I have read several threads about the standard house washing process. However, I have recently adopted one that seems a little more intuitive and efficient. It hasn’t caused any complaints yet, but I was wondering if you could poke holes in it. Why should this not be standard practice?
Show up, meet homeowner, roll out.
Wash two sides semi-quickly with 40degree tip. Knock off any loose dirt and eat away some of the thicker organic growth. Of course, this is done at a distance so as not to damage the siding.
Apply 0.5-0.8% house wash mix.
Move to the other two sides and repeat (without rinsing).
Pack up.
Take a lap with a backpack sprayer and 3.5% SH to touch up any remaining spots.
Show up, meet homeowner, roll out, tape up/cover electricals.
Apply 0.5-0.8% house wash mix to 2 sides of the house
Rinse those with low pressure nozzles
Move to the other two sides and repeat .
Pack up.
Take a lap, spot clean if needed.
Get paid, on the next house.
This method is going to work faster and smarter for you, not rinsing will leave the windows looking chalky to say the least, I have never really let house wash mix dry but the whole way the SH works from what I understand it, is the solutions loosens the debris and suspends it until you rinse if you do not rinse that debris will be redeposited on to the surface once the mix dries.
Perhaps if you had spent more than 6 minutes reading house washing processes you might have been aware of this.
Darn, All this time I’ve been doing it wrong. I’ve always roughly gone by the rule 1/3 soaping and 2/3 rinsing. Heck I leave off the rinsing I can triple my production.
He has 6 minutes read time and he’s not a troll? Letting house wash mix dry on all 4 sides and leaving? He’s definitely a relative of Awesomewash or Yocrypes
@dcbrock, he’s getting exactly what he asked for, lol. Besides, between the two options: Troll, or seriously lacking in critical thinking skills, it seems like calling him a troll is less insulting.
A troll is someone posting absurd questions just to get a rise out of people. Granted he could have done that in purpose, but with his last statement I feel it was simply a question that needed guidance.
He said his method was “intuitive” meaning he came up with a better way than all the pros have been doing it…and then at the end wonders why this isn’t standard procedure. As Steve pointed out…the whole point of rinsing is to rinse all the dirt and debris that’s been attached to the soap. If you don’t rinse it you’ve just defeated the whole purpose of washing the house.
