Looks great! Share your process.
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nice job
Looks good
What mix, dwell time, and any post treatment?
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Looks good, nicely done
- Pre-wet dwell 15 mins. Wet nearby vegetation and nearby grass.
- Pump up sprayer 1 gallon. 1/3 gallon 10% SH, 2/3 water, 1 ounce Elemonator. Spray on literally and then quick scrub with 15 min dwell.
- White tip low pressure spray around 8â from surface at a 45 degree angle walking while holding a consistent height over wood. No back and forth.
- One more application SH,H20,Elim on super dirty spots. 5 min dwell on those areas.
- One final quick pass on all horizontal boards and vertical supports at 45 degree angle at about 4-5â away.
- Application of Oxalic Acid of 8-10oz per gallon applied on wet wood. By the time you have applied the entire deck it will have already done its work.
- Rinse off Ox with light spray white tip from 3-4 feet away.
- Done
*The key is never to backtrack while doing wood. One one pass at a time. You can make a second pass coming back, but wonât be able to hide those tiger stripes with back and forth motion.
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Cool. That turned out really nice!
Okay guys. I need some help here. Iâve got the majority of this off but after 3 chemical applying, this stain isnt coming off.
What chem
1% SH. With Elemenator. Working great on majority of deck but on the edges itâs not wanting to come off.
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Needs more pressure, or get closer. Start on the edge and whip the wand upwards to not mark it where you finish.
Hard to tell with the photo but they had a guy last year come and pressure wash. Well he didnt use any chemicals and just tried pressure. he furred the snot out of the wood. So when I get to the distance that I should be, it really starts to fur the wood even worse. Makes me nervous to get near it. Would increasing my SH to a 2% or 3% be a good route to try?
Thatâs what I would do just like on stucco that 1% we always use doesnât do the trick. Try bumping it up to letâs say 3%. Use a brush and give it a scrub that might help
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Iâll give that a shot and see if it helps any. Thank you.
Iâm not talking about grenading it with 3000psi, with any wood you need pressure around 1000psi to remove the crap, that green looks like itâs just sitting there. Your either paranoid about furring it and using a softwash approach or you havenât got enough pressure. Sometimes technique is the answer not chemical strength.
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Looks great. Buy a 40° nozzle with a orifice that gives you around 1000psi. Doing that will solve the worry of leaving the wood marked up for the most part.
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My first time on here. I was brought to this page for the deck cleaning 101. I have read this post three times. what great info there is.
Thank you to everyone who has contributed. This is a great info.
Keep it up guys (and gals)
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I tired using the search bar but it doesnât seem to be working and since this post is full of wood cleaning gods I thought it would be an appropriate question for here. I have a deck to do next week. Plan on pre wet, DS house mix with a little extra sh added and then post treat with ox. My question is this particular deck has a rather large aluminum wheel chair ramp attached. Would you cover that to prevent having to clean the whole ramp ? I donât want to have a section at the top cleaner than the rest of the ramp or run marks from chemicals on the ramp.
I wouldnât worry too much about a little bit of chem getting on the aluminum. It should not affect it at all. Just make sure once you apply your cleaner to immediately rinse down whatever you donât want chem on like you would normally do.
