Colorado Pressure Washing News & Notes
Keep up to date with news about our company, the pressure washing industry, and some of our latest jobs.
Early Morning Car Washing At Jefferson County Fairgrounds
Every year we do a special car washing at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds. While the fairgrounds is best known for rodeos and 4H style events, its also a great place for a car sale. Stevinson Automotive has their annual Wild West Sale at the fairgrounds. They move...
Graffiti Removal From A New Development Sign
We went to do a graffiti removal job on a sign for a new development. They didn't even get the building built before someone tagged the sign out front! Let's hope this isn't a sign of what's to come at this location. If you think about it, anyone driving by a new...
Pressure Washing With Water Recovery – School Parking Lot
We recently did a large job - pressure washing with water recovery - at Hinkley High School in Aurora. Our client, Superior Roofing, does a lot of large commercial buildings. They had just put a new roof on the school building and there were some spots from the...
Car Washing For Auto Dealers – And Why We’re More Expensive
We got a call about car washing for an auto dealer who had used our services before. They switched to a cheaper company a few weeks ago - and quickly found out they got what they were paying for. There are some things the little guys just can't do. And this isn't a...
Pressure Washer Torn From The Back Of The Truck
One of our pressure washers got yanked out of the truck recently. Our crew was using the pressure washer to wash cars at one of our auto dealer clients and they had the hose stretched along a line of cars. The crew member doing the spraying pulled on the hose to...
This Grease Spill Was No Accident
We got a call to clean a grease spill at a shopping center. The property manager for this shopping center got a letter from the city about a grease spill around a storm drain. When one of our managers got there to see what we would need to clean it up, it was clear...
Careless Construction Cleanup Company Ruined The New Windows
We got a call from a small construction company for post construction clean up on a new brick building. Unfortunately, we couldn't help them with this project - the damage had already been done. The construction cleanup company that cleaned the brick after it was laid...
Graffiti Removal On Old Brick
One of our property management clients called us for graffiti removal on a building made of old brick. Graffiti Removal On Old Brick 1 The age of the brick is important to know because older brick is much softer than newer brick. And if you use too much pressure, you...
Graffiti Removal At Clements Park
We recently did a graffiti removal job at Clements Park for the Foothills Park and Recreational District. Their maintenance crew tried the graffiti removal themselves but weren't happy with the results they were getting. It wasn't the kind of tag they normally see on...
Safety In The Pressure Washing Workplace
We've written a few articles recently about safety for pressure washing companies. There have been some injuries and deaths that better safety procedures could have prevented. You could say the same thing for most industries. It just strikes home more when you've been...
Driveway Pressure Washing After Stain Removal Didn’t Work
One homeowner needed driveway pressure washing after they tried to clean it themselves - and it didn't look like they wanted. They tried to remove some rust-looking stains and the driveway looked worse than before they touched it. One of the most common stains on...
Trash Chute Pressure Washing – Don’t Try This Yourself!
Trash chute pressure washing takes special procedures and equipment. After a few years of dropping bags of food, kitty litter, diapers and whatever down the trash chute, they can get pretty smelly. No matter how they're designed, some of the sticky trash...
New Water Recovery Equipment To Keep Up With Demand
Water recovery is becoming a more important part of the pressure washing business. And its becoming more important for other businesses, too. We've been talking to a large company with a few thousand trucks they would like to get cleaned on a regular basis. And they...
Graffiti Removal Is Not Just A Local Problem
7 things graffiti artists don't want you to know - is the title of a recent article in the Canadian Real Estate Wealth magazine. It's not surprising that the article appeared there. It's been proven that graffiti reduces property values that eventually translate into...
Special Trailer Washing Service For FedEx Freight
FedEx Freight called us for special trailer washing service in addition to the regular service we provide. Once per year they try to get a trailer wash on all the thousands of units they have running around the country. Our regular truck and trailer washing...
