So I pressure washed a sidewalk yesterday that had cedar trees beside it. Was planning on a cold water wash and about an hour and I would be done.
Yeah, wrong. Instead three hours later I had stripes from my surface cleaner and had to constantly go back with a want to hit the parts I missed.
I don’t do bad pressure washing. If it’s not awesome, I’ll sit there a whole day if I have to.
I’ve never had a sidewalk take so long. What can I do in the future to ensure these sidewalks under trees goes faster and looks pristine for my customers?
Thank you! I’ve been researching it and couldn’t get any straight answers. Would you apply it straight mixed with soap or dilute it a little with water? Like a 1:3 or something like that?
LOL, that’s about average around here. Post treating after you’d done would have taken 15min and it would look like new. Or as IBS suggested you can pretreat strongly. I just like a medium pre-treat so I don’t hurt the grass. By the time its surface cleaned, grass so flooded I feel better about using a lot stronger mix. Plus if I’ve got some surface cleaner lines the post treat will knock those out too. And I like using some surfactant on post treat, seems to help it penetrate better and holds it on better.
