy? Oxalic doesn’t clean wood, it is a neutralizing agent after using a cleaner or a stripper. You need to read a lot more, apparently your doing jobs and you don’t know what your doing. ---
**Author:** ![HydroHarv](https://pressurewashingresource.com/community/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/90db22/32.png) [@HydroHarv](https://pressurewashingresource.com/community/u/HydroHarv)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 1:53pm UTC](https://pressurewashingresource.com/community/t/random-questions/40554/3 "2025-10-20T13:53:42Z")
Maybe I’m confused… is this not a forum where people ask questions and get helpful advice and knowledge? And your right.. I don’t know what I’m doing… that is why I’m asking what to use.. 🧐 ---
**Author:** ![Machit](https://pressurewashingresource.com/community/user_avatar/pressurewashingresource.com/machit/32/25752_2.png) [@Machit](https://pressurewashingresource.com/community/u/Machit)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 4:28pm UTC](https://pressurewashingresource.com/community/t/random-questions/40554/4 "2025-10-20T16:28:14Z")
I won’t speak for DirtyBoy but 2 of the 4 questions you asked are extensively covered in other posts. If you’re new to the business or new to the forum maybe spend some keyboard time using the search feature. Some of us are more active in this business and on this site than others but we all appreciate self reliance and hard work. Do some research, if you can’t find something in the history post it, probably someone else is looking for the same information. ---
**Author:** ![Dirtyboy](https://pressurewashingresource.com/community/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/919ad9/32.png) [@Dirtyboy](https://pressurewashingresource.com/community/u/Dirtyboy)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2025, 1:36pm UTC](https://pressurewashingresource.com/community/t/random-questions/40554/5 "2025-10-21T13:36:04Z")
General info on this site about wood. It can be very specific at times. > [@Deck Cleaning 101](https://pressurewashingresource.com/community/t/deck-cleaning-101/21527): > > Purpose of This Post: The purpose of this post is intended as an instructional piece that can be a source for those with questions on deck cleaning now and in the future. I am sure there are some on here that have comparable projects that the results exceed my humble efforts. I would like to invite other experienced wood cleaning contractors to add to this post with pictures of their projects. I would encourage you however to utilize the same format so that a new contractor will have a complete… If you want to know about log homes or half log homes: > **[Home](https://www.permachink.com/?srsltid=AfmBOorkhSx3AWXKjb4I1UrHYYphuXLj8rAUHoEPWLiHyV-VRUfZ2VLW)** > > Log home products and supplies If you want a training session you can go to this guy’s training (many people in the industry have attended one of his courses) > **[Wizard Of Wood](https://www.wizardofwood.net/)** > > Learn the art of wood restoration from Everett Abrams the "Wizard Of Wood" If you want training and information on stains then go to these trainings/seminars > **[Staining University](https://stainandsealsupply.com/pages/staining-university?srsltid=AfmBOopAHdOubBALKGIM0XUGOFsf2AgQc9LKh_-A8t9EOZwfVVouNIAM)** > > Staining University > **[Classes and Training - Wood Defender](https://wooddefender.com/outdoor-business-opportunities/training/)** > > The Wood Defender staff has helped established fence companies and entrepreneurs nationwide deliver a service engineered for high-profit potential at a low startup cost. and last but not least you can always read everything from the federal labs about wood, the leader in the industry and everyone steals their info. Your welcome, have a great day. If you don’t have insurance and are doing decks without it, well, I would advise you to get some. You can really bugger up a deck. Doing decks isn’t fast unless your a hack or have many people on site. ---
**Author:** ![Hotshot](https://pressurewashingresource.com/community/user_avatar/pressurewashingresource.com/hotshot/32/35093_2.png) [@Hotshot](https://pressurewashingresource.com/community/u/Hotshot)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2025, 3:46pm UTC](https://pressurewashingresource.com/community/t/random-questions/40554/6 "2025-10-21T15:46:41Z")
As for your burner on your pressure pro , how many hours on the machine? We have 5 of them and we install a rebuild kit and a new fuel nozzle in them every year before winter because that’s when we begin to use them alot for fleet washing. The rebuild kit comes with new electrodes, a drive shaft from fan to fuel pump and a guage to set electrodes. Search YouTube for videos. We order ours through North Georgia airless ,ask for Johnathan, hes a technician with a wealth of knowledge. Have your model # ready plus your gpm. Don’t forget the fuel nozzle and replace your burners fuel filter. ---
**Author:** ![PWinfo](https://pressurewashingresource.com/community/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/e19b73/32.png) [@PWinfo](https://pressurewashingresource.com/community/u/PWinfo)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2025, 5:50pm UTC](https://pressurewashingresource.com/community/t/random-questions/40554/7 "2025-10-23T17:50:47Z")
People get annoyed because with so much info out there / already covered it comes off as someone doesn’t want to take the time to search and read a lot but wants others to retype and post what’s already out there for them. ---
**Author:** ![HydroHarv](https://pressurewashingresource.com/community/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/90db22/32.png) [@HydroHarv](https://pressurewashingresource.com/community/u/HydroHarv)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2025, 6:05pm UTC](https://pressurewashingresource.com/community/t/random-questions/40554/8 "2025-10-23T18:05:28Z")
I really appreciate this! Wasn’t sure about all that. I don’t use it very often but it’s been having a little smoke come out of the cracks ever since I got it ( thinking it was burning off the new) it’s not much just a little seepage from the cracks and around the outlet side pipe area. I’ve had the burner for right at a year. Maybe 100 hours on it. Also haven’t found any info on if i can or need to run any fuel treatment in the diesel to keep burning clean ---
**Author:** ![Hotshot](https://pressurewashingresource.com/community/user_avatar/pressurewashingresource.com/hotshot/32/35093_2.png) [@Hotshot](https://pressurewashingresource.com/community/u/Hotshot)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2025, 10:16pm UTC](https://pressurewashingresource.com/community/t/random-questions/40554/9 "2025-10-23T22:16:07Z")
Red devil fuel conditioner helps alot. Especially if you don’t use it much. ---
**Author:** ![Kentucky1234](https://pressurewashingresource.com/community/user_avatar/pressurewashingresource.com/kentucky1234/32/27243_2.png) [@Kentucky1234](https://pressurewashingresource.com/community/u/Kentucky1234)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2025, 1:59am UTC](https://pressurewashingresource.com/community/t/random-questions/40554/10 "2025-10-24T01:59:12Z")
I second Red Devil!