thx Tim…
I know I am late to this party, but another good option for basic wood cleaning when you don’t want to use bleach is to downstream five gallons of H20 with one jar of F-18 and rinse. Follow with oxalic and go home.
Could you be more specific about the F-18, please? Are we talking a 1/2 gallon mason jar, a jelly jar?..not trying to be sarcastic…how many ounces of F-18 in 5 gallons of H2O?
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And the F-10 is the oxalic, right?
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I buy my F-18 in the 2 lb. containers. One of those to a five gallon bucket then downstream.
No, F-10 is a percarbonate cleaner. F-8 is the brightener. F-8 Neutralizer / Brightener - CHEMICALS HOUSE WASH / GUTTER / WOOD CARE / MULTI-PURPOSE
Thanks for clarifying that for me!
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No problem. Just like anything else, mixing either with warm water will greatly increase how much of the product is dissolved.
This is just from SH?
Tim isn’t around anymore. He probably hit it with SH, let dwell, and then pressure washed it at around 1000 psi. Gotta get some of the old dead wood off. Some with brighten with Oxalic Acid but not sure if he did. There’s a deck cleaning 101 thread on here that has some great info on wood cleaning.
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Thanks buddy. Yeah from ive seen the SH, Oxalic Acid combo a few times mentioned here. Just gonna keep looking around and watching videos!
Did you spray something like oxalic acid on it to neutralize the SH? I’m still learning here. I really like the way that deck looks.
Tim hasn’t been around for years.
But to answer your question, yes, you spray ox on it to neutralize the SH as well as to bring back the natural color of the wood.
Great reading here for you:
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