What would you guys charge?

I contacted a brand new apartment complex and left a message about what I offered and to my surprise I got a call and voicemail from the manager saying that they were very interested and they would like an estimate as soon as I could get them one. I went and took pictures tonight before dark and from what I can tell I only need to do the bottom 5 feet of each building and the sidewalks, and the retaining wall.
But I have no idea how to price something like this so where would you guys be?

There are 4 apartment buildings, one office/club room, one play ground, one dumpster location, and lots of sidewalks. The sidewalks completely surround every building. Any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated!!

Thanks guys!

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A lot. Lol that’s so much F9. On flatwork using a roller is the most consistent on that much, but if you do just the flatwork with rust on it it’ll be brighter than the rest so you pretty much have to do all of it.

Good news is on the flatwork you won’t have to rinse. Roll it on and go home. You’ll have to fill the pump sprayer quite a bit for the walls. Rinse those. Long day with a pump up, paint roller, and lots of walking in circles.

I’ve never seen that much Rust before.

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its not rust… its from the mulch

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If you try to mix up that much oxalic on site you’ll spend a 1/4 if your day mixing. It’s better if it’s mixed the night before anyway.

I wouldn’t even consider oxalic here. F9 is worth the cost if they’ll pay for it.

mulch powder like that is no fun either though. Will require pressure.

a 2% solution may be strong enough to not require pressure

@squidskc its not rust…its staining from the color additive in the mulch

On every concrete surface? Including areas not even near mulch beds?

I’d run two test spots. If that’s dye, I doubt SH or oxalic will touch it.

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I guess he will find out… I see mulch in every picture. If thats a brand new building and that much rust then someone should be getting sued lol The sprinkler installing company

i’ve ran into mulch dye before… a weak roof mix took care of it between 2-3%

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Go do some tests and fins what chems will clean it and how much you need before putting in the bid. It might be dye or it might be rust or something completely different. You really don’t know til you know

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Test spots for sure. In 3 years, I’ve washed a lot of weird stuff, but never even seen a mulch dye stain. But If it’s mulch dye I’ll have a couple large pizzas delivered to @Patriotspwashing next weekend. :slight_smile:

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It’s a newly built complex, I’m down south and it’s actually all red clay stains. They are still a pain lol
How much do you guys charge for that much flat work? By the lineal foot? Square footage? And how should I charge for only doing the bottom 5 feet of every building as they have red clay stains as well

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Rust. :slight_smile:

I charge by the hour or by the day per machine running which I know isn’t typical so I don’t know I’d be much help there. I’d probably measure it off to find out how much chemical is needed and add in my daily rate for two days to plan for anything weird.

http://www.envirosafemfg.com/Red-Clay-Stain-Remover_p_16.html

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Damnt @squidskc I wanted pizza. Damn red clay

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I’ll leave the line item in the budget for April. Lol

Lol you guys always have me cracking up :joy:
I am doing bank tomorrow morning and then I will be going back by to measure out how much lineal of sidewalks there is. I’m thinking it will take me atleast two days to get everything with one person helping me

I assumed rust. Usually when I clean mud off of stucco theres rust behind it. I learned that the hard way. Now I always do multiple test spots before putting in a bid.

I used two gallons of the stuff I linked above to remove the rust ring around a large unpainted stucco house. Similar to concrete. Clay has some other junk in the funk that needs more than oxalic and the envirosafe seemed to have it.

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