325 sq ft strip and wax. Is 500 good, too high, or too low?

[daniel@procarpet]

This is a residential broken brick floor that is level. It already has finish on it, but it needs a good cleaning.

Nothing to be moved.

There is one small area of wood that I was going to clean or just throw it in for 500.

I don't strip and wax much.

Is this decent, or am I way off.

 

[steve frasier]

Re: 325 sq ft strip and wax. Is 500 good, too high, or too

$150 min. should cover it

if I could only get that type of price

 

[floorguy]

Re: 325 sq ft strip and wax. Is 500 good, too high, or too

should be good....

what is a "broken brick" floor anyway???

is it all chipped??? you say its level but does it have "other" issues

 

[Ron Lippold]

Re: 325 sq ft strip and wax. Is 500 good, too high, or too

if you use a quality finish and put down 5-7 coats you will be there better than half the day, better charge 750-1200, its not so easy to get finish off brick just so you know.

 

[daniel@procarpet]

Re: 325 sq ft strip and wax. Is 500 good, too high, or too

I guess it is better to be too high than too low.

The guy finally called to book.

I will take some pics. This should be a fun little project.

I like to strip and wax every now and then.

 

[joe harper]

Re: 325 sq ft strip and wax. Is 500 good, too high, or too

I guess it is better to be too high than too low.

The guy finally called to book.

I will take some pics. This should be a fun little project.

I like to strip and wax every now and then.

"I would be a GOOD :idea: ....to listen to Ron."

And that is with a CARBIDE brush......"YES"..Enjoy your little FUN project... :roll:

 

[juniorc82]

Re: 325 sq ft strip and wax. Is 500 good, too high, or too

ya dude I just read in article in cleanfax a month ago about stripping finish off brick. I would definately inform your customers that it may not come out perfect. You dont know what people have slapped on that floor and how easy or should I say how difficult it will be to stripp. This definatley has the potential to be a pain in your azz. I think ron hit it on the head. Maybe go at least six hundred . that would buy you a whole day work on it and maybe a trip back to touch up if need be.

 

[daniel@procarpet]

Re: 325 sq ft strip and wax. Is 500 good, too high, or too

I guess it is better to be too high than too low.

The guy finally called to book.

I will take some pics. This should be a fun little project.

I like to strip and wax every now and then.

"I would be a GOOD :idea: ....to listen to Ron."

And that is with a CARBIDE brush......"YES"..Enjoy your little FUN project... :roll:

It's not that kind of floor. If it was I would charge higher for sure. It is smooth and level. It is basically a concrete floor with chunks of brick. This should be fun.

 

[Shane Deubell]

Re: 325 sq ft strip and wax. Is 500 good, too high, or too

Right on provided you know the job

This can go well or very badly

 

[dgargan]

Re: 325 sq ft strip and wax. Is 500 good, too high, or too

Run and run fast!

 

[Ron Lippold]

Re: 325 sq ft strip and wax. Is 500 good, too high, or too

easy there grasshopper, make sure you have all your toools before you get started, if you dont know whats on the floor have a cou[ple of different strippers on hand.... Good luck...

 

[XTREME1]

Re: 325 sq ft strip and wax. Is 500 good, too high, or too

I would have walked at inspection. You better get your scraper ready when you comeback after the light hits it the wrong way....

Only strip and wax what was meant to have a finish

 

[MicahR]

Re: 325 sq ft strip and wax. Is 500 good, too high, or too

It is basically a concrete floor with chunks of brick

Are you talking about Terazzo?

 

[daniel@procarpet]

Re: 325 sq ft strip and wax. Is 500 good, too high, or too

Broken tile floor. I applied pro strip 1:4, gave it 20 minutes to dwell, and scrubbed with black pad. I think a concrete brush would have done better. Everything seemed to be going fine. Then I rinsed at 1000 psi and noticed I was in trouble. There was a lot of wax that was not coming off. So I turned pressure up to 1500 which was better but still not good. Finally I turned the pressure up to 2800 and that peeled the wax right off. I had to change filters three times. Two coats sealer and 4 coats finish.

The Everest saved my ass! Just want to say that anyone that buys a tm that is not high pressure or dual wand is INSANE!

 

[CleaningLA]

Looks great.

 

[floorguy]

Re: 325 sq ft strip and wax. Is 500 good, too high, or too

not to shabby...

BUT

using a $25,000 wet vac????

why not clean it up and reapply the stripper??? There are jobs even with my equipment, you just have to do it 2 or 3 times


like i said...looks good....but while you stopped the "chunks" the liquid/slurry is what could screw it up

 

[ACE]

Re: 325 sq ft strip and wax. Is 500 good, too high, or too

So, was $500.00 good money for you?

2800 PSI blowme

I’m with Doug. I don’t care to use the truckmount for this type of work, it just happens to be the biggest thing in my artillery . That job as not even close to worst case scenario. Removing dozens of coats of old finish from an uneven surface can be a bitch. I think the golden ticket would be a weighted CRB with really aggressive brushes.


Looks Great 8) !

 

[Ron Lippold]

Re: 325 sq ft strip and wax. Is 500 good, too high, or too

nice job dan, how much time did you have on the job

 

[daniel@procarpet]

Re: 325 sq ft strip and wax. Is 500 good, too high, or too

4 hours.

This was a college student so 500 is good to me.

 

[Shane Deubell]

Re: 325 sq ft strip and wax. Is 500 good, too high, or too

Buy a shop vac for $100 to pick up the slurry in the future. Use truckmount as a final rinse only


$500 job is not worth messing with a $25k investment
Wax jobs are just too sloppy and unpredictable