can I use a dish soap for as an emergency serfactant? I would be adding it to the mix about 30 seconds before using it. Using it on vinyl siding.
I tried Gain, it worked…meh. In a pinch it’s better than nothing.
I’d use gain Laundry soap over dawn for an emergency. But, if you buy a gallon of the right surfactant and buy when ur getting under half way, you should never have an emergency moment where you need laundry soap.
0.5 oz of elemonator per gallon of downstream mix is plenty for a house wash and it’s cheap compared to what you earn to use.
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Please explain emergency surfactant. Not sure how you can run out if you do this for a living. And if you do it for a living, you should know that dish soap is a degreaser and doesn’t belong on a customers house. And, how about an intro so we know who you are?
I can understand buying bleach as you need it but you should have more surfactant than you need.
Basically, I worked for a guy for a while taught me a bunch of stuff about surface cleaning, soft washing and whatnot, quit started my own business, he always used the dawn dishsoap that didnt say “dont add bleach.” I was watching soft washing videos to prepare for a job and a lot of people were saying dont use dawn then I sent a message to someone asking if dawn is ok to use on a house and he basically said "what a-hole gave you that advice? 2 days before the job, so I dont have time to order elemonator which would have been my first choice, or maybe apple wash. moral of the story my bad for not knowing, just needed something in a pinch. A local guy was nice enough to give me some for a job. As for who I am, Im Logan im 18 and I started my power washing business a month ago.
dully noted. Below I explained mu situation.
I’d save the dawn for window cleaning with a squeegee. That really the only use for it.
I went with gain detergent. Worked fine, wont be using it again. It masked the smell of bleach really well which was nice.
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