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Power Washing the Exterior

Bob watches painter Kip Wanamaker power wash the exterior of the house in Naples, Florida.
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Power Washing the Exterior

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" Essentially. You're doing a one staff job here to get rid of all the things on the house right. Close to one step two -- really well put a little chlorine in the water to kill them all the mildew chlorine to -- kill mold and mildew so that in what you're doing right now that was earlier this morning -- also there's a first -- that you do yes yes and that's his. Gets rid of the surface -- right OK and now the the the washing -- you're doing it really removing everything right down those beautiful old Florida would which I think it's fibrous. Not a 100% sure but what kind of looks like Cyprus especially when you look at the green -- here. But very much like that would end on look at that some of the screen appeared -- and I'm seeing probably the original color that the builder first put on -- it's kind of like -- hand right this -- hand we have here is. One of probably 45 -- very very. Now this is probably oil based probably had -- and it right. Years ago so you do have tarps down everywhere yes well along the perimeter right and we clean it up when we get done as well. It how much pressure is gone out of this guy this one here as 3000 pounds of pressure at four gallons a minute well let's take a look yeah that."

" We're. All that good. That's that -- the -- early bird yeah. It's just a different type of nozzle. It's a zero degree. Nozzle so it's really going to concentrate -- like a jet spray on there yes this one here has 25 degrees of angle this as zero degrees of angle but goes and they. 360 degree pattern not a the paint on this side of the house is. -- there but in other places it's not quite as -- and you've already washed that a little bit right and now witnesses super duper w.'s gonna get it all right down to bare."

" Simple as that Bob let me try OK. Very strict just. Thanks for."

" It's a lot easier than sand blasting a -- yes -- nailers -- it yeah exactly and you're not really he's going to get. And you're not really creating any big problems -- you're not leaving all that -- had an Albany resident. Just add water to city water and -- him what about the cost with the cost to do a house like this anywhere from 450 to 600 dollars depends on any time hours spends. -- Book and they can you paint it just after -- or two -- one day you put a coat of primer on this and then you come back in which sentence. Welcome back to working such okay all right thank if can't you almost done. It's just a little bit left over there and a little bit left over there right right this here and -- them that looks terrific now how long will we have to wait before we can get started sanding the the -- maybe even putting down some primer. And it's what is this what is here minimum would be 24 hours maximum would be 48 maybe three days yeah -- better up front waiting two or three days and what kind of primer do you recommend we use. Because of this having -- latex paint on here for the last thirty or forty years I would use water -- primaries that would stay away from -- probably think that's been."

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