Clean It Up
UK General Cleaning Forum => General Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Mike Halliday on February 24, 2016, 12:18:30 pm
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The green you get on outside areas, we had a discussion about a few months ago but Can't find the topic.
I have a client who wants a residual chemical applying to thier patio to keep it green free through the summer months, anyone got any suggestion? One was mentioned by a supplier but some said it was a weaker dilution than others that are avalaible
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Hypo the poope out of it is the quickest and cheapest option.
Unless you want to wait ages for results and put on a silly white coat that is ;D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4ibFq1aup8
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Hypo was what I used in October, they called yesturday moaning it was green again and considering what they paid me it should have stayed cleaner longer ::)roll ::)roll
I told them I would treat it again but to be truthful I've thought about it and think they are being unreasonable, I cleaned their patio and it looked brilliant, the fact that it has turned green over winter is due to the environmental conditions not that I didn't do my job right..... the amount I charged is irrelevant
It's a bit like them complaining to a car wash a month later that their car has got dirty again.
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Mike, can I ask what strength of hypo did you put down as I tend to use 1-1 ration @14-15% so about 7%
I've done jobs a year ago and still looks good to this day which has supprised me. Even customers have commented how well the flags look still.
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I put it down at 4-1 give it 20 minutes then go around with a bucket of neat and brush any areas not looking great.
Hypo does not have a residual effect it cleans then 'dies' I think a quat solution Leaves a residual killing effect to inhibit future growth
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You can’t bet mother nature no matter what you put down.
Maybe try algoclear pro that’s if the customer is willing to pay for maintenance treatments without instant results.
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Mike what was the patio surface ? Indian sandstone ? What you have failed at is qualifying the customer as to what they should expect and the perfect business model you have - you clean it, they pay you, it gets dirty, you clean it, they pay you, it gets dirty and so on. Nothing really has a longstanding residual if the surface is in the wrong enviromental conditions. Sealing would help but again if its in the wrong place will still go green. I had a customer say he could not understand why his perfect patio went green so quick - on closer inspection I found he laid it on DPM rather than teram ;D
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What about hypo so you get the instant results then putting algoclear pro down, providing they are willing to pay of course
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Went back this morning ( at 7:30) they were taking the Micky really it was slightly green but nothing more than I would expect after the winter months, applied them more hypo but told them I would email them information on further treatment that may be required to give a more long term solution.
I will,send them a link to algoclear and recommend theypay me to apply this
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Sorted ;D