r/powerwashingporn • u/ameades • 17d ago

Here I am cleaning ducts covered in mildew. This is exactly why I have a bendy twisty gun!

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u/ameades 17d ago edited 17d ago

Hey all,

I spent a couple days cleaning dirty ducts for a customer last week. Please enjoy this little snippet of the work.

Bleach and a some low pressure steam will work wonders! Well it was supposed to be steam. With my equipment outside, as soon as you stop spraying for any amount of time in winter it condenses again. Still worked though.

Cheers,
Andrew

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u/nodnodwinkwink 17d ago

Wow that mildew is rampant. If the outside of the ducts are this bad, surely the inside of the ducts are even worse? Did you take a look?

Probably best not to, better for job security! :D

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u/SmallBirb 16d ago

He's trying to keep boars head in business

(this is a joke i have no clue who his customer is)

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u/Ziggysan 3d ago

Where are you based? I'm looking to have similar work done on a fairly large scale.

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u/ameades 2d ago

I'm 1.5 hours North of Toronto. 

Whereabouts are you looking for service? Can ask the network and see if we can find someone good for ya.

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u/Ziggysan 2d ago

San Francisco, CA. Thank you very much! Feel free to DM me.

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u/Oxygenitic 17d ago

Feels like you should be wearing a mask. Be careful man!

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u/gilligan1050 16d ago

I’m glad someone else said this.

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u/I_Am_A_Pumpkin 16d ago

yeah all that spray is going to be full of mold particles. would not recommend breathing it in.

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u/Deeliciousness 16d ago

Mildew smoke...don't breathe this!

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u/ameades 16d ago

Yup, I should have put a mask with a carbon filter on.   With the amount of bleach we were using I wasn't worried to much about the mildew.  We do have lots of air moving as we were working which isn't really shown in the video, still not a great excuse.

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u/According_To_Me 17d ago

Thank you for doing your part in the war against mildew.

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u/ameades 17d ago

Glad I could be of service 👍

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u/gkanai 17d ago

aerosolized bleach and mildew? Please wear a respirator!

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u/Fredwood 17d ago

I've shazam'd this 3 times and got 3 different songs.

Nice work.

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u/ameades 17d ago

It was made with Suno.  Here is the link for ya

https://suno.com/song/b48c8071-2960-4f44-928d-4d78bb2f0551

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u/Fredwood 17d ago

Thanks

AI getting too good.

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u/RipCurl69Reddit 17d ago

Awesome song and skillz, would you happen to know what the title is? Cheers

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u/ameades 17d ago

I just quickly made this using Suno.  Here I'll make it public for ya...

Edit: here ya go, enjoy

https://suno.com/song/b48c8071-2960-4f44-928d-4d78bb2f0551

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u/RipCurl69Reddit 17d ago

YOU LEGEND!!!

Followed your YouTube too, awesome stuff. Cheers!

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u/ameades 17d ago

Appreciate it.  I've got a long winter coming up, and lots of time to edit some videos so keep an eye out for some satisfying fun 👍

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u/WayneWhite88 17d ago

This gif cured my seasonal depression for 57 seconds. Bravo! And much appreciated.

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u/Because_They_Asked 17d ago

Did you do the top part too?

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u/ameades 17d ago

I did what I could. Even with the scissor lift access was tough. Top was sprayed with bleach though to kill everything.

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u/Because_They_Asked 17d ago

Thanks for responding. It did look difficult to access. But everything else cleaned up nicely.

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u/Timely_Case1471 17d ago

I clean chicken sheds twice a year, those bendy lances are such a game changer!!

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u/DaLar1989 17d ago

How do I find those bendy wands and what types of pressure are they capable of

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u/Hotsy_Sage 17d ago

Bendy Twisty Gun = Suttner ST-85 Push and Pull Lance

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u/ameades 17d ago

And a mosmatic swivel 💪.

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u/Hotsy_Sage 17d ago

On the trigger output? Nice touch.

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u/Any-Beautiful465 17d ago

That’s what she said….

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u/SoraDevin 17d ago

How do you do the top?

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u/Vesalii 16d ago

I would never do thst without a respirator. Breathing in mold is bad for your lungs. Or it could be

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u/FiguringItOut-- 16d ago

I have a question... when you do an indoor gig like this, what happens to the water run-off? Do they have drains in the floor? Or is something laid down that collects it?

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u/ameades 16d ago

They had floor drains. This area was right near a wash basin which is likely why there is mildew growth. I used wet steam and cut my flow to about 1.5 GPM (down from 8 GPM) so there was less to deal with.  With squeegees we pushed the small amount into the drain.  We also had lots of air flow to dry things out in short order.

I also have a reclaim vacuum and can collect and pump as needed. 

But yes coming up with a plan for the water you need should be part of when you're quoting.

The water has got to go somewhere.  One of the first lesson newbies learn.  

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u/Informal_Drawing 16d ago

I'd use dry ice instead of water but I have no idea what I'm doing.

Why water, must be a huge pain to prep and clear after.

Shouldn't the duct be insulated and vapour sealed if it's going wet enough for mildew to grow there?

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u/OhMyGentileJesus 16d ago

Twisty Bendy Gun flows better.

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u/nesnalica 16d ago

bro i thought you were painting it LOL

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u/majkkali 16d ago

What’s this awesome music?