Got my first awning cleaning. It has been 6 years since she put it up and it was pretty bad. She was thrilled and I was eh. I watched @squidskc video and some others. I wet it down, hit it with 50/50, agitated and rinsed and did that about 3-4 times.
Any other thoughts?
It looks great. Remember you’re a pressure washing company not a awning company. It’s not going to look brand new, because it isn’t. You did a good job cleaning it. Now you know what to expect in the future.
I appreciate the kind words. I may have had my standards set too high on this, and most my jobs. I was hoping that red would pop again. But I think it may have been neglected for so long it’s just trying to polish a turnip at this point.
The red may have never popped. If the shop owner is pleased you should be too.
It looks good now. But will pop a lil more on the color burgundy after it dries. Well done man.
Well what a great boost of confidence this has been 
Nice job on the awnings they look great
did you use woolite like he suggested?
It should look a lot better once dry
No I did not, I’ll review the video and try it next time.
What is the white stuff? Looks like dead lichen.
What was the process you used, what strength did you apply, and how did you apply it?
Those little white bits are chipped paint from above the awning. I used 50/50 12.5% with a pump sprayer. First I wet the awning down, applied the 50/50, dwell for 10ish minutes, agitated with a brush and rinsed with my 12v. Repeated 3-4 times
There may have been a stain left underneath but you could have likely got them off either by scrapping or rinsing properly. Buy a paint scraper and dull the blade including the ends. Don’t pre wet when you clean awnings but always do a test spot of course to make sure there’s no negative effect.
Apply mix
Scrape off growth if necessary
Apply mix
Scrub
Medium pressure rinse at 1000psi give or take using even stroke, like washing wood to prevent leaving any marks
Thanks for the tips. I wasn’t able to have my whole trailer at this job site due to parking so I had to fill a few barrels of water and rig my 12v up temporarily out of the back of my truck. I think if I had my actual machine I could have gotten it cleaner.
Some guys don’t use pressure at all but it takes a lot longer dwell times and more scrubbing. I find using the dull scrapper and medium rinse makes the process quick and gives a good end result without risking damage. That being said, I’m no master, I just implement what I’ve learned here in the past lol
I think it looks fine, very rarely will anything look new/perfect.
