Painted Hardi Board - Certified SoftWash Roof Cleaning

Paul Freeman · Junior Member

Painted Hardi Board

AC Lockyer · Administrator

Paul,

In many cases a .05% solution is working great. Start low you can always add more bleach but it is hard to take bleach away.

AC

Doug Rucker · UAMCC Officer

AC Lockyer wrote:
Paul,

In many cases a .05% solution is working great. Start low you can always add more bleach but it is hard to take bleach away.

AC

Could;'t he add more water??? If he needed to??

Michael Derose · SoftWash Systems Certified Applicator

Not once he sprayed it on the substrate.

Chris Madden · Lead Tech Certified

Paul,

I clean allot of Hardi board as well as vinyl.

my normal house wash is 1gal. SH to approx.

59 gal. of water, and 32 oz. of green wash.

This mix gets my houses clean, and with minimal

SH to cause plant / property damage. I do not even have to

pre rinse shrubs at this concentration. I use it every day,

and it works. If the alga is thick and green, I step it up to

2 gal SH and approx. 58 gal. water and 32 oz. of Green Wash.

It works great for me, and I NEVER worry about plant damage

on house washes.

Chris

Doug Rucker · UAMCC Officer

michael derose wrote:
Not once he sprayed it on the substrate.

Whenever I feel my mix is to strong, I add water to it to weaken it.

AC Lockyer · Administrator

True at these solutions plants fear not.

AC

AC Lockyer · Administrator

Doug Rucker wrote:
michael derose wrote:
Not once he sprayed it on the substrate.
Whenever I feel my mix is to strong, I add water to it to weaken it.

True as well. However you have to spray some out to draw the mix tank down enough to add water. If you filled all the way up that is. AC

Doug Rucker · UAMCC Officer

Definitely........Thanks

Paul Freeman · Junior Member

Thanks for the replies, guys. Chris, thanks, I'm going to try your mix. The less SH I need to use, the better. All I'm really dealing with here is road and wind crud that's accumulated on the house since '07. The mold on the corner uprights is moderate, at worst. I'm going to have an audience watching me clean this place, so it's important that I get it clean in 1 pass.

Paul Freeman · Junior Member

AC Lockyer wrote:
Doug Rucker wrote:
michael derose wrote:
Not once he sprayed it on the substrate.
Whenever I feel my mix is to strong, I add water to it to weaken it.

True as well. However you have to spray some out to draw the mix tank down enough to add water. If you filled all the way up that is. AC

That's why I never start with a full tank of mix!

AC Lockyer · Administrator

Exterior Cleaning NW Florida wrote:
AC Lockyer wrote:
Doug Rucker wrote:
michael derose wrote:
Not once he sprayed it on the substrate.
Whenever I feel my mix is to strong, I add water to it to weaken it.

True as well. However you have to spray some out to draw the mix tank down enough to add water. If you filled all the way up that is. AC
That's why I never start with a full tank of mix!

Very Wize!

Ron Musgraves · Junior Member

http://www.facebook.com/groups/109110195832293/330697497006894/?notif_t=group_activity

Great Info, thanks for Posting this in Friends

Danny Cronauer · SoftWash Systems Certified

Palmetto Power Wash wrote:
Paul,

I clean allot of Hardi board as well as vinyl.
my normal house wash is 1gal. SH to approx.
59 gal. of water, and 32 oz. of green wash.
This mix gets my houses clean, and with minimal
SH to cause plant / property damage. I do not even have to
pre rinse shrubs at this concentration. I use it every day,
and it works. If the alga is thick and green, I step it up to
2 gal SH and approx. 58 gal. water and 32 oz. of Green Wash.
It works great for me, and I NEVER worry about plant damage
on house washes.

Chris

You use this mix for vinyl siding? How long do you let it sit on the house before you rinse it off?

Paul Freeman · Junior Member

ron musgraves wrote:
http://www.facebook.com/groups/109110195832293/330697497006894/?notif_t=group_activity

Great Info, thanks for Posting this in Friends

Somebody's posting information from these private forums on your private FB group? LOL!

Chris Madden · Lead Tech Certified

Apex Roof Cleaning Wilkes-Barre PA wrote:
Palmetto Power Wash wrote:
Paul,

I clean allot of Hardi board as well as vinyl.
my normal house wash is 1gal. SH to approx.
59 gal. of water, and 32 oz. of green wash.
This mix gets my houses clean, and with minimal
SH to cause plant / property damage. I do not even have to
pre rinse shrubs at this concentration. I use it every day,
and it works. If the alga is thick and green, I step it up to
2 gal SH and approx. 58 gal. water and 32 oz. of Green Wash.
It works great for me, and I NEVER worry about plant damage
on house washes.

Chris
You use this mix for vinyl siding? How long do you let it sit on the house before you rinse it off?

I use this everyday on vinyl and on Hardi-board.

The fist picture shows some heavy algae. This took two applications of mix with 1 gal SH / approx. 59 gal water. It sat for about 10 min. total. The second pic is the finished product.

The third and fourth pics show what the houses I clean have on them for contaminants. 1 coat and 2-3 min. it is gone and ready to rinse.

Less chemical means less cost per house, NO plant damage, easier on my truck and pump. It is a win win.....

Chris

AC Lockyer · Administrator

Exterior Cleaning NW Florida wrote:
ron musgraves wrote:
http://www.facebook.com/groups/109110195832293/330697497006894/?notif_t=group_activity

Great Info, thanks for Posting this in Friends
Somebody's posting information from these private forums on your private FB group? LOL!

Makes people want to join...... :)

AC

Paul Freeman · Junior Member

I finally got that house washed last week. Had delay after delay, due to the weather.

Even though the HO gave me a 25% tip, I still lost money. What a nightmare.

AC Lockyer · Administrator

WOW Paul, the fungus must have been burried way deep into the Hardi Board.

AC

Michael Derose · SoftWash Systems Certified Applicator

How did you loose money? Did you not charge enough or was it more work tban what you thought?

Paul Freeman · Junior Member

michael derose wrote:
How did you loose money? Did you not charge enough or was it more work tban what you thought?

Both.

Michael Derose · SoftWash Systems Certified Applicator

that is what i call a lesson learned for next time. I have underbid jobs myself but now i know and i always price accordingly now. I hardly ever let people haggle me down, and if i think they might i just increase my first number for some wiggle room.