Thanks guys, I appreciate it. I have to say that I am really impressed as I read about what you are doing with the uamcc. I had not heard of it prior to arriving here at the forum. Its like you took a who's who in your industry and put together an all star team.
In my intro here I didnt give much background info...in a nutshell, I met Ken last winter on another forum and spent several months researching and learning about proper washing products and processes. Prior to that, we had no concept, and avoided washing out of fear of the unknown. Through reading every post I could get my hands on that Ken and other pros wrote, and picking Kens brain by phone, email and pm's, I was able to put together a pretty respectable washing program last spring right out of the gate with upgraded equipment, chems and knowledge. Washing went from a stressful experience to now one of the most fun and rewarding things we do. It was so easy to integrate that value into our exterior painting program with confidence for the first time. We washed by far more houses, decks and porches than in all previous years combined...learning all the way, tweaking things here and there. One particular niche in our area is homes and decks with Sikkens coatings in varying stages of failure. I used to pass on not only the washing but also the wood finishing on these homes. Ken recommended Powersolve DSI from a source that he highly recommended (not sure if I can mention names here, but I'm sure you all know who) and we have become quite competent and the only ones in our market resolving the Sikkens strip problems properly.
As Terry mentioned in another thread here, its amazing what networking with other businesses can do to make us all stronger. I have been on the fortunate end of many such exchanges, and look forward to the opportunity to reciprocate. Please don't hesitate to call on me for info in wood finishing areas that are strengths.
We gathered lots of photo footage of before and afters of our washing/exterior wood restoration work this year and are looking forward to building on the program in the spring, to take it to the next level. By the way, are companies like ours, which offers cleaning as part of our exterior paint program, allowed to be considered for membership?