Would anyone care to share their experience or suggestions for these EaCo Chem products used in tandem with one another?
I have a house I’m cleaning that needs severe vinyl oxidation removal and I’ve done the whole Cleansol BC double application before, but I’ve been encouraged by several in the industry to try the HD Britenol in conjunction with it. It’s my understanding that HD Britenol is to be applied first, dwell, then either apply a second coat or move right into Cleansol BC application, dwell, then rinse. My goal is to remove mildew, pollen, dust, bird droppings (usual housewash stuff as far as I’m concerned) and the oxidation without having to brush it if I can help it.
Just take them dollars to Waffle House. There, you will find the answers.
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Why do you want to add acid to sodium hydroxide? I get that some things release off vinyl with acids faster than other chems, but the sodium hydroxide (2 coats) has always removed the layers, but sometimes there is light brushing to do. People say they see pink when it changes, I have never seen it change color and I have looked. I keep my timer on for the dwell times too. I bought someone else’s version of cleansol BC to compare and contrast it, but haven’t used it yet this year.
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I tried the two EaCo Chem chemical process and ended up scrapping that idea. I reverted back to using my normal HW mix to do the standard cleaning then went back and applied the Cleansol BC twice for oxidation removal before a final rinse down.
To be fair, I can’t state that I followed the HD Britenol directions to a “T” because they are pretty vague, allowing you to widely vary your mix ratio as needed. Never experimenting with it before I just mixed a batch up, and downstreamed it. It cleaned well enough, but not any quicker or better in my opinion than my normal HW mix does, or at least not at this property. The smell was pungent and not as pleasant as I was hoping for.
As for the Cleansol BC and oxidation removal, it did the trick, but I did have to apply medium pressure on siding to knock it all off. I used the same white tip I typically use to cut in my concrete areas or wooden deck/fence areas.
I certainly saw the pink when rinsing the siding. During second application of Cleansol BC I could see whiteish pigments running down the vinyl siding, but the pink was very obvious after the second dwell time and pressure was applied. Siding was a grey/brown color so it was interesting to see the pink/salmon color coming off.
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Interesting. It has worked for me, but I have never seen pink. When I did an aluminum house last year for the painter I saw waves of white water coming off, and when we did the shutters (he helped out) nothing but red (color of shutters). I did one side of a tan house last year, just saw tan, and the gray one I did last year, just greyish water. I followed their directions to the letter. I just don’t get why some sections come out spotless and other places it like hangs on in sections. Really easy to see the difference once it starts getting the oxidation off. I think racer said he uses aluminum brightener or something for $20 a jug, don’t quote me, I would have to reread his post. That guy is a wealth of information, whish I would have had him on a job I did today. Wound up hand brushing a log home with two porches. My fat but is smoked. SH streaked it, log wash still required hand brushing. What a PITA.
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If you were going to have to do that, use pressure, could have saved yourself the money of the Cleansol. Next time you get one bad on a side, try just using you’re regular hw, then DS a couple of coats of the Britenol with about 5min dwell time in between of it, then rinse.
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$8, lol
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How do you dilute it? Cup per gallon? I want to try it out.
Depends on what I’m doing with it. For fallout and oxidation just DS 2 coats. Heavy mud on vinyl I just shoot it on straight or slightly diluted. Most the time I don’t bother diluting it’s so cheap
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