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New Member Looking for Imput on Chemical Mixes

Shawn Corley

New member
Hello all. First I want to say the UAMCC was been great since the day we joined. I want to thank everyone involved in making this such a helpful environment. I am starting my business in central Florida. I have worked in NY/NJ for (3) seasons with a professional washer doing both residential and commercial and since relocated to FL. I have read thru hours of threads from this forum and think I have mixes down however I am open for any input. Thanks in advance!Roof cleaning mix: (based off 100gal mix)-32gal SH-2gal "Lemon Aid" or new "Cherry Bomb"-66gal water- "Roof Snot" (need advice on amount to add?)Will be applied using low pressure "Fat Boy" systemHouse Wash Mix: (based off 5gal pale mix)-1gal SH-64-100oz detergent: "Lemon Aid"/"Cherry Bomb"-3gal waterWill be using a downstream injector for application with 5.5GPM and 3500PSI Hot Water SkidWill use to prespray concrete surfaces before using surface cleaner. Thoughts on this?Should I step up anything for stucco?I've also read a lot about not using SH on wood. I have looked in the deck wash and deck brute from NorthGAcleaningsystems. Anybody use this? If so, do you have a mix or use it straight?Again any input is appreciated and I thank you in advance!
 

Donny Charpilloz

New member
Hello Shawn welcome to the UAMCC. First thing I tell people to use is the search function here. That might help you find different mixes that people are using.
 

Bill Booz

UAMCC Board of Directors
Hi Shawn. 2 gallons of scent is WAY WAY WAY to much. more like a cap full or two or up to a cup. As for the snot, I believe the ratio is 1/2 gallon per 100 gallons of mix, but the bottle should also come with recommendations.
 

Bill Booz

UAMCC Board of Directors
For your house wash, you can use a lot less soap then that, and you can use the snot as your detergent too in the house mix. Our crews use a very small amount of surfactant (your soap/detergent or sticky juice) in house wash mixes. For sidewalks you can pretreat with Roof mix and it will be almost clean before you take the surface cleaner to it. This is for residential sidewalks and patios with organic contaminants. Oil and grease will not be loosened or cleaned by SH or bleach. For the decks, my personal warning. It's really another nitch altogether and can be very lucrative, but usually is the best for people that specialize in wood restoration. Cleaning and resealing decks, wood houses and anything else made of wood outside can be a business all of it's own, but your profits can be diminished by spreading yourself too thin. For the deck soaps you mentioned, I am not familiar with them, but most non chlorine bleaching solutions for wood cleaning need to be applied at full mixed strength and are not as effective when diluted by down streaming. Hydroxide based solutions may be different and a mix of both types of chemicals is also sometimes used for stripping and cleaning. The secondary product applied is an acidic brighter that brings out the natural color of the wood and helps reestablish the proper PH of the wood. These brighteners can be applied by down streaming, but it is always easier to maintain consistency by direct spraying systems as down streamers tend to loose or gain draw strength over time due to wear.
 

Bill Booz

UAMCC Board of Directors
When I wrote that it was all spaced out nicely and divided into paragraphs. The forum is bugging a little on the text editor.
 

Shawn Corley

New member
Thank you for your input. Very informational! I will try a few different things. As for the paragraph spacing, the same happened to me when I started the Thread! Thanks again for all the input.
 
For your house wash, you can use a lot less soap then that, and you can use the snot as your detergent too in the house mix. Our crews use a very small amount of surfactant (your soap/detergent or sticky juice) in house wash mixes. For sidewalks you can pretreat with Roof mix and it will be almost clean before you take the surface cleaner to it. This is for residential sidewalks and patios with organic contaminants. Oil and grease will not be loosened or cleaned by SH or bleach. For the decks, my personal warning. It's really another nitch altogether and can be very lucrative, but usually is the best for people that specialize in wood restoration. Cleaning and resealing decks, wood houses and anything else made of wood outside can be a business all of it's own, but your profits can be diminished by spreading yourself too thin. For the deck soaps you mentioned, I am not familiar with them, but most non chlorine bleaching solutions for wood cleaning need to be applied at full mixed strength and are not as effective when diluted by down streaming. Hydroxide based solutions may be different and a mix of both types of chemicals is also sometimes used for stripping and cleaning. The secondary product applied is an acidic brighter that brings out the natural color of the wood and helps reestablish the proper PH of the wood. These brighteners can be applied by down streaming, but it is always easier to maintain consistency by direct spraying systems as down streamers tend to loose or gain draw strength over time due to wear.
Nice Info Bill Thanks for sharing
 

Donnie Evans

New member
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