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The Use of Bleach in Pressure Washing. One of the most asked questions as a pressure washing contractor is about the use of bleach when pressure washing a house.
No sane homeowner wants to do something harmful to their home or the environment on purpose. When a product claims to not only do a job, but also do a job without causing harm that another product does, it will raise questions such active ingredient in liquid bleach pumps this for me to answer for homeowners needing some understanding.
As a rule, manufacturers of materials that comprise the building of your home's exterior have specific recommendations for cleaning. That includes everything from different types of vinyl, brick, stucco, dryvit, aluminum and painted siding made of wood or cement and various roofing and decking materials as well. The general rule is to clean those materials however the manufacturer recommends. In doing so, there will be no harm done.
Of all the materials used for building a home, cleaning with the use of high pressure is the least recommended, and that is only with certain types of stain removal on very limited materials. Bleach is most often recommended for removal of mildew stains along with the use of low pressure rinsing. A quick lesson on bleach. The active ingredient in bleach is sodium hypochlorite. That ingredient is used from anything such as cleaning clothes and swimming pools to dental and hospital cleaning for fast and ensured disinfecting purposes.
It is even used for treating the water we drink and yes, safe and effective low-pressure cleaning as well. Is bleach environmentally safe? In the control of a technician trained in the use and handling of sodium hypochlorite, it most definitely is environmentally safe.
Yet, just like most anything else, there can be too much of a good thing. There is little question to the dental assistant or water treatment operator as to the competence of their abilities, as well there should be little to no concern of the care and attention your pressure washing contractor should exercise while using it to make your home's exterior sparkling clean.
What about the exterior cleaning alternatives to bleach? Please bear in mind the nature of business for chemical providers is active ingredient in liquid bleach pumps ultimately make a profit. Marketing in it's very being can often times be misleading and confusing. Many chemical manufacturers have taken the eco-friendly thought and used it for promotion of their cleaners while defaming bleach for cleaning mildew stains.
In the name of environmental friendliness, they promise results that sometimes won't be visible for months, hoping you will accept the delay in visible difference, if they even come at all. For me, even as an experienced and respected exterior cleaning specialist, it all boils down to using what is guaranteed to work within the manufacturers recommendations. As much as I love what I do, with as many satisfied and loyal customers as I have acquired over time, I still have role models in active ingredient in liquid bleach pumps industry that have led the way before I arrived.
In my willingness to learn from leaders across the country in this industry as well as my own research otherwise as to the countless uses of sodium hypochlorite, I have a sound confidence there is simply no better alternative than the proper use of bleach while pressure washing a home's exterior to remove mildew stains.
Hello John, happy New Year. Could not agree more with your comments as I to saw the light and wash homes with simple cheery or elemonator as my soap and bleach to kill the mold and mildew. Anyone who has damaged or killed plants,etc simply do not know how to use sodium hypoclorite in proper dilutions.
It worked really well, but got me sick. Thing about using bleach active ingredient in liquid bleach pumps exteriors, is pressure washing technicians will rinse the the mildew away after treating it first. The mold may be treated, but the matter itself will still remain and act as a breeding ground for regrowth.
I use actual Clorox. But what is the best way to spray it active ingredient in liquid bleach pumps a large and tall 2 story home? Also, is the long tele-wands the best way active ingredient in liquid bleach pumps get up to the tall house? Or is there a better method. The tele-wands can be so tiring and difficult. Telescoping wands, often referred to as active ingredient in liquid bleach pumps noodles in the pressure washing industry, are a sure way to give yourself a great shoulder and arm workout.
The best way to get your house washing soap up to the higher areas is with safety in mind first. The 3 most common ways pressure washing contractors get soap to higher areas is by either down-streaming, x-jetting or direct application with a chlorine resistant pump.
For simple disinfection and removal of mildew stains on siding and trim, down-streaming is my preferred method. What is meant by down-streaming is, soaps are introduced into the system after the pump part of the pressure washer through the use of a chemical injector. The second part of what makes down-streaming effective is the use of proper tips on the end of your pressure washing wand. With the proper tips, you can then apply soaps to those higher peaks while still standing on active ingredient in liquid bleach pumps ground.
This image shows soap being applied via down-streaming around 30 feet high with less than only psi. If you would like to learn more about down-streaming and how to get set up doing it yourself, feel free to ask and I will be happy to help.
I active ingredient in liquid bleach pumps a residential, non-bleach use, psi pressure washer. How do you do it? And what is down-streaming? Got any ideas for better distance washing too? Can downstreaming be done with the soap tips that come with the machines or is it much better with the custom tips.
I think I read. Here are a couple of videos to help you learn more about how it works. I get most of my equipment from https: And would like to get setup as well. As well as any info on soft washing. I have a system that mixes the chemicals. Do you put any detergent in the bleach? I add one of these various soaps with sodium hypochlorite. Depending on the specific job, I active ingredient in liquid bleach pumps one or more according to the need.
It is advised to learn the differences between them, depending on your specific needs such as the type of stain and the surface you are removing the stain from. For adding to sodium hypochlorite, for the purpose of mildew removal, this is a good one.
This is likely good information your technician is giving you. The best way to use bleach with a pressure washer is to introduce bleach into the system after the pump rather than before. A downstream injector, x-jet or m-jet are the most common ways to bring soap that includes bleach into the line. Watch this video to get an in depth understanding active ingredient in liquid bleach pumps how downstream injection works.
This should help you keep your pressure washer working much longer as well as make your job far easier and safer. My name is Jason and I live in Florida. As you can imagine mold and algae here runs rampant here. I have been traveling the net trying to learn as much as I can about the proper use of Sodium Hypocrite aka. Clorox and the proper mix ratio for as small as 5 gallons. To no avail I have not found a recipe for something that small.
Also I am using a down stream injector like the one in the picture. Anything you can send I would much appreciate it. I agree the soft wash system is the best to use with cleaning roofs check our company out for pictures and videos Bills Professional Pressure Cleaning at http: Thank you jon active ingredient in liquid bleach pumps taking your time out to write us these tips.
I know pressure washing homes all day then coming home active ingredient in liquid bleach pumps give us tips isnt easy but you manage is thank you! Thanks for realizing and mentioning that Logan. Soft active ingredient in liquid bleach pumps is great for applying soap and cleaning chemicals but wouldnt using high pressure be better for the actual cleaning?
Soap as a whole is made up of different parts. For pressure washing, I use a soap with ingredients that emulsify all organic stains. In other words, the soap makes all organic matter such as mildew, dirt, spider webs, etc lift off of the surface in which it is attached and become one with the soap and active ingredient in liquid bleach pumps mixture. When this happens, light pressure is all that is necessary for rinsing everything away on most surfaces.
This low pressure method makes it more likely that little or no damage to surfaces such as wood, vinyl, composite decking or painted siding will occur. Surfaces such as concrete or brick will often require higher pressures to provide a truly clean surface. Reason being is those concrete or brick surfaces are far more porous. Contaminates are less likely to be able to just rinse away without higher pressure. Those surfaces are also far more durable, and less likely to be damaged with higher pressure.
Care should be taken even so, whereas most anything can be damaged with high pressure washing methods and no training. Absolutely great article, thank you for informing the public of the truth, so many hacks out out there with wrong information. I live in Victoria BC Canada where people are terrified of bleach. Nice to see there is someone who agrees and is not afraid to stand up and say something about it. Hi quick question, is there any non toxic alternatives that you would ever use on a house when soft washing.
Thinking of starting up a pressure washing business here in Australia and would like to offer an alternative to Sodium Hypocrite for customers that dont want any chemicals used.
You touched on quite a few items, and I would like to cover them. There is a solution. It is not the easy way, but it is the right way. It will involve integrity, self learning through research and educating others in the process. It will also take a realization that starting up a pressure washing business will provide you with many obstacles far greater than active ingredient in liquid bleach pumps debate of whether to use bleach or not.
