Hey guys, doing my first house wash tomorrow. Planned on the standard recipe of 2gal SH 3gal H20 and 4-5oz of Dawn. Using my xjet M5 to hit the peaks. Has anyone ever had an issue with surrounding vegetation with that strength of mix? I planned to wet everything down first, wash the house, then wet the plants down thoroughly.
Also, does dawn make a difference from any other dish soap? I have heard it does, but just from one person.
Thanks for any knowledge you can share
As long as you water everything down you’ll be fine. If there is no delicate landscaping I don’t even bother watering anything down first. I’ll just hit it all when I do the rinse. I’m injecting straight SH though so your mileage may vary.
I wouldn’t worry about wetting plants before. Looks like they have gutters that will catch any run off. Just good rinse after should be fine
I did my first house wash yesterday. I was down streaming with 12.5 SH, surfactant, & some grip in a bucket. I don’t have my skid kit (which will have a 12 volt pump) yet so I turned the pressure down on my pressure pro and used a second story tip. Wasn’t really sure what kind kind of percentages I was actually getting out of the gun but is was sudsing on the wall good and although I had to second hit some areas, it came clean. As this was my first job, I was nervous about all the landscaping vegetation since it was clearly getting a coating of my mix. I wet every thing down real good before, during the dwell time, & after the rinse. I did not know if so many rinses on the vegetation was necessary but I wanted to be safe & not sorry. It went well but I definitely felt like a rookie. Anxious to get more experience & improve my process & comfort level.
A great tutorial:
@DanC, you don’t want to touch your unloader. Instead, get a “j-rod” nozzle holder with a set of softwash tips from pressuretek or one of the other vendors here.
That’s an exciting feeling, starting out in business and learning something new 
Thanks Alex. Very helpful. Great Video.
What do you consider a “set of soft wash tips” to build out the “j-rod”?
This is what you need.
