Cleaning dirty bric pavers outside supermarket - Certified SoftWash Roof Cleaning

Garon Buczynski · Freshmen Member

Cleaning dirty bric pavers outside supermarket

Zach Maynard · SoftWash Systems Certified Applicator

Do you have any pictures? It sounds like it may actually need a degreaser (possibly terra wash)and a surface cleaner.

Lee Kendall · Junior Member

most likely it will need that high pressure spinning thing lol.. I would still bid the job, you can rent a hot water unit from a hardware store if all else fails.. usually 150ish for the day

Ray Burke · Community Member

You are likely looking at a composite of stains. Terra wash will be more important than SH, but you'll likely need to apply both. Photos would be a huge help!

Garon Buczynski · Freshmen Member

Hi

Thanks for the response. I am having issues with trying to put photos from my computer up on to this screen. How do you do it? As I am in new Zealand we do not have the same products as you do. I have sourced a spinning cleaner, but I need to know what the active ingredient/s are in terra wash. So is it just a degreaser? Would you use hot water as well? Really wanting to get a great result first time. Do you reckon I should still give a try with just SH or do you reckon the result will be unsatisfactory? Another thing, what do you guys usually charge your time out as and how long average to do around 1000 square feet. We use metres over here, so just need to guage that my costing is about right.

thanks in advance

Garon

Ray Burke · Community Member

Garron:
I do a fair amount of shopping center work, both flat work and vertical surfaces. I tend to charge about $150-200/hour, and usually do this work at night, crew of three. There is less public traffic to deal with, which is your real nemesis on these jobs. Typically I employ a hot water washer and surface cleaner, then also a final application of a bleach to kill any residual organic stains. a 10 x 100 foot area are should only take you 1 hour.

Garon Buczynski · Freshmen Member

Many thanks for this info. I have found a degreaser from a supplier out of town,so just need to crunch some numbers

Brandon Vaughn · SoftWash Systems Pro Staff

When you reply to a post, or make a post, you go to the editing screen (see picture below).

Click on Attach Files to attach pics to your post that people can view. Find your photos on your computer and click on them. You can add several (at least 10 at a time).

This is the easiest way to embed photos.