There is only one culprit to “oxidation” on vinyl and its call the sun…
Just set expectations with your customers prior to any work and you will be set.
Offering oxidation removal is just asking for trouble.
Wash, collect your money, and walk away.
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My house is only 11 years old and the west facing wall is oxidized pretty bad. I take the opportunity to test different things to remove it. Removing it is just temporary and a waste of time IMO. I’ve done some small spots and after a few months, it all looks the same again. I also found nothing that evenly removed it with chemicals alone. Brushing is needed to get it off and look consistent. I also noticed that just normal HW and brushing will remove it just as easy degreaser or acid. I don’t think there is going to any miracle liquid that melts it all off evenly with no brushing. Again, all just a waste of time since it doesn’t last, the sun is still going to shine on it.
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Exactly what I needed to hear thank you!
We have great success mixing cleansol on the stout side. If mixing 4:1 xjet. Some brushing maybe required still but works great
Wow, that seems hot. How many houses have you used it on?
Seems like the only way it would work with my experience
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About 15 so far but coming out good idk maybe just a cover your ■■■ thing. Gutter butter works well too. I just did a house a company put zorro Mark’s oxidized really bad looks new. It and efflorescence we do a lot of.
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Just did a vinyl oxidation removal and it worked great for me. I mixed 3-1 and downstreamed 10-1 and followed the same process as above and only had to brush the bottom couple of pieces of vinyl to remove the oxidation.
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I had a house where I disturbed the oxidation getting a soot spot off. I first tried ds Cleansol BC. It did remove a lot of the oxidation but I could still see the spot. I then tried ds One Restore but I could still see the spot. Next up was Quicksilver ds and it removed all oxidation. Cleansol BC would work fine for most oxidation removal jobs as long as there wasn’t an area you hand scrubbed with degreaser. I think it really depends on the siding tho.
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I am also researching CleanSol BC for Ox removal. I think your approach is okay but what really makes me wonder is that I thought Cleansol BC said to dilute 4:1 then apply.
If you dilute 4:1 then downstream - which pulls 10:1 you are only getting like a 30:1 (total guess) ratio of Cleansol coming out of the nozzle which is way weaker than the mfg recommends.
I spoke to a great guy on the phone (Kyle) who said he loved Cleansol and will go 50/50 in a pump up sprayer and it works miracles. 50/50 in a pump up sprayer (even 4;1 in a sprayer) is waaaaaaay different that a 4:1 solution being downstreamed.
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We used it on vinyl once. Followed the bucket for dilution & application (used xjet). Took 2 applications, zero brushing. “Looked like new” was the feedback from the team. They spent maybe 30-40 minutes for one side of a house, including setup/pack up.
Honestly I think it comes down to manufacturers trying to sell there product like it doesn’t cost anything. Dilute 4:1 then ds. Didn’t work for crap. I ended up doing 2:1 initial dilution to just straight up ds undiluted and that sort of worked. It’s bs to follow their directions and not have to brush. I think maybe 4:1 initial mix in sprayer probably strong enough but anything weaker need to brush. Weird tho opposite of traditional soap companies telling you to use more to sell more product. But it’s really a competitive industry and they try to sell by any means necessary.
