I do mostly softwash and roofs but also some flat work with a crappy pressure washer. Have a brick house job coming up with a chimney that needs soot removal. Looking for a degreaser/cleaner i can get at Lowes or Home Depot. Recommendations please?
@Racer may have some ideas for you… but if you have a local PW supply place, you may be better off going there and getting a better product than you can usually get at the box stores.
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Try purple power from Walmart in a pinch….
I use Purple Power regularly, it’s pretty good stuff and super cheap, 2.5 gallons for $12
I find most of the time the black streaks on chimneys are organic and 3-4% takes care of it
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Yep, may have have to hit several times, but same here
Ditto. Hit that sucker.
You’re lucky. All the ones I get like that are like 40 feet tall, so I’m standing directly underneath trying to hit top with a roof mix and 1/2 of it coming back down on me, lol.
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Yes, that definitely looks like organics on that chimney. But I’m talking about soot that accumulates at the TOP of the chimney from burning wood.
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A professional super concentrated all purpose degreaser i suitable for all issues pertaining to pressure washing services. The stuff at retail stores is deluted residential stuff. Try a product called k-88, from Malco.
Tall ladder & bug sprayer. Do not wet surface prior to treatment. Start from bottom-upwards. Spray as you go up ladder. Let sit a bit, but don’t let it dry.
Then pressure wash from top-down. This will clean ALL foreign matter in one easy treatment. Won’t take no time at all! Have fun!
Average chimney around here on a house is around 35’ tall. some more. Good luck with that process.
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