Ron Winnie
New member
I guess that's the extent of what i am. I just purchased a eagle series 5GPM 2500 PSI cold water pressure washer which I have used only once; And this is my story. So i got a customer whom i do many different odd jobs for including lawn care services who wanted me to power wash his 15 year old red stained deck. I did not downstream with any chemicals and just used a medium tip (maybe 15 degree?) to try to peel it off with. The stain was not the only issue it was the mold and gunk that it had on it as well but it ended up taking me 4-5 hours. This deck is extremely moderate size (i cant rememeber SF) and had i done it correctly i think it would have taken a lot less time. I was about 5-8" away from the surface trying to get this stuff and not splinter it. It came out spotted everywhere. I did not apply anything to it before hand. I am hearing the i should have applied stain stripper with paintbrushes/rollers before hand? Should i have been using downstreaming chemicals to get this up? How much time should a 2000 SF deck take to power wash on average? I am completely new and am trying to get an education in this type of work as many of my lawn/snowplowing customers are asking me to power wash their house/walkways/decks. How much is insurance btw? Thanks, Ron.