HOA vinyl fence cleaning here in Tampa, FL

[David Besse]

HOA vinyl fence cleaning that we finished up here in Tampa, FL a few days ago.

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[Joseph Rogers]

Nice. What did you clean with?

[David Besse]

I soft washed it first, followed by power washing. I let the soft wash dwell for about 3-4mins. The soft wash mix was 40gal (12gal SH / 28gal water + 48oz of greenwash & roof snot)

[Joseph Rogers]

Soft wash is when you're running premix through a pump out of what...a garden hose, or 3/8" solution line?

[David Besse]

For my soft wash, I run 1/2" hose. But yes, a garden will work also.

Joseph, are you looking to build a soft wash set-up?

[Joseph Rogers]

Currently just trying to wrap my head around everything you guys do, so that I can add PW services to my current business. Can you give me a link to an example of a pump used for softwashing?

[Javier Nevarez]

I also am a lil confused as to what exactly is "soft washing"...i have heard it mentioned quite a bit in the research ive done but usually its followed by PW'ing terminology that im not very well acquainted with just yet. Can someone shed a lil bit of light my way as to what this actually reffers to and how its done?

[Javier Nevarez]

By the way nice work on the fence David!..looks GREAT!!!

[David Besse]

@ Joseph - What most people use are diaphragm pumps.. delavan, shurflo, udor to name a few. They are either air-operated or 12-volt electric driven. Try out Roof Cleaning Institue of America/ http://roof-cleaning-institute.activeboard.com There are lots of great info on pumps on that forum.

@ Javier - From what I’ve learned over the years, "soft wash or soft washing" is a cleaning method using pressure of no more than 300psi, give or take. For example, in Roof Cleaning I use a 5.0gpm delavan pump to apply my 'roof cleaning mix' by spraying on a chemical solution to help/ad in killing off the living organisms, aka roof algae. Another way we use "soft wash/washing" for power washing is the same method as roof cleaning, but reducing the chemical mix formula, by help lossing the grime and dirty, followed with power washing the surface without high pressure. Charging your tip size helps reduce the pressure also!

[Joseph Rogers]

Thank you, David.