What are the Best home brews Pressure washing

mattia

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I was wondering if anyone adds TSP to there home brews...
Also does the cem. that e-spec sells limonene works well as they say...Currently use good alkiline soap foamed on but am limited with results, with out scrubbing...

Matt
 
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ron p

TSP is used when its paint prep kind of work, it strips and etches.
i like e-specs limomlene but it takes getting used to working with and is pretty damn strong.
I add bleach and dawn to my limonlene and get great results. You need to rinse twice as much as you do with just your soap and bleach. Never ever let it dry on glass.
with shipping its about $1.50 a gal for the concentrate. I use it at 1 1/2 gal per 5 gal pail plus my other stuff and use a x-jet.
I dont think ive ever used more then 4 pails for any house and at about $5 my cost per pail, thats
8% for chem 5% for fuel[i use hot water for the gutters] then i charge extra for the PLEX-MASTER if they opt for it.
if the limomlene gathers on the bottom j channel and drips down wood or gathers behind the siding and drips out a weep hole, DAMAGE WILL OCCURE. TRUST ME. It is hell on glass if it dries. Makes pretty rainbow streaks that have to be polished out. Over spray on neibours windows will get you every time.
 
wow, sounds aggressive...May be more than i would want to try at this point... thanks,will keep all that you had said on tap for future use

Matt
 
I dont like using lomonene on siding,too much rinsing is needed.Mold dont dissapear like it does when you apply bleach.If i have to add bleach to limonene than why not use bleach only.

It is great on gutters,thats all i use it for,put it in a pump up and mist the gutters,no scrubbing 90 % of the times,come clean with low pressure.Smells good also.

I tried grease lightening from home depot,its an alkaline soap,worked well on gutters applied straight.

You really have to wath out for overspray on brick or windows,in a windy day you could mess up windows on other side of the house you are washing,or concrete.It all can be fixed,brick,concrete recleaned with alkaline,windows with scum buster,but who needs that.
I bought a box of this stuff and like i said mix i up whenever i run into nasty gutters,have lasted me 2 years so far.For large house i use aroung half a gal of this stuff,mix 12 oz powder,3 0z liquid
Johny
 
ron p

jonhy, it is better to use the limonlene where there is heavy traffic. Carbon deposites are not going to come clean with bleach. Each chem. is a TOOL. If you want to get any job done, you need the right tool's. You know this by having diffrent cleaners for diffrent jobs.
mattia i did'nt want to discourage you from useing limonlene, just wanted to help you better understand how to use it. You could use less in a mix. E-spec also sells a detergent that is made just for mixing with bleach. Its called EMULSIFIER PLUS and it's made to get the carbon deposits off and has high gloss enhancers in it.[note-spend the extra and get sented bleach.]
this chem. is prob. more suited for you.
The limonlene at 100% used with a x-jet makes a good gutter cleaner. It is also pretty cheap compared to most gutter cleaning chems.
$60 for 55 gal. Only good gutter cleaner that i know of that you can buy in a drum kit.
 
My home brew works good on standard clean...but heavy carbon deposits have the bad luck...We all know they want there house cleaned at the worse cases...Might try emulsifier plus..What about the priemier, Says its a heavy duty house cleaner, What about window etching and rinsing, If anyone has used it, Please reply

Matt
 
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jonhy, it is better to use the limonlene where there is heavy traffic. Carbon deposites are not going to come clean with bleach. Each chem. is a TOOL. If you want to get any job done, you need the right tool's. You know this by having diffrent cleaners for diffrent jobs.
mattia i did'nt want to discourage you from useing limonlene, just wanted to help you better understand how to use it. You could use less in a mix. E-spec also sells a detergent that is made just for mixing with bleach. Its called EMULSIFIER PLUS and it's made to get the carbon deposits off and has high gloss enhancers in it.[note-spend the extra and get sented bleach.]
this chem. is prob. more suited for you.
The limonlene at 100% used with a x-jet makes a good gutter cleaner. It is also pretty cheap compared to most gutter cleaning chems.
$60 for 55 gal. Only good gutter cleaner that i know of that you can buy in a drum kit.
 
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