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How would you clean this?
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Here's a house I am bidding for SoftWashing. It's COVERED in bug poo and spiders nests/webs. We get a lot of this around bodies of water in the area. Here's a small sample of an area under the soffit. 2 stories. I'd like to shoot it all from the ground if possible. How would you guys tackle this? I'm selling...
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Brandon Vaughn
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First Vinyl SoftWashing Job
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I used a 1% mix of Calcium Hypochlorite, with GW at standard mix. Sprayed it on and let it dwell for about 10 min, went back and hit a second time. Rinsed heavily with plain ol' water and used a brush in the really heavily stained areas - like the side of the house with the energy meter. (See pics) Customer wa...
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Brandon Vaughn
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Soft washed a vinyl house with egg on it
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I got a call from a woman the other day in a panic because her house had been egged. She said she tried to clean it off but was unsuccessful so she wanted me to power wash it. I used to work in a body shop so I know what egg will do to car paint, it will eat through the clear coat and a lot of the time will need to b...
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Chris Foy
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Another Reason Softwashing is Superior
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Came home to find the HOA had hired some jack wagon with a pressure washer to clean my townhouse complex. The guy was shooting straight up into my vinyl siding, under my sofet and facia board. I had enough and had to call him off and argue with my HOA after a piece of my vinyl shot off. The HOA of course thinki...
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Matthew Spyker
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Gutter Brighteners
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What product is best to use for a "gutter brightener"? They usually come clean with the washing of the house and seem to do well when hit with the Bleach Wash. Is there something different I should be selling the customer on?
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Mike Paris
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Cleaning oxidized vinyl
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My guys cleaned some siding. Oxidation didn't look too bad. I told the guys to make sure they bleach wash all of the siding. Of course they didn't. After it dried the oxidization stands out more because it is clean. Any ideas of best way to remove? Would agitating with bleach wash and brush remove...
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Tim Teed
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Are my 50 gallon mixes being calculated correctly?
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Hey Gang, Do these figures make sense? Add 32ozs of Green Wash& 2ozs SoftWash Systems Bleach Accelerator to each 50gal formula (Always Add water first) 1%mixes: a)1gal of SH or 64ozs of CH 2%mixes: a)2gal of SH or 128ozs of CH b)1gal of SH + 64ozs of CH 3%mixes: a)3gal of SH or 192ozs of...
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Mike Wedge
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Cedar Siding Washing in Grand Haven MI
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Roof Cleaner preformed a siding wash on a cedar sided home in the Grand Haven Mi area today, lots of mold, dirt and coal ash buildup on the siding, after a quick wash at 1%, rinse, GW, rinse and then PW. Home came out great and the homeowner was overjoyed.
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Dan Dykstra
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Funky Siding
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I did an estimate today, and I was prewarned by the HO that a pressurewasher years ago had cleand the home, but couldn't removed the black that was 2 feet below the gutter line. This "black" was around the entire house 2 feet below the gutterline, and eaves. So I did 2 test spots. One you can cle...
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Danny Cronauer
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Vinyl Sided House Wash
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I did this job the other day. Used Green Wash in a 1% mix. Washing the entire 1800sq ft house took all of 30 minutes, and another 10 minutes to Bleach Wash rinse. The gutters took much longer (used Gutter Grenade). I almost turned this job down because the HO wouldn't pop on my price to remove the rust stain...
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Paul Freeman
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Aluminum Siding
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Hey Guys, Getting ready to clean a clients house that is white aluminum siding. Planning on using the softwash system with a 10% mix of SH. Being aluminum do you guys for see any problems with rust. I've never cleaned aluminum, only vinyl. Also planning on charging $1.25 per running foot, how does t...
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TheHound
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Slogan
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I wonder if we could come with a slogan that would be exclusive to Soft Wash Systems like Coke "its the real thing" I would like to have it on my van and invoices etc. First suggestion - "Soft Wash for a Superior Exterior"
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Michael Hickey
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Great use for my new SWS skid!
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Cleaning about half a mile of PVC fencing for a home owners association. The cradle skid is making very short work of this otherwise arduous task. Using a 1/2% ( .5)solution and Greenwash.
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Ray Burke
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Banjo Inline T Strainer gone bad
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Does anybody happen to know the part number on the Inline Strainer on the skid. Pulled mine today and found this nice hole in the mesh. Can't find it on the housing and I've looked at grainger but they have many all with different mesh sizes etc. Thanks! Gregg -- Edited by GAustensen on Friday 1st of Febru...
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Gregg Austensen
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liquid guages
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Hi all, Just getting back to normal after softwashapooloza. It was fantastic and I'm so glad that I went. It was nice to meet guys in the flesh and hearing how others started or were starting out was an inspiration. When you see how well some guys are doing just a couple of years after starting out it reall...
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Michael Hickey
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Tough Spider Webs, What To Do??
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When doing strictly a "SoftWash", how do y'all deal with the spider webs that seem to be super clingly on the siding? Even with a straight stream from a garden hose at close range it's difficult to get them to let loose. Using 1% - 2% solution, how are we to get these things off the siding and e...
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Mark Fermoyle
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Puff-Back on Alum Siding
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One of my customers had a puff-back; which he escribed as soot blowing back down his chimeny. It was from his oil furnace. It went throughout his house and even made it to his attic and was vented through his gable vents. I'm cleaning his roof in spring and just a small area around the aluminum siding b...
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Tim Teed
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Oxidized Vinyl Siding
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Will the Soft Wash solution remove oxidation from vinyl siding? And if it does what kind of mix is being applied?
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Peter Blau
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synthetic slate
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Did a synthetic slate roof today and after rinsing there was some white residue left on the slate, (sorry don't have any pictures). I can only think that it is from the underside of the slate which isn't coated with the paint. Is this caused by the mix being too strong and causing the fibres to dissolve. A...
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Michael Hickey
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Cold day
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Did a roof today in cold weather about 6-7C or about 42F. My SH comes in 25ltr drums and I store it outside. We had a fairly hard frost last night so the SH was pretty cold today. The slate roof we did was wet before starting. We sprayed on the 3%( approx) mix and retreated it twice afterwards., but it didn't s...
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Michael Hickey
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Artillary fungus
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Alright guys here's a good one. I have artillary fungus on one side of my house and sofwashing didn't touch it. Looked at a job today and guess what, it's there too. From things I have read this is virtually impossible to remove even with a pressure washer and nobody seems to have the answer with chemi...
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Mike Paris
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Order of Operation
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Just curious as to how each of you attack each job. I know each job is (or can be) different. Do you wash the home then tackle the gutter / fascia then move to the flat work, or do you start with the gutter.....?
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Islander Pro-Wash
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Vinyl Siding is dull Why?
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I cleaned my vinyl siding with a 1% sh and GW. Used BW to neutralize and then rinsed it down pretty good with fresh water. My pressure wasn't the best on the hose for rinsing but it got the job done. The rest of the house looks good but I have one area were the siding looks dull and if I scrub it, it looks bett...
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Dan Wanamaker
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Brick Homes
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Hey guys I wanted to get your thoughts about soft washing brick homes. At what point should we not soft wash a brick home? Here in the Carolinas it's still mid to hi 50's some days getting up into 60's. I have a customer who is concerned about damage caused by freezing. Thanks for you input.
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Dan Signor
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Windows
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I am cleaning a 3 story building next week, and the customer is also wanting the windows cleaned. But he does not want to pay the extra cost of renting a lift. Their are approximately 180 windows in the entire building, I am planning on using my softwash system to clean the windows, but could someone plea...
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TheHound
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