Hey Mike I use a 2.0 gpm pump that I picked up at Tractor Supply for $55 to mix and agitate while spraying. I use a 1/2"pvc tee that's capped on both ends and drilled 3/32" holes, 3 on each cap at various angles and it works like a charm for agitating the mix while spraying. Before I used the pump for agitating I never had a problem except for the occasional white spot when my pickup tube would suck up what settled at the bottom. I mix onsite and use the time it takes for mixing to prep the house for spraying and take the home owner on a walkdown of the property before I start. Be safe.

Lee,

CH benefits are...

1. Carrying capacity.

DOT limits carrying of SH to 119 gallons or less without a CDL with Haz Mat. This is for all liquids on the hazardous substances table. CH is a powder and is also on the hazardous substances table but as a solid, dry, or non-liquid. The carrying capacity without a CDL and Haz Mat is 840 pounds. On a heavy day of cleaning huge apartment buildings you wouldn't use more than 100 pounds of CH in a LONG day.

2. Availability.

The average home office'd softwasher can easily store a pallet of 16 100 pound CH kegs in their garage and not need to run for bleach every day or two like you do with SH. CH can also be delivered on a pallet to large jobs and need no special consideration for storage etc.

3. Longevity.

CH can be packaged in 100 lb containers that seal tightly and can be shelved for up to a year without loosing strength.

4. Plants.

SH (sodium) is the active ingredient in Round-Up and is a poison to plants. CH (calcium) is the active ingredient in many plant fortifiers like bone meal and is actually a plant nutrient. Using CH in even partial softwashing mixes (augmenting) replacing some of your SH can dramatically drop plant damages. Using CH all together almost eliminates plant damages, especially when Plant Wash is used to reestablish the aerobic bacteria in the soil around the plants.

There are more reasons but these are the top 4.

Hope this helps.

AC

Seems like some good reasons! I get a pretty good deal on the sh and it gets delivered to the shop which is a commercial location so I can just get 500 gallons at a time.. But it is trucked from about 3 hours away(not sure how they afford that)... But how we work is, a 100 gallon tank with only 30 gallons of sh in it, then a reserve tank with 15 gallons of sh.. so that we can use up the 100 gallon tank then pump in 15 more gallons and get another 50 of roof mix or alot more house mix.. but sounds ch sounds like it may be the thing to do in the future as environmental agencies are getting stricter with SH

AC Lockyer wrote:

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Lee,

CH benefits are...

1. Carrying capacity.

DOT limits carrying of SH to 119 gallons or less without a CDL with Haz Mat. This is for all liquids on the hazardous substances table. CH is a powder and is also on the hazardous substances table but as a solid, dry, or non-liquid. The carrying capacity without a CDL and Haz Mat is 840 pounds. On a heavy day of cleaning huge apartment buildings you wouldn't use more than 100 pounds of CH in a LONG day.

2. Availability.

The average home office'd softwasher can easily store a pallet of 16 100 pound CH kegs in their garage and not need to run for bleach every day or two like you do with SH. CH can also be delivered on a pallet to large jobs and need no special consideration for storage etc.

3. Longevity.

CH can be packaged in 100 lb containers that seal tightly and can be shelved for up to a year without loosing strength.

4. Plants.

SH (sodium) is the active ingredient in Round-Up and is a poison to plants. CH (calcium) is the active ingredient in many plant fortifiers like bone meal and is actually a plant nutrient. Using CH in even partial softwashing mixes (augmenting) replacing some of your SH can dramatically drop plant damages. Using CH all together almost eliminates plant damages, especially when Plant Wash is used to reestablish the aerobic bacteria in the soil around the plants.

There are more reasons but these are the top 4.

Hope this helps.

AC

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Mike Wedge wrote:

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Thanks for al the great answers. Like AC said, mostly for plant protection, accessibility and costs. The higher end homes in Hawaii are extremely landscaped out along the overhangs and People in Hawaii don't tend to have gutters. I have not burned up any plants with the SH and have had great results, but it sure does stress me out on every single job and it cost me a lot of time as well as I tend to practically drowned the landscape. SH is also 3x as expensive and I a pain in the but when your using your garage as a shop. I cant really grab a 300 gallon tote so i have to get it 15gals at a time and its an hour away. Just looking to make the game a little easier plus it so easy to sell the jobs when you eliminate that threat. People are fine with the haze when I tell them that it is a possibility and that the rain will wash it away overtime.

Thanks for the tip AC on the residual granules when blending. Did my first mix today and couldn't get the CH to totally mix out when running it through the painters sock.

Roof came out exactly as if it was SH. I didn't even have the haze effect. 

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 Good to hear Mike!

AC

Vinegar and Water GREAT TIP! I wonder if we could use one of those indoor water fed poles that uses a bulb pump to load up with the vinegar and a pad on the end of the pole to clean off hard to reach windows? See link.

AC

www.jracenstein.com/item/150-281/cleano-indoor-waterfed-pole-10ft/default.asp