Soft washing equipment

[Donald]

Has anyone tried the Northern Tool softwash tank and sprayer for $499?

Looking to use it to clean stucco on two story home. Spray the proper cleaning product, wait and rinse with a garden hose.

https://www.northerntool.com/produc...-with-4-0-gpm-bleach-pump-model-157140-157140

 

[skyactiv]

I myself wouldn't want to store and maintain it to use it once every few years. It uses a riding lawn mower battery which will need replaced and the hose will get rigor-mortis and suck to deal with when the unit gets old.

My first house got mold on the north side and I would use Mold Armor with the hose end sprayer and a garden hose. It worked very well, but that was on aluminum siding.

 

[wwillson]

This is why forum admins hate query strings.

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[wpod]

Rent a pressure washer for the day.

 

[Donald]

Rent a pressure washer for the day.

It's not a pressure washer. I have a gas and electric pressure washer. It sprays a solution that is 50% bleach at around 100 PSI and is able to spray it up to clean a 2 story house.

 

[Donald]

I myself wouldn't want to store and maintain it to use it once every few years. It uses a riding lawn mower battery which will need replaced and the hose will get rigor-mortis and suck to deal with when the unit gets old.

My first house got mold on the north side and I would use Mold Armor with the hose end sprayer and a garden hose. It worked very well, but that was on aluminum siding.

Well how much will a company charge to soft wash my house? I will bet it's more than the cost of the sprayer I mentioned.

 

[Donald]

I have tried 30 Second Cleaner and a couple of others. Did not do much in the way of cleaning.

But the professional way to clean is to spray 50/50 bleach & water with a tad of dish detergent. I cannot imagine any hose end sprayer being able to pick up an equal amount of cleaner to water when being used. And I doubt any hose end sprayer products have a super concentrated bleach solution they supply to be mixed with water. Super concentrated being a much higher concentration of bleach than laundry bleach. It could if they supplied pool chlorine I suppose.

 

[97prizm]

I have tried 30 Second Cleaner and a couple of others. Did not do much in the way of cleaning.

But the professional way to clean is to spray 50/50 bleach & water with a tad of dish detergent. I cannot imagine any hose end sprayer being able to pick up an equal amount of cleaner to water when being used. And I doubt any hose end sprayer products have a super concentrated bleach solution they supply to be mixed with water. Super concentrated being a much higher concentration of bleach than laundry bleach. It could if they supplied pool chlorine I suppose.

Harbor freight has a degreaser specifically for house siding and shingles. It works really well rinses the dirt away.

 

[Donald]

Harbor freight has a degreaser specifically for house siding and shingles. It works really well rinses the dirt away.

Well what is on stucco is dirt & mold & algae. I don't think a degreaser is what is needed. I will go with what Dryvit (manufacturer of stucco coatings) recommends which is bleach and water or Enviro Klean Clean 'N Prep.

 

[Donald]

I have tried 30 Second Cleaner and a couple of others. Did not do much in the way of cleaning.

But the professional way to clean is to spray 50/50 bleach & water with a tad of dish detergent. I cannot imagine any hose end sprayer being able to pick up an equal amount of cleaner to water when being used. And I doubt any hose end sprayer products have a super concentrated bleach solution they supply to be mixed with water. Super concentrated being a much higher concentration of bleach than laundry bleach. It could if they supplied pool chlorine I suppose.

30 Second Cleaner says it does not contain ordinary household bleach. Rather it contains sodium hypochlorite which is the active ingredient in household bleach. I believe it also contains TSP.

 

[97prizm]

Mold armor is Also recommended and can be purchased at Walmart