New to soft washing! There is a ton of stucco in my area!! When I’m quoting these jobs I’m unsure of what the expected results will be and its really hampering my selling.
My process is to:
-To spray with SH solution
Low pressure rinse
Am I missing a step? My results don’t seem to worth the price $800CAD for a 1800 sqft home
What should I be telling clients to expect as far as results? I should also add these houses don’t have mold or anything like that they just have general dirt and aging (15-30 yr old stucco)
Expected result should be that it gets clean, just kidding, kinda.
Your area will dictate pricing, but for a house that size around me it would be closer to $300 usd, so almost half what you’re asking.
If you are walking the property with them point out the areas that are dirty, most stucco around here is earthtone so unless it has green organic it is hard for the owner to visualize the difference until after it’s cleaned. Could you take a spray bottle and do a test spot to show them the difference? Do you have any examples of before/afters on your phone or tablet? If I were you I would find family/friends to do discounted (preferred) or free (less preferred) work to build a little portfolio to show future clients.
It may have a brightening effect, visually, because it’s only removing the organic material embedded in the stucco, but it shouldn’t be washing out/lightening the color if thats what you mean? No, to my knowledge SH is not he chemical of choice for oxidation… there are various low and high cost oxidation removal chemicals that work to varying degrees with and without agitation (la awesome, ox nox, cleansol bc, etc). Give a couple of these threads a look and see if they help.
Pump the brakes. It’s apparent that you really aren’t aware of what you’re doing. Stick around here and READ. This place is a wealth of knowledge and I’d hate for you to go bankrupt from your first job. Take your time and learn.
They both go hand in hand in my mind. If my area is accustomed to paying premium prices for services, I’m not going to come in and underbid everyone just because my overhead is low… isn’t that how we get the race to the bottom to be the $99 guy?
Sometimes I use a 2 to 3% strength mix on stucco and if the black is really deep and embedded, I will need to gently rinse it with a 1000 psi tip and preferably hot water.
