It’s mill glaze, it’s always been there just now the SH has made it visible and your able to get it off.
Took me along time dealing with this to sit down one night and figure out exactly what it is.
Once it dries, the haze is not there anymore (hint hint)
So if you wait a week for the wood to fully dry the grey will be gone? No need for pressure? Like @NewGuy89 said getting water in your face isnt fun. No pressure woukd be a miracle.
Too Strong a Mix!
Most wood needs pressure…there is not a one solution fits all wood cleaner.
That’s why most hate cleaning wood…myself included.
You may run into some, that you can “soft wash” and get a good result.
But yes, the gray haze will blend back in, not noticeable.
Why? I have no idea - I was not using too much pressure that is for sure. In fact some boards as I mentioned still had some gray on them… I was thinking no mold, no algea, just some gray dead wood top layer, lets just wash it off and as I was cleaning it looked great! It was actually two neighbors. One came out great and the other had issues. Fence is same material built at the same time by the same company.
Some spots just a little fur and others fairly furry.
I generally have a policy of no more than 2 passes per board. In my experimenting, I found that too many passes on a board would increase furring.
The fuzzing will lay down or flake off. Ox after sh eats up a bunch of this. Next time use percarb instead of sh, then ox.
I always get the haze on decks that are untreated. I go back with pressure and remove it. I never left the haze to see how it turns out. If it looks normal after it dries I might have leave it next time. I hate to experiment on a customer.
Where is Good place to buy sodium precarbonate and oxalic?
I get mine from Florida Labs or on Amazon.
I second amazon. I get sodium percarbonate, oxilac, sodium hydroxide and potassium hydroxide from various sellers. Fast shipping and good prices. One of the hydroxide sellers sent me a mailer offering a better price buying directly through them.
Wherever you get your 12.5 should get percarb and ox. 50lb boxes for 60 or 80 bucks.
I ask one of my vendors and they said they dont sell raw chemicals. Ill ask some others
Ya just bought 20 pounds of each on Amazon to mess around with wasnt sure how much of each i need to make a 5 gallon bucket up.
Most can get it if they call around for you.
This is a text from our supplier. He taught wood restoration class at the power wash store a couple months ago.
That’s about the same amount I use. 6-8 oz per gallon.
I personally think sh cleans better than sodium percarbonate but they say it’s a better choice for wood. I did get the same results by using a deck brush with the percarb. The deck I compared the two on was covered in algae and hadn’t been washed in years. They both definitely have their place though.
I use sh but everyone is swears by SP and ox so i figured i try it.
![20190424_084706|666x500]Is that 200 sqft DS, xjet or 12volt application?
12v/direct.
Ok thanks.
