I’ve just got into this business and decided to try it out on my brick weave driveway and flagstone path. My driveway has oil stains and couldn’t get them off so I’ll have to turn them over but I made a newbie error and blasted my flagstone path pulling out lumps of cement in between. 🤦🏻♂️ This video has helped me a lot so every flagstone job I get I will now know what to do. 👍🏻
Probably can't flip them as they usually aren't chamfered on the bottom, you may be lucky. Oil rarely comes out. Sounds like you went too close to the mortar or used to narrow a nozzle.
@@DirtyDriveAway I’ll have to try and bleach the oil out as much as possible or have them replaced. Definitely went to close with the fan lance and didn’t have the nozzle open enough
Great job as always Phil, that looks very much like a sprayer I have, is it the Sherpa Delux battery powered one? A great little unit for laying down a mix when cleaning
I take a hybrid approach. I use a pre treat soft wash with a pleasant scent cover surfactant like cedar or cherry. I turn the machine down and surface clean if I can. Otherwise, I just use a stronger mix. I only mix to spec for each job with bleach stable soaps that prevent chlorine off gassing.
No I modify my pack to have removable hose and trigger. The sherpa in std form can't handle hypo so I fit a viton pump and chemical resistant trigger. It also means I can have longer lengths of hose.
@@Baztard1068 Ah oke, thanks mate. I'm probably buying a roller pump this week so will hold off for a while but seems good for weedkiller. Not sure about SH without a viton seal though.
Hi Phil Your hypo seems to foam up a lot on first contact compared to mine, is that just due to the stronger mix ratio or something to do with the nozzle on the sprayer? Cheers
Depends what surfactant you use. You tend to get more foam on a sprayer that's pumped like a 12v battery one. However I do get decent foam using my doser and I get mega foam with the xjet. A hand pump sprayer doesn't tend to foam too much as they aren't overly powerful or have high flow rate.
@@rsid5644 yeah you probably won't get a lot with one of those as they don't have huge pressure. When using strong doses I use a 12v sherpa deluxe sprayer. Very good and saves the back, get them from machine mart for about £100, get hours out of a full charge.
@@DirtyDriveAway yeah me too. I've had a few elderlies where I've felt sorry for them coz they have no one but then get home and say never again lol. Too tedious and back raking. Good work tho Phil. Sprayer looks canny. Which one is that one. I saw your other video where you reviewed a few. Can't remember if that was one of them
@@completeexteriorcleaningse750 I had an old Hudson which worked really well. This one's about £100 and the pumps are easy to change. New pumps are about £23 and to be honest even viton ones don't last more than about a year with strong hypo going through them. I only use this sprayer on strong mixes especially where heavy lichen needs shifting where I use neat hypo.
Doesn't affect them at the dose used in softwashing. Only really effects them at much stronger doses. Giving the grass and plants a good watering before applying cam help stop them absorbing any chemical.
@Izabela soft washing start at 3:1. Depending on how bad it is, you may need to up it. I prefer a light pressure wash first to remove surface dirt. Then a 3:1 chemical to lift the rest. The chemical is nasty stuff though, and pretty expensive now.
It's a chemical called sodium hypochlorite (swimming pool chlorine) it's also known as soft washing. It basically dissolves the dirt without the need for high pressure. It should only really be done when the pointing is past it's best to reduce further damage.
I’ve just got into this business and decided to try it out on my brick weave driveway and flagstone path.
My driveway has oil stains and couldn’t get them off so I’ll have to turn them over but I made a newbie error and blasted my flagstone path pulling out lumps of cement in between. 🤦🏻♂️
This video has helped me a lot so every flagstone job I get I will now know what to do. 👍🏻
Probably can't flip them as they usually aren't chamfered on the bottom, you may be lucky. Oil rarely comes out. Sounds like you went too close to the mortar or used to narrow a nozzle.
@@DirtyDriveAway I’ll have to try and bleach the oil out as much as possible or have them replaced.
Definitely went to close with the fan lance and didn’t have the nozzle open enough
@@ifiwas195 bleach won't work belive me been doing it long enough. Engine oil literally never comes out fully without ghosting.
@@DirtyDriveAway I’ll change them out 👍🏻
@@ifiwas195 best option as they are pence each.
Great job as always Phil, that looks very much like a sprayer I have, is it the Sherpa Delux battery powered one? A great little unit for laying down a mix when cleaning
I take a hybrid approach. I use a pre treat soft wash with a pleasant scent cover surfactant like cedar or cherry. I turn the machine down and surface clean if I can. Otherwise, I just use a stronger mix. I only mix to spec for each job with bleach stable soaps that prevent chlorine off gassing.
Should've scrubbed with a brush, also. Really helps.
What hose have you attached to the sherpa? Is that from the x jet? And what lance is that? Don't think it's lance that comes with the sherpa
No I modify my pack to have removable hose and trigger. The sherpa in std form can't handle hypo so I fit a viton pump and chemical resistant trigger. It also means I can have longer lengths of hose.
@@DirtyDriveAway where did you get the parts for that mate?
@@bathams agratech I think. Had them a while now.
Nice one, good choice with the softwashing on those bad joints. What softwash unit/dispenser was that?
I think its the Sherpa Delux Ollie, I have one too, it can be used as a back pack or on the trolley.
Baz is right, it's the sherpa deluxe. It's just a trolley sprayer. I only use it when I need a stronger mix as my doser only goes to 3:1 max.
@@Baztard1068 Ah oke, thanks mate. I'm probably buying a roller pump this week so will hold off for a while but seems good for weedkiller. Not sure about SH without a viton seal though.
@@DirtyDriveAway Ah okay thanks mate, what doser are you using if I may?
@@bucksjetwashing9776 I have a dosatron (clever injector) also have an xjet M5
New intro. Like it Phil.
1st to notice. Thanks.
have you ever tried Monty miracle what sodium hypochlorite do you use I've also used calcium chloride pool shock and I've got amazing results
I use 14/15 hypo. Monty is too expensive to use in the quantities I need.
Hello Phill, just qurious what happened to the Alta 1500 sprayer? Did it pack up or is it a back up sprayer now? Cheers M
Just wasn't powerful enough on long jobs, took forever to pressurise. To be honest I've not used the alta for few years now.
Hi Phil
Your hypo seems to foam up a lot on first contact compared to mine, is that just due to the stronger mix ratio or something to do with the nozzle on the sprayer? Cheers
Depends what surfactant you use. You tend to get more foam on a sprayer that's pumped like a 12v battery one. However I do get decent foam using my doser and I get mega foam with the xjet. A hand pump sprayer doesn't tend to foam too much as they aren't overly powerful or have high flow rate.
@@DirtyDriveAway Ah okay I'm using a hand pump sprayer so that may be why, thanks for the reply
@@rsid5644 yeah you probably won't get a lot with one of those as they don't have huge pressure. When using strong doses I use a 12v sherpa deluxe sprayer. Very good and saves the back, get them from machine mart for about £100, get hours out of a full charge.
Hi Phil. Do you do any of the re-mortaring work for your customers?
I used to do the odd one but stopped that service.
Thanks Darren
I can sometime do the odd small bit but typically it's not something I do a lot of.
@@DirtyDriveAway yeah me too. I've had a few elderlies where I've felt sorry for them coz they have no one but then get home and say never again lol. Too tedious and back raking.
Good work tho Phil. Sprayer looks canny. Which one is that one. I saw your other video where you reviewed a few. Can't remember if that was one of them
@@darrenbrown1256 it's a sherpa deluxe 12v trolley/backpack sprayer.
Great job Phil what's that back pack sprayer you used buddy
Sherpa deluxe. My old yellow one packed up. I only use it on stronger doses as my dosing unit maxes out at 3:1.
@@DirtyDriveAway any reason why you use that one Phil as the big boy and gardiner seem to be the popular choice
@@completeexteriorcleaningse750 I had an old Hudson which worked really well. This one's about £100 and the pumps are easy to change. New pumps are about £23 and to be honest even viton ones don't last more than about a year with strong hypo going through them. I only use this sprayer on strong mixes especially where heavy lichen needs shifting where I use neat hypo.
@@DirtyDriveAway good stuff thanks Phil that's very helpful
What ratio are you using bro?
50:50 I think on this.
wouldn't you get a better clean if you brushed down the paving after spraying the chemicals, just before rinsing it off?
No not really, the chem will do all the hard work.
How about lawn and plants next to patio?
Doesn't affect them at the dose used in softwashing. Only really effects them at much stronger doses. Giving the grass and plants a good watering before applying cam help stop them absorbing any chemical.
@@DirtyDriveAway Thank You for advice 👍🏻 What’s best dose?
@Izabela soft washing start at 3:1. Depending on how bad it is, you may need to up it. I prefer a light pressure wash first to remove surface dirt. Then a 3:1 chemical to lift the rest. The chemical is nasty stuff though, and pretty expensive now.
@@DirtyDriveAway Thank You so much ⭐️
If he said what he used I missed but I did hear the ghastly music.
It's sodium hypochlorite
Sorry but I don’t have a clue of what you have done, what you have put on the stone.
It's a chemical called sodium hypochlorite (swimming pool chlorine) it's also known as soft washing. It basically dissolves the dirt without the need for high pressure. It should only really be done when the pointing is past it's best to reduce further damage.
Too much chat
People love the chat, use the mute button
He talked for 5 minutes, grandma. Calm down